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How the Psychology of Oppression Perpetuates Harm to Animals and the Environment

October 5, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

To achieve justice for all species and the environment, we must create a more relational world.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, Animal Rights, book, Climate Change, economy, environment, Gender, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Science, social justice, Social Science

How Corporate News Has Tried to Numb Americans to the Horrors in Gaza

September 14, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

As the Gaza war enters its 12th month with no end in sight, the ongoing horrors continue to be normalized in U.S. media and politics.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: biden, book, food, History, Human Rights, Media, Middle East/Gaza, Middle East/Israel, Norman Solomon, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, social justice, United Nations

Robert Sapolsky: Are We Better off Accepting That There’s No Free Will?

September 4, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

Interviewing the neuroscientist and primate behavior expert on a question that could radically change our understanding of reality.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: book, Free Will, History, interview, Opinion, Religion/Spirituality, Science, Social Science

Why Poverty Reduction Under Capitalism Is a Myth

September 4, 2024 By Richard Wolff

From its beginnings, the capitalist economic system produced both critics and celebrants, those who felt victimized and those who felt blessed.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Asia/China, book, economy, Europe/Russia, History, Labor, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, UBI, Universal Basic Income

Capitalism’s Unequal Distribution Deprives You of True Freedom

August 16, 2024 By Richard Wolff

As the French economist Thomas Piketty most recently exposed, capitalism, across time and space, has always tended to produce ever-greater economic inequality.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: book, economy, History, Labor, Opinion, Politics

How to Decolonize Our Battle Against Climate Change

August 16, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

Rich countries have exported climate breakdown through extractive industries, creating a “carbon colonialism.”

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: book, Climate Change, economy, environment, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Science

The Undemocratic Reality of Capitalism

August 3, 2024 By Egberto Willies

Fans of capitalism like to say it is democratic or that it supports democracy. Some have stretched language so far as to literally equate capitalism with democracy, using the terms interchangeably.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: book, economy, History, Labor, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics

Little Free Library’s Not-So-Little Commitment to Getting the Word Out

August 3, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

These book-sharing boxes promote literacy and strengthen communities.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, Africa, Africa/Uganda, Asia/India, Asia/Pakistan, book, Community, education, food, Middle East/Afghanistan, Middle East/Sudan, North America/Canada, North America/United States of America. Indigenous Resistance, Oceania/Australia, Opinion, Social Benefits, social justice, South America/Brazil

Hummingbirds Are in Rapid Decline

July 20, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

Unchecked human activity is clearing the skies of flying animals and insects.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Animal Rights, book, environment, North America/United States of America, Science

The Humble Carrot’s Colorful History

June 5, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

The carrot has followed armies, colonial explorers, and politicians to become one of the world’s most prized vegetables.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: book, environment, food

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