The Iraqi people – reduced to the moral status of insects by the Pentagon in the spring of 2003 – have experienced what has amounted to a U.S.-imposed Holocaust.
Bald, brave and beautiful: Those words can’t begin to capture the remarkable Eve Ensler. She sat down with me last week, in the midst of her battle with uterine cancer, to talk about New Orleans and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Eve, the autho...
When you connect the dots in your writing or look for deeper explanations behind the decisions of policymakers, market makers and media-makers, it’s easy to be dismissed as a conspiracy nut.
Most people try to be respectful of those around them. They also try to be informed and intelligent about the world. This requires some effort, but most of us consider the rewards to be worth the effort.
The anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech is supposed to be a time of celebration – a time to reflect upon how far we’ve come in fighting racism in the U.S., and soberly assess how far we still have to go before a “post-racia...
The biggest economic question facing Brazil, as for most developing countries, is when it will achieve its potential economic growth. For Brazil, there is a simple, most relevant comparison: its pre-1980 - or pre-neoliberal - past.
August is the monsoon season in Pakistan. The floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains a month ago have affected more than 17.2 million people and killed over 1,500, according to Pakistan's disaster management body.
A shortened version of this talk (below) was given at Bluestockings Bookstore (NYC), the Wooden Shoe Bookstore (Philly), Busboys and Poets (Washington DC), Barnes and Noble (Springfield, New Jersey), and Encuentro 5 (Boston) during a recent northe...
In my address to the International Society for Ecological Economics I argued that to reduce ecological footprint and solve the unemployment crisis, hours of work should be reduced.
Republican leaders in Congress would have us believe that most Americans support cutting Social Security and Medicare payments as a way to cut the federal budget deficit. But don't you believe it.
The biggest economic question facing Brazil, as for most developing countries, is when it will achieve its potential economic growth. For Brazil, there is a simple, most relevant comparison: its pre-1980 - or pre-neoliberal - past.
Anyone who has listened to right wing radio, Republican rhetoric, or to Rush Limbaugh â?Âdittoheadâ? true believers should be familiar with the â??free market can solve all Americaâ??s problemsâ? rhetoric that keeps returning to the fore...
When the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division rolled out of Iraq last week, the colonel commanding the brigade told a reporter that his soldiers were “leaving as heroes.”
At the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) in October, Asian governments should not take any lessons on democracy or economics from the European Union. We have to make common cause between Asian and European social movements, because we are all losing out ...
From the Ontario California airport some 60 miles east of downtown Los Angeles we drove north on Highway 15, the road to Las Vegas. Cars with expectant amateur gamblers and loaded big rigs climb and descend the mountains where the Angeles and San ...
New evidence has badly shaken the Obama administration’s rosy narrative about the alleged disappearance of most of the oil that gushed into the Gulf of Mexico from BP’s blown-out well. Early this month a report by government scientists declared th...
Roger Clemens is about as popular in baseball circles as jock itch. The man is such a pariah, he makes Barry Bonds look like Justin Bieber. Yet we should hold the cheers over the recent news that Clemens has been indicted on perjury charges for ly...
The middle class is getting whacked by the Great Recession. Fifteen million people are out of work, another 9 million workers can only find part-time jobs, and millions more have given up looking for work altogether. Those lucky enough to be emplo...
On August 9, the California Assembly took the historic step of becoming the first state to agree to publicize the text of three ratified U.N. human rights treaties, and to submit the required reports to the State Department for consideration by th...
The U.S. state of Mississippi recently reopened all of its fishing areas. The problem is that commercial shrimpers refuse to trawl because they fear the toxicity of the waters and marine life due to the BP oil disaster.
While the Obama administration struggles to keep its pledge to end the Iraq war, a behind-the-scenes plan is developing in which the Baghdad regime “invites” the American military to stay.
It should come as no surprise to Americans that the pro-business agenda pushed in the American party system has produced strikingly unequal results. We live in a society where teachers, pundits, politicians and business executives push the virtue...
Insufficient sleep, which is linked to decreased physical and mental health, is increasingly common in both the US and Europe due to recent social and cultural changes in Western society. More electronic media in the bedroom isn't helping, but the trend towards less sleep has been going on for a while. Read my summary of the research, includingconcrete things you can do.
Microwave Radiation and Health
How much do researchers know about the health risks related to the recent proliferation of environmental microwaves, such as those that emanate from cell phones, cell towers, and wi-fi networks? Short answer from the original expert: "What we're doing is a grand world experiment without informed consent."
'He was looking for adventure. But when the young Dane Jacob Holdt arrived in the US in the 1970s, he found a country deeply divided -- and spent the next five years photographing that divergence. His photos show a haunting America.'
The idea that endless economic growth can occur on a finite planet amounts to mass delusion of the highest order. Learn more in this excellent short film 'Life After Growth' from enmedia productions
"Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop" from Keiichi Matsuda.
Neuromarketing
'Corporations and political candidates are using MRIs, EEGs, and other brain-scan technology to craft irresistible media messages designed to shift buying habits, political beliefs, and voting patterns.
By measuring activity in different parts of the brain in response to an ad or other media message, advertisers and political consultants can create advertising campaigns that tap into the pre-conscious brain.
This form of marketing, known as neuromarketing, undermines our core democratic values of freedom and self-determination.'
Must-see video of the reality of US war, released by Wikileaks. Long shot perspective, no blood.
Space Weaponization
"Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space"
2009 French/Canadian documentary on the existential perils of the movement towards space weaponization. The english version is coming soon. In the meantime, read my summary of the issue and watch the trailer:
My Favorite Documentary
"The Century of the Self" by Adam Curtis (BBC, 2002)
Bio
Biography:
Born in New York City in 1972, the author is a clinical psychologist. He lives in awe.
To pay th... more
Born in New York City in 1972, the author is a clinical psychologist. He lives in awe.
To pay the bills, he helps people understand themselves and their environment, and encourages them to imagine all possible changes, individually and socially.
His university courses include Media, Culture, and Society; Psychodynamic Psychology; International Business Ethics; and Geopolitics.
The general focus here is on issues related to social justice, health, media (e.g., media psychology, media democracy, media-as-environments), and U.S. and international politics. Debate is welcomed and encouraged.
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