Source: The Irish Times Over more than two centuries, the United States has stirred a very wide range of feelings in the rest of the world: love…… Read more “The World Has Loved, Hated and Envied the US – Now, For The First Time, We Pity It by Fintan O’Toole”

                                         LISTEN: A Preview of Things to Come Chris Hedges is one of the best public intellectuals in the US. His a Pulitzer-winning journalist, author, and philosopher.…… Read more “In Conversation: Chauncey DeVega & Chris Hedges – A Preview of Things to Come”

How many stories have we heard about non-white/non-female genius & talent being snuffed out because of  misguided notions of white male intellectual superiority? This is the story…… Read more “Almost Famous: The Story of Ed Dwight Jr.”

Why does race matter so profoundly for health? David R. Williams developed a scale to measure the impact of discrimination on well-being, going beyond traditional measures like…… Read more “How Racism Makes Us Sick |”

/ REQUIEM FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM is the definitive discourse with Noam Chomsky, widely regarded as the most important intellectual alive, on the defining characteristic of our…… Read more “Requiem for the American Dream”

Answering to the call of the devotee, the Beloved One whispers in his heart: “Come to Me with that which I have not” Searching all over, in…… Read more “Poet’s Nook:” Come to Me with that which I have not” by Sadiq M Alam”

Source: Counterpunch  I had this fantasy that the New York Times would follow up its 1619 Project look at slavery with a comparable examination of Settler Colonialism.…… Read more “The Settler Colonialism Project by Frank Joyce”

READ: COVID-19 & Imperialism – The Coming Disaster & Revolt “Our defeat was always implicit in the victory of others; our wealth has always generated our poverty…… Read more “COVID-19 & Imperialism: The Coming Disaster & Revolt”

We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice,…… Read more “Musings”

One of my favorite public intellectuals, Chris Hedges,  talks to Cornell University Professor, Noliwe Rooks, about how America’s public education system, under successive administrations, continues to be…… Read more “Educational Apartheid in America”

  In high Peru, in Nicaragua, throughout Patagonia, in the cities, you’ve had no rights, you’ve nothing: cup of misery, America’s abandoned child, there’s no law, no…… Read more “Poet’s Nook: ‘The Judges’ by Pablo Neruda”

Source:Nautilus On this past International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I reread a bit of Bertrand Russell. In 1933, dismayed at the Nazification of Germany, the philosopher wrote “The…… Read more “The Case for Professors of Stupidity by Brian Gallagher”

  Isn’t it strange how the stupid are so bold & opinionated while the intelligent are full of doubt?

(Source: The Intercept) LISTEN: Coronavirus & The Radical Religious Right’s Bumbling Messiah Donald Trump and extreme right groups are encouraging people to take to the streets during…… Read more “Coronavirus and the Radical Religious Right’s Bumbling Messiah”

  The barbaric leaders of China, Europe & the USA have it all twisted! See Too Many Africans by Stephen Corry which breaks it down in simple,…… Read more “Depopulation of Africa As Official Policy For Resources In The Industrial World”

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Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quoa is the former African Union Ambassador to the United States. Her career as a pan-Africanist has taken her throughout the continent and the world.…… Read more “Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quoa Speaks!”

We can defeat this kleptocracy! WE CAN DO THIS!!

. .The rise of Donald Trump may have shocked Americans, but it should not have surprised them.His anti-democratic movement is the culmination of a decades-long breakdown of…… Read more “On My Bookshelf: “Hiding In Plain Sight” by Sarah Kendzior”

“Hey all you people sing a new beginning while the days are shortest” ************************* A feeling holds my heart enfolds me in deep snow like winter in…… Read more “Poet’s Nook: “Being Human” by Guarionex Delgado”

Neil Postman -Technology & Society The late Neil Postman was an author, educator, media theorist and cultural critic. His book, Amusing Ourselves to Death was one of…… Read more “Technology and Society by Neil Postman”

                                         PDF: Brave New World Revisited

As the worldwide coronavirus pandemic rips through the world shattering national health systems and economies, unsettling lives, routines, comforts & joys, we now find ourselves in a…… Read more “Dark Clouds and Silver Linings”

Source: Medium It is a capricious little virus with a funny crown and a flimsy protein coat, zipping across the planet, leaving behind a trail of utter…… Read more “King Covid Rules by Satya Sagar”

In this TEDtalk, Minna Salami shares images of women from around the world, highlighting how out of touch the stereotypes are from reality. She tells powerful stories…… Read more “To Change the World, Change Your Illusions”

Source: Black Perspectives Recently, Zoom classes held by professors at the University of Southern California (USC) and other schools were violently disrupted by “Zoombombers” who infiltrated virtual classrooms, yelling…… Read more “Zoombombing University Lectures Brings Racism Home by Oneka LaBennett”

Pulitzer-winning journalist Chris Hedges & comedian, writer, actor, and activist, Lee Camp & other guests discuss the intensifying COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. They discuss the failure of US…… Read more “Chris Hedges & Lee Camp, et al: Money Alone Cannot Overcome Coronavirus Crisis”

Sad & shocking footage of New York City under quarantine. This mixed video was created using drone, helicopter, car and walking around. Check out more interesting footage…… Read more “New York City Goes Quiet”

In America, we grew up thinking that the people that we see on the nightly news are journalists. But, there is no journalism happening there, only script…… Read more “Musings”

(Very absorbing, trenchant &  for those of us who are of African descent, emotionally-charged. Seeing parallels to our current times is quite an eye-opener).

How did the United States — the richest country in the world — become the worldwide epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, with one person dying of COVID-19…… Read more “Noam Chomsky on Trump’s Disastrous Coronavirus Response, Bernie Sanders & What Gives Him Hope”