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The Importance of MultiPolarism for the Future of Mankind and the Survival of Our Species Introduction In an increasingly interconnected world, the future of humanity hinges on the ability of nations and societies to work together while maintaining balanced power structures. Multipolarism—the existence of multiple centers of power in global politics and economics—is crucial for [ ] The post…
I would like to personally welcome you to MultiPolarism.com! Should we just sit back while our planet and world is brought to its knees by the ongoing conflicts between geopolitically affiliated blocks of countries and regions around the Globe? Should we shrug our shoulders and allow fanatics of all disturbing and fanatical views and convictions [ ] The post Promoting Fair Discussions on Our Most…
Something to be thankful for! As the end of the winter is nearing, take a quick look at my “springtime” list of 50 outstanding Internet news and information websites. I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone working at these outfits for their tireless efforts to provide us with fair and unbiased news, opinions [ ] The post 50 Outstanding Online Media Outlets! appeared first on It Starts…
Triggered by polarizing crises, protesters are back in the streets all over the world. This will become the new normal given the dismal shape the economy and world politics are in. Many protests are struggling to generate enough awareness for their cause. What lessons can today s planners learn from previous triumphs of social activism (the [ ] The post Modern Dissent: A New Era of Effective…
Higher wages, crackdown on tax dodging and higher investment in public services can stop the widening divide. Oxfam is calling for urgent action and is challenging executives of multi-national corporations to pay their fair share to society. It said nine out of 10 World Economic Forum corporate partners had a presence in at least one [ ] The post The New Gilded Age: Tax and Economic Reform is the…
Higher wages, crackdown on tax dodging and higher investment in public services can stop the widening divide. An uncontested Oxfam 2016 Davos report, which the mass media have totally ignored claims that 62 individuals – 388 in 2010 – now own more wealth than 50 percent of the world’s population. Davos is host to the [ ] The post How the Rich are Eating the World: Richest 62 people as Wealthy as…
Could this be the shape of the future USA political system (my prediction.) What’s the point of getting excited about the U.S. two-party duopoly when opposing candidates are so hard to tell apart? And does it really matter who’s elected? Aren’t the results always the same under ‘Citizen’s United’? a victory for those who can [ ] The post Crashing the Party: The End of the US Two-Party Duopoly!…
Titanic Lessons and Life-Saving Solutions for a Sinking World Many causes aggravated the situation resulting in the dooming of the “Unsinkable” Titanic. Contrary to popular belief, it wasn’t just the iceberg that sank the Titanic but a set of “avoidable” circumstances that occurred in such drastic coincidence that doomed the ship that “God Himself could [ ] The post The Perfect Metaphor for the…
In Yemen, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria, every day brings more news of bombing, death and destruction; every week will expose more broken truces and backroom deals between rebels and power brokers; every month will see more images of dead children, and the dispossessed fleeing bombed out homes and a devastated homelands; and every year will go [ ] The post Bearing the Blame for Illeagle Wars!…
An imaginary letter from a ‘child martyr’ of the Syrian civil war. “Look around me, everything is destroyed. My world is gone forever. My girlfriend and I have built a makeshift fireplace. I am gathering wood so we don’t freeze tonight. I do not know where my family is, they’re all gone. We’re alone and [ ] The post Why Do We Have Wars? appeared first on It Starts Today! .
Lobbying is not only much more prevalent in developing countries than previously thought but also much more effective than corruption as a means of influencing public policy and supporting enterprise growth. Nauro F. Campos 2008 When it comes to criticizing developing nations for their rampant corruption practices, I am afraid the west is like [ ] The post Lobbying: Corruption in the USA Under…
Capitalism and Equality As an economic system based on private enterprise and markets, capitalism has been widely interpreted both as creative and productive for the way it produces wealth and well-being, and as a supporter of economic and political freedom. Others have argued that capitalism is a system of exploitation for the way it generates [ ] The post The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to…
In a TED Talk: Why privacy matters , Glenn Greenwald compares Jeremy Bentham s 18th-century architectural design originally intended to be implemented in prisons that he called the Panopticon with the world Orwell is talking about in “1984”, a world in which people are not being watched all the time but one in which people could be [ ] The post Smile You’re on Candid Camera, Web, Phone, Social……
An ode to the US Electoral System. Caught Between the Devil and the Deep Blue/Red Sea! I read the News today, Oh boy! about a Preppy Politician who ll make US Great the Exercise of Democracy at its Best a Political Party of any Color you Want as long as it is Red or Blue the [ ] The post Caught Between the Devil and the Deep (Blue or Red) Sea appeared first on It Starts Today! .
In this episode of the Useful Idiots podcast, hosts Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by none other than the rock legend of Pink Floyd fame, Roger Waters, a fighter for Truth and Justice for a wide-ranging conversation about U.S. foreign policy, what happens after Donald Trump, Julian Assange, and more. Although some of [ ] The post Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters on Biden, Trump, Assange…
One of my favorite paintings is by the neo-classical painter Camille Corot and is named ‘Hagar in the Wilderness’. Painted in 1835 the painting illustrates the story of Abraham’s servant Hagar, who bore Abraham s son Ishmael. Later, when Isaac was born to Abraham’s wife Sarah, Hagar fled into the desert of Beersheba with Ishmael. For [ ] The post Hagar in the Wilderness; an Iconography with a…
A crisis of spiritual intelligence Early in its history, religion exercised a stabilizing influence on society by helping people spiritually. It challenged us to be loyal to the divine and compassionate with our fellow human beings. Today, orthodox belief systems have become a tool that empower those who claim to know the truth and use [ ] The post You’re Far More Powerful than You are Told!®…
The information you are about to consume is not meant to add caloric woes to your daily diet of political dia-tripes from rotten candied-dates and impastas. If you feel like you doughnut belong to this political medi-okra-tea and fear losing your tempura, your nut alone. Now that your past attempts have gone a-rye, and you’ve [ ] The post Too much junk food in your political diet? Welcome to the…
A Society based on rickety principles is headed for the bottom Our personal and collective troubles were already weighing too heavily on us when the 2020 Covid-19 storm hit. The instinct of survival, impacted by fear and insecurity of the future is driving out normal instincts of sympathy, and solidarity between people, and replacing them [ ] The post Braving the Stormy Seas of 2020 and Beyond……
We are falling, humanity is falling, in so many ways, let s count the ways. We live in a world that values maximizing personal gains at the expense of those less fortunate than us. We carry out austerity programs that harm the poor, while the treasury is looted by financial speculators. We blow all our money [ ] The post We’re All Falling; Let’s Count the Ways appeared first on It Starts Today! .