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Beyond Orwellian Nightmares and Neoliberal Authoritarianism

Beyond Orwellian Nightmares and Neoliberal Authoritarianism
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout)Those who fight against neoliberalism must not settle for reforming a system that is as broken as it is dangerous. Any viable, transformative struggle will need a boldly democratic vision; durable, longstanding organizations and strategies that make politics meaningful. To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country.- George Orwell Central to George Orwell's nightmarish vision of a totalitarian society was a government so powerful that it not only dominated all of the major institutions in a society, but it also was quite adept at making invisible its inner workings of power. To read more articles by Henry A. The American Deep State, or what Colonel Fletcher Prouty called the Secret Team, is a structural layer of political intermediaries: non-governmental organizations (e.g. In addition, the left has to do more than chart out the mechanisms through which neoliberal authoritarianism sustains itself. Related:  Scienze sociali

16 Government Types - Infographic Facts 16 Government Types The Way Governments Works CRRJ Reproductive Justice Virtual Library - CRRJ Reproductive Justice Virtual Library Now, there's a simple way to begin or deepen your understanding of reproductive justice You can introduce yourself to RJ or deepen your understanding of it right here. Search for a specific resource, skim titles covering a particular topic, or take a crash course by reading all the annotations. However you use the Reproductive Justice Virtual Library, we hope you will find it easy, useful, and informative. Enter the Research Hub Explore a broad range of topics or search in specific categories, like author, year, etc. New to RJ? We've collected a handful of resources that we think will lay a solid foundation of understanding for anyone new to reproductive justice. Feedback Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Featured Topic Area Native Americans and Indigenous communities have survived various forms of reproductive oppression. Click Here for Race ethnicity: Native American Indigenous Featured Resource About the Library About the curator Dr. About the Center

Calais, Chypre, Estonie… Les murs envahissent peu à peu notre planète Les cloisons se dressent sur la planète, marquant les frontières, séparant les populations. Mais pourquoi mettons-nous autant d’énergie à nous emmurer ? Donald Trump n’est pas le seul à rêver d’un mur hermétique pour fermer ses frontières. Depuis la chute du mur de Berlin, une quarantaine de pays ont construit de telles barricades. Alors qu’on dénombrait 16 murs en 1989, on en compte près de 70 aujourd’hui. Au moins 30 constructions ont été décidées après le 11 septembre 2001 et 15 depuis 2015. A Nicosie, le plus vieux mur d’Europe « Le jeu, c’était de bien se cacher et de ne jamais être vue par les soldats, ni les grecs ni les turcs. « A l’école, on n’apprend qu’une seule version de l’histoire. Nicosie, la capitale de Chypre, est coupée depuis 1974 par la « ligne verte » tracée par les Nations unies à la suite de l’invasion par l’armée turque de la partie nord du territoire, après que la Grèce a tenté de forcer son annexion. Estonie, une cloison en gestation

Terrorisme en Europe : moins de morts au XXIe siècle que dans les années 1980 et 1990 Le Monde.fr | • Mis à jour le | Par Les Décodeurs Malgré les attentats survenus le 13 novembre en France, qui rappellent de tristes précédents (attentats de Madrid en 2004, de Londres en 2005, d’Uttoya en 2011...), on ne peut pas dire que l’Europe occidentale est plus touchée par le terrorisme ces dernières années qu’à la fin du siècle précédent. En réalité, on décompte moins de morts liés à des attaques entre 2001 et 2015 que dans les quinze ans précédents (1986-2000). L’année 1988 a notamment été endeuillée par l’attentat de Lockerbie. Au XXIe siècle, l’Europe a dénombré 592 morts dus à des attentats terroristes, dont 168 en France, selon la Global terrorism database. A l’échelle de la France en revanche, 2015 est de loin l’année la plus meurtrière depuis la fin de la seconde guerre mondiale.

Synarchism Synarchism generally means "joint rule" or "harmonious rule". Beyond this general definition, both synarchism and synarchy have been used to denote rule by a secret elite in Vichy France, Italy, China, Hong Kong and Mexico.[1] Origins[edit] The earliest recorded use of the term synarchy is attributed to Thomas Stackhouse (1677–1752), an English clergyman who used the word in his New History of the Holy Bible from the Beginning of the World to the Establishment of Christianity (published in two folio volumes in 1737). The attribution can be found in the Webster's Dictionary (the American Dictionary of the English Language, published by Noah Webster in 1828). Webster's definition for synarchy is limited entirely to "joint rule or sovereignty". Rule by a secret elite[edit] In Vichy France[edit] This theory allegedly originated with the discovery of a document called Pacte Synarchique following the death (May 19, 1941) of Jean Coutrot, former member of Groupe X-Crise, on May 15, 1941.

Left–right political spectrum The left–right political spectrum is a system of classifying political positions, ideologies and parties, from equality on the left to social hierarchy on the right.[1] Left-wing politics and right-wing politics are often presented as opposed, although a particular individual or group may take a left-wing stance on one matter and a right-wing stance on another; and some stances may overlap and be considered either left- or right-wing depending on the ideology.[2] In France, where the terms originated, the Left has been called "the party of movement" and the Right "the party of order".[3][4][5][6] The intermediate stance is called centrism and a person with such a position is a moderate or centrist. History of the terms[edit] By 1914, the Left half of the legislature in France was composed of Unified Socialists, Republican Socialists and Socialist Radicals, while the parties that were called "Left" now sat on the right side. Ideological groupings across the spectrum[edit] See also[edit]

Terror management theory Social and evolutionary psychology theory Terror management theory (TMT) is both a social and evolutionary psychology theory originally proposed by Jeff Greenberg, Sheldon Solomon, and Tom Pyszczynski[1] and codified in their book The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life (2015). It proposes that a basic psychological conflict results from having a self-preservation instinct while realizing that death is inevitable and to some extent unpredictable. The most obvious examples of cultural values that assuage death anxiety are those that purport to offer literal immortality (eg, belief in the afterlife through religion).[3] However, TMT also argues that other cultural values – including those that are seemingly unrelated to death – offer symbolic immortality. Terror management theory was developed by social psychologists Greenberg, Solomon, and Pyszczynski. Background[edit] Ernest Becker, 1973[11] Evolutionary backdrop[edit] Self-esteem[edit] Self-esteem as anxiety buffer[edit]

utopian questionnaire Hoo. I'm temporarily befuddled and dazed by all the hard thinking I and others have put into large questions related to building the New Nice Totalitarian World State. Eden figured largely in the question, as alternative, source, hope, antonym, etc. The best thinker about Eden in a practical way, I think, is W.H. Auden in his essay "Dingley Dell and the Fleet" included in The Dyer's Hand (Vintage edition, 1968 [speaking of Eden], the one I have.) In addition to the thoughts in that essay, Auden opened the book with a roundup of ideas about writing and reading, in which he asserts that "the judgments, aesthetic or moral,that we pass, however objective we try to make them, are in part a rationalization and in part a corrective discipline of our subjective wishes. " So long as a man writes poetry or fiction, his dreams of Eden are his own business, but when he writes criticism he ought to describe his Eden so that others can judge it and him. Landscape Climate Ethnic origin of inhabitants

Swarmwise – The Tactical Manual To Changing The World. Chapter Two. Launching a swarm is an intense event, where you can get hundreds or thousands of new colleagues in less than a day. You have a very short window for appreciating their interest, or they will take it elsewhere. OK, so you have a provocative idea. A traditional method would be to go about an advertising campaign to generate interest. On the other hand, a swarm will form as long as you present a compelling enough idea that people feel that they can be part of. To traditional marketers, this sounds ridiculous. When I started the Pirate Party in Sweden, I took its website online and wrote two lines in a file-sharing hub’s lobby chat. Hey, look, the Pirate Party has its website up after New Year’s. The site had a manifesto which was rough and unpolished, but which came across as credible, tangible, inclusive, and world changing. The first website of the Pirate Party, translated for reference. And that’s it. Don’t worry about advertising. Onward to chapter 3 >>

Gapminder downloads (2019) Gapminder Slides Download Gapminder’s slides, free to modify and use in any way you like! Here are the slides used in our public presentations and TED talks. Gapminder Tools Offline This software allows you to show animated statistics from your own laptop. You can use it without internet access Updates automatically when new data is available Download Factfulness Posters Put this on your wall to keep reminding yourself of the Factfulness rules of thumb. Handouts & Lesson plans (PDF) Interactive presentations (Flash, PowerPoint etc.) Life expectancy is a very important measure when we compare the health of different countries. Use this animated presentation when you lecture about HIV. A complete package of animations for your lecture. Is the world a better place? Från Liberia till Singapore. A clickable presentation on MDG4. Arabic version of Human Development Trends. Karolinska Institutet awards the Nobel Prize in Medicine. Barnadödlighet och antal barn per kvinna. For the Tellberg Forum.

Gapminder: Gapminder Foundation is fighting devastating ignorance with a fact-based worldview that everyone can understand. L'Afrique, continent fantasmé Les réactions suscitées par l’épidémie d’Ebola le montrent : l’Afrique effraie autant qu’elle fascine, comme si elle méritait un traitement à part dans la mondialisation. L’épidémie d’Ebola qui sévit en Afrique de l’Ouest depuis six mois oblige à repenser nos représentations de l’Afrique. L’image donnée par les médias, en effet, enferme à nouveau le continent dans une sorte de fatalité de la malédiction, qui tranche singulièrement avec les visions enthousiastes de ces dernières années. Une extraordinaire hétérogénéité Pourtant, cette maladie, malgré ses manifestations effrayantes et l’absence de traitement, est en réalité beaucoup moins contagieuse que toutes celles qui se diffusent par aérosols, comme la tuberculose ou la grippe : pour la contracter, il faut être en contact direct avec un fluide corporel d’un malade (les 5 S : sang, sperme, salive, selles, sueur). Ses trois visages Trois représentations de l’Afrique se chevauchent et se superposent ainsi dans la mondialisation.

Ceriscope - Sciences Politiques The Second Amendment Was Never Meant to Protect an Individual’s Right to a Gun This post originally appeared at The Nation. Gun rights activists gather at a public pavilion prior to a march to the Ferguson Police station on November 16, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) In common with the other big rightward swerves by the Roberts Court, the 2008 ruling in District of Columbia v. The National Rifle Association had been waging an intense 30-year campaign to secure an individual’s constitutional right to keep and bear arms by winning over members of the public, high-level politicians and, ultimately, the Supreme Court. Heller’s 5–4 majority decision, written by Justice Antonin Scalia and joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, was less in sync with the founding generation than with the top priority of a powerful interest group closely aligned with the Republican right. As radical as the holding is, the majority could have done even more damage. The Nation.

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