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Learning Now from Gandhi   

[Prefatory Note: I wrote the text below before being aware of the drastic challenges posed for the human species in 2020: the COVID-19 pandemic, systemic racism, Trump & Trumpism. These challenges are posed in their most extreme forms in the United States, not only the first global state, but also the first failed global state, exporting its failures far beyond normal borders of time and space.

Dystopia NOW! The Worst Best Post Apocalypse Films


I’ll be covering some obscure and forgotten B movies that told us about the coming mad max scenario.  Instead of the obvious ones like Road Warrior, I’ll be covering the worstbest.  We will look at The Taking of Beverly Hills, Warrior of the Lost World (MST3K version), Freejack, Battletruck, Steel Dawn, Fortress and Class of 1984. Live tonight at 930 CST

 

Revisiting Meeting Ayatollah Khomeini in January, 1979

[Prefatory Note: The post below is a slightly modified text of responses to Javad Heiran-Nia’s interview questions that was published on 2 June 2020 in Mehr News. From the Iranian publication I received some criticisms to the effect that I failed to associate Ayatollah Khomeini’s legacy with the repressiveness of the policies and practices of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Gangster Geopolitics in the Global Jungle: Annexation Tops Israel’s Macabre Dance Card

[Prefatory Note: Republication of opinion piece published in Al Jazeera English on May 13, 2020. Link is https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/gangster-geopolitics-israel-annexation-plans-200511154825347.html. The published AJE text has been slightly modified.]
 
 
Gangster Geopolitics in the Global Jungle: Annexation Tops Israel’s Macabre Dance Card