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The Issue Of Using Guns And Bombs
I keep reading in various places about shootings in Texas and perhaps in other places too and at the same time we are reading about the atrocities happening in Ukraine and the fact that Russia is using some forms of fire arms and bombs that have been declared forbidden in international humanitarian law. Without being in such places and without seeing anything, our inboxes are taken up with reports, arguments, information and newspapers are covered with sad faces and women and children crying.
By Aisha Mohammad4 years ago in The Swamp
Weapons Aren't The Problem
The U.S is mourning yet another mass shooting, this time at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. I’m going to spare you the statistics and graph charts; you can look those up on your favorite news outlet. I’m hoping some of you are getting to know my writing style by now, so you know this is another engagement piece.
By The Rogue Scribe4 years ago in The Swamp
The Enemy Within
The audacity of the Biden Administration and Congress in a time of urgent crisis right here in the US to send $40 Billion of our tax dollars to Ukraine. This when it is our own government along with NATO had been developing Bioweapon technology in Ukraine for years, it is no wonder then that Russia acted when it did. Now we are just adding fuel to the already firestorm that has cost thousands of lives, livelihoods and decimated cities all across Ukraine by sending more armed forces to Europe and sending our navy to the Baltic. This Administration is doing everything possible to push Russa into major confrontations with NATO and the US. We are now on that slippery slope where at any moment the world will be engulfed in flames of War yet again.
By Dr. Williams4 years ago in The Swamp
Should Journalists Receive Awards for Covering Hard News? My Thought Is No; I’ll Tell You Why
The Way Journalists Are Rewarded Needs to Change When I worked in news, one of the strangest things to me was that people sought out awards for their coverage on topics that were deeply sorrowful, traumatic, and disturbing. I think journalists should receive something else for their hard work, especially when it comes to covering challenging topics. Let me explain.
By Andrea Lawrence4 years ago in The Swamp
Weapons of Mass Distraction
The element fueling economic growth is not a rare earth metal, processing power, or NFTs: It’s attention. The average American spends 11 hours per day consuming media, 65% of their waking life. Roughly 40% of that time is spent on a mobile device. Billions of dollars and millions of person-years are spent capturing and monetizing that attention. The more attention, the more data, the more money, the more relevant offering(s), the more attention … and so on and so on.
By Vlad Andrei Apostol4 years ago in The Swamp
Profitable War
In his book, “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” George Orwell places the entire story against the backdrop of an endless war. According to Emmanuel Goldstein, a former partner of Big Brother and now enemy of the state, this is a purposely created non-ending war with either Eastasia or Eurasia in different combinations for mutual benefits of all three belligerents. Sometimes Winston Smith’s nation, Oceania, is in alliance with Eastasia fighting Eurasia; sometimes it is Oceania was in allied with Eurasia fighting Eastasia. There were also times when Eastasia and Eurasia teamed up on Oceania. Truth is it never really mattered.
By V. H. Eberle4 years ago in The Swamp
Impermanent Structures
Introduction Is our current political economic system self-defeating? When building off the insight that Keynes gives us, it becomes painfully obvious the paradoxical nature of capitalism (Marx also observes this). But, unlike Keynes, Marx advocates for leaving the capitalist system to its own devices which according to him will eventually be its own unraveling. Keynes advocates for action within the system by creating economic levers that manage the inevitable concentration of wealth produced by the neo-liberal economic system.
By Arjuna Fournier4 years ago in The Swamp
Labour Make Gains At Expense of Conservatives.
Labour made gains in the local elections last night. In Barnet, Wandsworth, and Westminster Labour took seats from the Conservatives. Wandsworth was hailed by Labour sources as a monumental loss for the Conservatives. Speaking in Barnet, Sir Keir trumpeted that Labour had "turned a massive corner".
By Nicholas Bishop4 years ago in The Swamp
The Twenty-second Amendment
The 22nd amendment was approved on February 27th, 1951, making permanent a tradition that has had a tremendous impact on the idea of governance in the United States of America. Although this is not the most well-known amendment, its significance in American history cannot be emphasised. This is because the 22nd Amendment requires...
By Zahid Khan4 years ago in The Swamp
Ignorance Is The Biggest Threat To Our Democracy
Full credit to Barack Obama, our 44th US President who took some time to post a long piece online this week on Medium. I'm not suggesting that Obama's sentiments were incorrect - because I have a lot of nerve, but not the nerve to do that.
By Bonnie Joy Sludikoff4 years ago in The Swamp
