Princeton, N.J. — As I write this, the sun is a hazy reddish orange orb. The sky is an inky yellowish gray. The air has an acrid stench and leaves a faint metallic taste in my mouth. After 20 minutes outside, my head starts to ache, my nose burns, my eyes itch and my breathing More
"The literacy campaign taught us how to share, how to give without expecting anything in return, because in the literacy campaign, nobody went to be paid; nobody was given anything. We went to share what we knew, to give our good intentions, to work for the satisfaction of people learning to read and write."
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The 'apocalyptic' chess game between the superpowers, that is, between those that move on the highest plane of our civilization, is being played according to the rule 'if either "wins" it is the end of both'; it is a game that bears no resemblance to whatever war games preceded it. Its 'rational' goal is deterrence, not victory, and the arms race, no longer a preparation for war, can now be justified only on the grounds that more and more deterrence is the best guarantee of peace. To the question how shall we ever be able to extricate ourselves from the obvious insanity of this position there is no answer." —Hannah Arendt
DONATE TODAY Media for Justice and Peace New Posts for February 7, 2023 PLEASE SHARE WIDELY TOP STORIES Is Nuclear War Imminent? Robert Scheeer interviews William J. Astore “We need to act together as citizens to be that vital check on the military industrial congressional complex, which is why I think there are so many More
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Climate collision ahead, gotta slam on the brakes...
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Media for Justice and Peace New Posts for December 4, 2022 PLEASE SHARE WIDELY Share Tweet Forward DONATE TODAY The Past, Present, and Future of Work, by Chris Winters One notable effect of this radical societal reordering has come to be termed the “Great Resignation.” More than 47 million people in More
The midterm election is over, but still the federal House and Senate results are not decided. Remains to be seen. The issues, however, still stand and will loom large in the presidential campaign going forward. Many are discussed here. Share Tweet Forward DONATE TODAY Media for Justice and Peace New Posts for November 12, More
"Power is global and politics is local. That must change. We need a new language for understanding new global power formations as well as new international modes of politics to fight them." Henry Giroux
There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not lead single-issue lives. - Audre Lorde
