Was there a buildup to the genocide in Gaza? It seems to me that the fire in Lahaina on the Island of Maui was similar to what we have seen in Gaza, but on a much smaller scale. After the Lahaina fire, the coyness of city leaders was suspicious. Those who took part in press conferences seemed almost proud of the insulting and incomplete answers they gave to the press.
This is a summary of the first lecture in a six-part series by Fr Peter Knox SJ on lent and ecological conversion. Fr Knox wants us to leave these lectures feeling empowered to make a significant contribution in caring for our common home.
With European elections looming, far-right parties are exploiting the farmers' protests. Therefore, it's important to understand the issues affecting the farmers. In this panel discussion, DEiM25 explains the Plight of European Farmers.
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469--1527) is often interpreted as a cynic, or as a philosopher of political evil. But according to a Jacobin article, "Machiavelli was a republican idealist whose support for popular rule can inspire struggles against the oligarchies of today."
The history of Israel's dealings with the United States, as documented in a recently released FBI file, reads like a spy novel. The dates and details are recorded in an article entitled Isaiah L. Kenen: Foreign Agent to Founder of AIPAC
Professor Wen Yang wonders how it is possible that Machiavelli's treatise, when it finally appeared, was able to change the course of Western political philosophy. He believes that the core of the problem was the innate deficiencies of Western civilization. And these began very early. The problem with the West is that it did not experience the Axial Age.
In a Neutrality Studies interview, Professor Dr. Dr. H.C. Wolfgang Streeck explains why no one denies anything to Netanyahu. They fear he might use nuclear weapons on his neighbors.
I recently read the book, Martin Bormann: Nazi in Exile. The picture it paints of our present reality is disturbing but convincing. It's convincing because the world behaves like the Germans won the war.
This article presents the views of Professor David Harvey on class, nation and nationalism. Harvey's recent video, published by Politics in Motion, touches on an important element of the Pinker-Mearsheimer debate about the Enlightenment.
This is a summary and critique of a debate hosted by the Institute of Art and Ideas. In the videos cited below, Steven Pinker and John Mearsheimer debate the Enlightenment and its alternatives. The subtitle is, Which ideals are the best guide to human betterment?