Новости за 10.05.2024

Laws are part of the definition of a civilized society and attention to law, whether domestic of international, is a defining characteristic of individuals and nations.

A tech lover recently told me that he and several colleagues have realized:----1. The Earth does not have enough energy, minerals or water to support AI, e-vehicles, solar PVs, industrial wind facilities and batteries. Not at the scale we dream to fulfill. Not with eight billion humans.

The self-styled conservative columnist David Brooks tells President Joe Biden how to save the soul of America in his new column "How to Create a Society That Prizes Decency" (dated May 9, 2024) in the New York Times. in brief, the American people need to "recognize one another's full dignity." Ah, the new 2024 Vatican Declaration is also about human dignity.

If you have been paying attention, /Which I know you have,/You know that people are hurting.

In brief, this column presents some the arguments that are being presented for "Voting for Jill Stein" (or other left-wing 3rd-party candidates), and some -- of the responses to them from those of us left-wingers who believe that the Defeat of Trump and Trumpublican Fascism is the most important objective for the upcoming election.

Having amazing conversations in the past few days. I spoke to Rotary Clubs about humanitarian work, to the Parks Victoria experts about managing our protected areas under occupation, to a group of environmental NGOs and associations about our collective struggles to save our planet, to more university encampments, to highschools, to indigenous people gathering, to churches, to the Institute for Postcolonial Studies...

An OpEd poem inspired by a substack post by Seymour Hersh. Isn't it a pity?