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This Week in the New Normal #62

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. Ireland’s attack on Free speech Last November the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences)

Reverse Engineering the Propaganda Machine

STORY AT-A-GLANCE In this interview, Michelle Stiles reviews some of the basic tools of propaganda, which is the topic of her book, “ One Idea to Rule Them All: Reverse Engineering American Propaganda .” It's a pertinent and apt topic in light of what's been going on over the last few years,

WEF Young Global Leaders have infiltrated Governments to enforce The Great Reset

The World Economic Forum (WEF), founded by Klaus Schwab, has been a topic of discussion among critical thinkers concerned about the organization’s potential influence on global governance for some time now. One particular area of focus is the WEF’s Young Global Leaders (YGL) programme, which has seen its

BBC Musk

There is a whiff of desperation in the air and it is emanating from the BBC.

A Placebo Can Work Even When You Know It's a Dummy Pill

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Editor's Note: This article is a reprint.

Disaster Troll Propaganda

So-called conspiracy theories abound, especially among those who attack others by calling them conspiracy theorists.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: To Heal the Great Divide

It has been fifty-five years since Senator Robert F.

Henri Michaux's program for the psychedelic humanities

This article presents an analytical reading of the extraordinarily rich cultural production around drugs by the 20th-century French poet, writer, critic, and visual artist Michaux (1899–1984).

10 Sad Reasons Why So Many Great People Stay Single Forever

Although the majority of people marry or live with their partner, there are those who stay single forever.

Indonesia: Activists on Trial for Criminal Defamation

(Jakarta) – Indonesian authorities should drop the criminal defamation charges against two prominent human rights defenders in Jakarta, Human Rights Watch said today.

Bicycle Day: A Celebration of Psychedelics

Bicycle Day is a special day celebrated on April 19th each year to commemorate the first-ever intentional acid trip taken by Swiss chemist Dr.Albert Hofmann on April 19, 1943.

Mother Goose Stepping

Here in the northern hemisphere winter mourns its way to spring with tears that sometimes freeze on the ground and crystallize on the white snow still high In the fields and along the roads. It has been a long winter—and do we welcome the longer days when every day

Ukraine: Russian Torture Center in Kherson

New evidence has emerged that Russian forces unlawfully detained and tortured people in a torture center and in other facilities in Kherson and vicinity during their occupation of the area between March and November 2022. (Kyiv, April 13, 2023) – Russian forces unlawfully detained and tortured residents of the city of