Tag: History

• The Death Machine, Notes and Comments

  Some additional thoughts on War, and how we calculate and understand something like ‘deadliness.’

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• The Death Machine

  Modern War is not more humane or moderated than the conflict of the past. In fact, we’ve more or less perfected the Death Machine.

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• Normalising Atrocity

  Things that should be unthinkable or unspeakable are constant now. How it happened, and something we can do about it.

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• It’s Their Territory

  What Trump’s comments tell us about the US empire, and why we need to resist all imperialism if we want a future with justice and…

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  International Justice

  There are debts owed by most of the richest and most powerful nations in the world. Those of us with privilege and power should accept…

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• Cynicism Isn’t Realism

  Media That’s relentlessly pessimistic is dis-empowering and politically stagnant; it isn’t realistic, it’s a worldview progressive people should reject.

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  The Masks of Empire

  Empire wears masks to protect what it really is – a short poem.

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• The End of the World as we Know it

  The Political and Social Order is being torn apart, but was it good to begin with? This ending can also be a beginning.

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• Reading Recommendations, December 2025

  Some books and media I’ve been enjoying recently, and which have shaped my thoughts & views. Check them out over the holiday break.

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• History isn’t Inevitable

  It might sound compelling, but when human decisions don’t create history, redressing historical wrongs can be impossible.

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