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Only the Struggle Matters

November 11, 2019 | News | No Comments

In the small chapel to the right at the entrance of the neoclassical Church of Saint-Sulpice is a large mural by Eugène Delacroix. The painter, at the end of his career and suffering from the tuberculous laryngitis that would soon kill him, depicted a story from Genesis. “Jacob is travelling with the flocks and other […]

U.S. President Donald Trump told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday, October 6, that the United States troops inside Syria would not defend the Syrian Democratic Forces, which have built an enclave inside Syria along a section of the Turkish border. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are made up largely of Kurdish factions, who […]

Demanding that the pleas for justice from victims of Afghanistan war crimes be heard, human rights organizations on Monday filed an appeal against the International Criminal Court’s recent decision not to probe the alleged abuses. The appeal (pdf), filed by Reprieve and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), said the decision by the “court of […]

What Is Energy Denial?

November 11, 2019 | News | No Comments

The fiftieth anniversary of the first Earth Day of 1970 will be in 2020. As environmentalism has gone mainstream during that half-century, it has forgotten its early focus and shifted toward green capitalism. Nowhere is this more apparent than abandonment of the slogan popular during the early Earth Days: “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.” The unspoken motto […]

Chloe Grace Moretz wants to make her experience dealing with Louis C.K.‘s sexual misconduct allegations part of the broader movement against sexual harassment. The actress was interviewed by Variety at the Sundance Film Festival about starring in C.K.’s now-scrapped movie I Love You Daddy. While Moretz previously said she “does not condone sexual misconduct” when […]

Debunking Billionaire Claims of Heroic Capitalism

November 8, 2019 | News | No Comments

In the future, people will probably continue to marvel at how creatures with tiny brains once stalked the Earth unchallenged. For now, however, billionaires reign supreme, with only a small stirring of dissent, led by the impressive U.S. congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or AOC. Still, that small stirring is noteworthy. It could catch on. The notion […]

New research released Thursday revealed that ice sheets in Antarctica are thinning even more rapidly than scientists previously believed, with ice melting at five times the rate it did in the 1990s. “Seems like humans are genuinely getting close to unlocking the “Make Earth Unlivable” achievement in their species career. Big come down from the […]