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Trump’s Battle for U.S. Sports

August 3, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

Donald Trump’s targeting of established sports leagues and promotion of alternatives have partly reshaped the American sports landscape. Increasing politicization is continuing to challenge its role as a key form of entertainment and culture, with the prospect of further disruption with a second term.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, Asia/China, economy, europe, GOP/Right Wing, Media, Middle East/Iran, news, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Presidential Elections, social justice, Television, Time-Sensitive, Trump, War

What Does Arming Israel Cost Us?

August 3, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

To end U.S. support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza, cold, hard calculations about war spending versus domestic programs could have greater resonance in an election year.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, biden, economy, education, Media, Middle East, Middle East/Afghanistan, Middle East/Iraq, Middle East/Israel, Middle East/Palestine, news, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Presidential Elections, Social Benefits, Time-Sensitive, Trump, War

How Corporations Are Fueling Geopolitical Tensions and Global Conflicts in the 21st Century

June 22, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

Multinational corporations with global reach are increasingly getting entangled in conflicts and geopolitical rivalries by supporting multiple sides. As the U.S.-led global order faces challenges, their influence as transnational actors will only increase.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Africa/Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa/Nigeria, Asia/China, Asia/Myanmar, Asia/Philippines, Europe/Russia, Europe/Ukraine, food, Middle East, South America/Colombia, Trade, War

It’s Not Just Ideology: Why the U.S. Is Hard-Wired to Be Hostile to Autocratic Regimes 

June 5, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

The U.S. was born out of ideas and the geopolitical schemes of competing maritime empires, forging a foreign policy approach that dominates its foreign relations today.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Asia/China, Asia/Japan, Asia/Vietnam, economy, europe, Europe/Greece, Europe/Italy, Europe/Rome, Europe/Russia, Europe/The Netherlands, Europe/United Kingdom, History, immigration, Middle East/Iraq, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Trade, War

How Long Has Humanity Been at War With Itself?

February 18, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

The Savagery of the War Against the Palestinian People

Sorry, there was a YouTube error. By Deborah Barsky The famous American astronomer Carl Sagan once said, “You have to know the past to understand the present.” But can we ever know the history of human origins well enough to understand why humans wage large-scale acts of appalling cruelty on other members of our own species? In […]

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: human nature, War

Eye for eye, extremism for extremism, by John Young

October 24, 2023 By John Young

The Savagery of the War Against the Palestinian People

Sorry, there was a YouTube error. Until through our consumptive excess we no longer fit into Earth’s plans, religion will reign as the most destructive force on the planet. So much suffering: so many moral precepts stamped by – and corrupted by — mortals. Consider the war raging in which many more will die today […]

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Johm Young, Palestine, War

Learning From History, if We Dare

July 12, 2023 By Independent Media Institute

Sorry, there was a YouTube error. By Gary M. Feinman The New Gilded Age, wars along the Russian border, a global pandemic, battles for women’s rights, even the Titanic: history does rhyme with the present. Yet as former New York Times columnist Bob Herbert once observed: “If history tells us anything, it’s that we never learn […]

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: central america, Community, economy, History, news, North America, Politics, Science, Social Science, Tech, War

We’ve Never Been Closer to Nuclear Catastrophe—Who Gains by Ignoring It?

February 19, 2023 By Independent Media Institute

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Antiwar and environmental activist Dr. Helen Caldicott warns that policymakers who understate the danger of nuclear weapons don’t have the public’s best interest at heart.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, environment, Europe/Russia, Europe/Ukraine, Health care, History, Human Rights, interview, North America/Cuba, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Steve Taylor, War

The Social Changes We Need, the Class Obstacle We Face

February 5, 2023 By Richard Wolff

The inflation that plagues the United States and beyond results from a decision made by employers.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, economy, Europe/Russia, Europe/United Kingdom, History, Labor, MeToo, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Richard D. Wolff, Social Benefits, Trade, War

An Entire Decade of Benefits Denial for Vets After Toxic Chemical Exposure?

January 10, 2023 By Independent Media Institute

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In 1985, the greatest trichloroethylene level was 280 times over the safe exposure limit, whereas the highest perchloroethylene level eclipsed the safe exposure limit by 43 times.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, environment, Health care, History, Jonathan Sharp, Law, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, War

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