Preview of a Graphic Year to Come
In the Age of Censorship and Forever Wars it's necessary to remember alternative voices
American history is rife with rebellion
Howard Zinn was an American historian, playwright, philosopher, socialist intellectual and World War II veteran.
In People's History of the United States, Zinn presented what he considered to be a different side of history from the more traditional "fundamental nationalist glorification of country".
A career soldier speaks the simple truth
Major-General Smedley Darlington Butler was a United States Marine Corps officer and writer.
War Is a Racket is a speech and a 1935 short book based on his career military experience. He discusses how business interests commercially benefit from warfare.
Alternative journalism rises from the internet
Whitney Webb is a professional writer, researcher, and journalist since 2016. She was a senior investigative reporter for Mint Press News and hosts an independent podcast called Unlimited Hangout.
She covers the hard stuff. Her work highlights corruption, government overreach, the lack of accountability for militaries and intelligence agencies, and the military-industrial complex.
The classic dilemma between power and truth
Eric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell.
His work is characterized social criticism, opposition to all totalitarianism and support of democratic socialism.
A New World Order is not a bountiful harvest
Christopher Hedges is an American journalist, author, commentator and Presbyterian minister. His books include War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (2002).
He was a freelance war correspondent in Central America and reported from both the Middle East and the former Yugoslavia during the wars.
Coda
The start of a New Year is a contemplative period for both the past and the present.
There are always patterns and trends that repeat themselves. And hopes and desires that try to make a comeback each year too.
America is in a transitional phase. That means the world is in transition.
Global adventurism, exploration and exploitation remain as rambunctious as in earlier centuries. Only now the full extent of the carnage and plunder is on full display.
The lies still prevail. The truth is distorted. And the propaganda works.
We are living in tumultuous times.
And 2025 will be a precursor of more things to come.
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