The New Normal Left
So, I went to London to speak to the Left … no, not “the Left” you’re probably thinking of.
Topic
History
A collection of 517 articles
Cognitive liberty and the psychedelic humanities
This research aims to conceptualize cognitive liberty and the psychedelic humanities by examining their constitutive elements.
Australia Commits to Protect Schools During Wartime
Australia is the 117th country to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration, an intergovernmental political commitment to reduce the likelihood that students, teachers, and schools are targeted for attack during armed conflict. Schools should be places of study and safety for children. If armed forces use schools as military bases, firing
Biden, Sunak, Macron, Trudeau et al are leading us into Nuclear War
Canada and Germany have now been described as legitimate targets for military attacks.
Biden Administration Wants to Boost Defense Spending to Nearly $900B
The Biden administration released its nearly $7 trillion 2024 budget request to Congress on Thursday, which included $886 billion for defense — a 3.2 percent boost from the prior year’s defense budget. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed (D-RI) acknowledged that the request is “among the largest in
Some of the descendants of Nazis in positions of power today
The response to the “Covid-19 pandemic” has much in common with the birth of the Third Reich and descendants of former Nazis remain influential in today’s world.
Hitler was, perhaps, the first to see that liberal democracy can be subverted by playing on the unconscious fears of the masses.
Russia Remained Germany's Top Coal Supplier Despite EU Sanctions
Russia maintained its position as the largest supplier of coal to Germany last year, despite Berlin’s supposedly being on the opposite side of the war in Ukraine, as well as the government’s far-left climate goals. According to analysis from the German Coal Importers Association (VDKi), Germany actually increased
Eastern Approaches Podcast: Ukraine—"I'm not buying into ideologies from either the East or the neo-Marxist West"
The latest Eastern Approaches Podcast between Alex Thomson and Gevorg Virats turns to Ukraine.
Ukraine: Human Cost of Brutal Russian Invasion
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine starting on February 24, 2022, has left a terrible path of destruction in its wake.
‘More evolved than you’: Evolutionary spirituality as a cultural frame for psychedelic experiences
One of the dominant cultural frames for psychedelics in western culture over last 130 years has been evolutionary spirituality.
The World Wants to Be Deceived
My title comes from a 19th century author whose name does not matter nor would it mean much if I mentioned him. It’s an old truth that has not changed a bit over the centuries.
I think, however, it would be more linguistically accurate to say that most people
Confronting the figure of the “mad scientist” in psychedelic history: LSD’s use as a correctional tool in the postwar period
Since reports about CIA-funded LSD studies came out in the 1970s, psychedelic drugs have invoked images of unethical experimentation and “mad scientists” in the public imagination.
War Certainly Is A Racket
In 1935, Major General Smedley Butler’s seminal book “War Is A Racket” warned of the dangers of the US military-industrial complex, more than 25 years before the outgoing US President Eisenhower implored the world to “guard against” the same thing.
One of the most decorated soldiers in US military
WARNING: The designer war in Ukraine is rapidly escalating
The plot to start the Russia/Ukraine war began in 2014 when America and the European Union helped overthrow a democratically elected government in Ukraine. The US wanted a puppet regime on Russia’s doorstep as a launch pad for a planned NATO war with Russia.
Now we are heading
DR Congo: Atrocities by Rwanda-Backed M23 Rebels
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has committed summary executions and forced recruitment of civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said today.
