In his 1962 short story “2BR02B” (pronounced, to be or not to be), Kurt Vonnegut imagines that, in response to overpopulation, the US government might create a “Bureau of Termination,” where citize…

“The old lie: Dulce et decorum est /Pro patria mori (It is a sweet and fitting thing to die for one’s country”) Wilfred Owen Yes, it seems fitting that I am writing these words on November 11, Vete…

“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronoun…

The British government’s inheritance tax reforms aren’t about class warfare or filling the “black hole” in the country’s budget, they are about taking vital land off s…

Once upon a time, on a planet called Earth, there was born a global-capitalist empire. It was the first global empire in the history of empires. It dominated the entire planet. No one knew what to …

It seems that the idea of transhumanism as a major force in this current global debacle is often put on the back burner and is considered a bit too extreme to really be taken seriously. But if I wa…

The press is reporting that President Biden gave his permission for Ukrainian forces to fire US-made missiles into Russia. Russia confirms one such launch, claiming to have shot most of them down w…

The internet and the streets are awash with US Democrat voters moaning about the tyranny they fear will be imposed upon them by Republican voters. As recently highlighted by Larken Rose, their hypo…

And so it was that Moe was standing half-way down my walkway with his cellphone in hand. I like Moe. I’ve met him before. He delivers packages. He’s from Syria and he works three jobs to support hi…

It’s November 22nd, which means we’re in the midst of the 24 hours per year the mainstream media talks about JFK. Except we’re not. Every year for as long as I can remember the an…

I grew up in the ‘60s and ‘70s rather afraid of robots. I mean, they weren’t all bad—the housekeeper on The Jetsons, for example, or even the robot on the popular old TV series Lost in Space. They …

In his 1959 classic book, The Sociological Imagination, the American sociologist C. Wright Mills wrote that ordinary people are often reduced to moral stasis and feel trapped and overwhelmed by the…

In the annals of agrarian history, one particular movement has left a profound impact on the collective imagination of food sovereignty advocates. The Diggers in 17th century England were led by th…

“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary.” Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale This is how it begins. This is how it always begins, justified in the name of …

Earlier this month Australia’s government announced plans to ban anyone under the age of sixteen from using social media. Social media companies aren’t happy about it, predictably, and …

The old mainstream media is dying, and has been for years. This has only become more apparent in the weeks since Donald Trump was re-(s)elected. News that CNN is firing half their workforce, that …

Major dairy suppliers and supermarkets are partnering with chemical company DSM-Firmenich to trial new “low-emission” dairy products nationwide. Soil Association organic standards stipu…

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. This special …

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Since when have human beings developed this belief that no one in power could possibly be corrupt, or have ulterior motives to benevolent governance? It seems impossible for them to believe a polit…

The Independent Media Alliance brings you a panel focusing on the overlap of three main topics; the incoming Trump administration, Bitcoin as a potential strategic reserve, and artificial intellige…