GLOBAL TIMES – Further development and deployment of the technology described and explained here could enable solar energy to power not only life and production on Earth but also future deep-space exploration missions.
How the state uses conspiracy charges to crush social movements
ADI SALEEM – One lesson that we can learn from the historical continuity between each of these episodes is that movements for economic and racial justice, movements against wars and imperialism, and anti-fascism as a concept (through the targeting of “antifa”) have all been described, in different moments, as threats to public order. In each case, the state and its prosecutors have been able to portray individuals participating in these movements as public enemies.
Our government must face the moral consequences of its wars
ROBERT C. KOEHLER – When is the last time the U.S. government, or a fragment thereof, has truly been held accountable – not merely legally or politically, but morally accountable – for an act of violence, for its addiction to violence?
Nonviolent Tactics Were Most of the Actual American Revolution
TOM HASTINGS – In 1815, John Adams noted, “The Revolution was in the Minds and Hearts of the People, and in the Union of the Colonies, both of which were Substantially effected before Hostilities commenced.”
What Will It Take to Move Beyond National Independence to Global Interdependence
LAWRENCE S. WITTNER – Independence helped dismantle empires, but no nation can solve nuclear war, climate collapse, pandemics, or technological threats alone. As Americans and people of other former colonies recognize, there’s a great deal to be said for national independence. But, at times, we might also wonder: is it sufficient?
The US at 250: What Should We Be Paying Attention To?
RIVERA SUN – The United States at 250 – A Fourth of July Special.