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Managed Decline

Managed decline is a synonym to the managed deconstruction of the Occidental or Western society, its consumption based economical system and the vanishing of individual freedoms like freedom of movement, freedom of association, freedom of choice and others.

Israel strikes multiple sites in southern Lebanon in response to rocket attack

Smoke billows from the site of Israeli artillery shelling that targeted the area of the southern Lebanese village of Yohmor on Saturday. Rabih Daher/AFP via Getty Images

Voice of America staff sue Trump administration for shutting down network

Staff at the government broadcaster Voice of America have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, which put nearly 900 employees on leave and froze funding last week. BONNI

What we know about the case of detained Georgetown professor Badar Khan Suri

Healy Hall, the flagship building of Georgetown University's main campus in Washington, D.C., is seen in 2011. Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images

Farming at the Top of the World

Ed note: The piece below is reposted with permission of the author. As glaciers melt upstream, Pamiri farmers are engaged in regenerative agriculture and saving seeds, while strengthening their culture and biodiversity. Tajikistan’s Pamir M

Compromised integrity: Medical professionals failed to uphold ethics and freedoms during Covid

The covid pandemic exposed the ease with which democratic societies can abandon ethical principles and human rights under collective fear, with a response driven more by authoritarian impulses than science. The medical profession failed to

European military leaders discuss Ukraine peacekeeping force

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to a Canadian Lt Colonel as he visits a military base to meet planners mapping out next steps in the Coalition of the Willing in Northwood, London on Thursday.

Malaysia approves a new search for MH370 wreckage in the Indian Ocean

Jiang Hui, whose mother was on the missing MH370 Malaysia Airlines passenger jet, wears a shirt "Remembering 239 Lives, MH370" as he talks to media on the 11th anniversary of the jet going missing on March 8, 2025, in Beijing, China.

Despite state efforts to reverse it, Russia’s birth rate declines. What do Russians believe is the cause?

Russia’s birth rate has been declining significantly. The fertility rate of 1.41 children per woman in 2024 is below the replacement rate of 2.1. The Russian government has implemented initiatives to address the falling birth rate, includin

Crazy Town 100. A Temporary Techno Stunt: Tom Murphy on Falling out of Love with Modernity

Show Notes Recovering technology booster Tom Murphy visits Crazy Town to discuss his journey from shooting lasers at the moon, to trying to “solve” the energy predicament, to falling out of love with modernity itself. Asher, Jason, Rob, and

Sexual misconduct allegations in UN missions topped 100 in 2024

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends the High-Level Segment of the 58th session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025.

Judge declines to immediately reverse Trump moves at U.S. Institute of Peace

A view of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) building headquarters on March 18 in Washington, D.C. Trump administration employees entered the building on Monday with the help of law enforcement officials after President Trump order

What is the U.S. Institute of Peace and why is Trump trying to shut it down?

A view of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) building headquarters on March 18 in Washington, D.C. Trump administration employees entered the building on Monday with the help of law enforcement officials after President Trump order

What Russia and Ukraine want out of talks, as Trump speaks to Putin Tuesday

President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin seen in a composite of photos. Aurelien Morissard and Pavel Bednyakov/AP

Housing justice beyond consumerism – an excerpt from Defying Displacement

The following is an excerpt adapted from Defying Displacement: Urban Recomposition and Social War (IAS/AK Press, 2024). Defining displacement Gentrification is commonly understood as consumption: who chooses to rent or purchase which housin