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How To Protest (Extinction Rebellion Style!)

So you've decided to get off your butt and save the planet. About time! So, what was it that put you over the edge? Was it the impassioned plea to "Act Now" because "Our House is Flooding!" Or was it the finger-wagging "How dare you?" of everyone's favorite...

Your Guide to a World on Fire

I don't know if you've noticed, but the world is on fire right now. From protests and riots to bloodshed and coups d'état, it seems that every corner of the globe is being rocked by an explosion of unrest . . . and no, I'm not talking about the Great Popeyes Chicken...

The Saudi Aramco IPO: What You Need to Know

After years of teasing, the moment has finally arrived: Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (hereinafter dubbed "MbS" or "the Clown Prince") has announced the Saudi government's intention to float a stake in Saudi Aramco. As you no doubt already know...

Ukrainegate: What You’re Not Being Told

If you're one of those poor deluded souls who get their news from the mainstream media, you'll have noted that the issue of President Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is the one and only issue worth talking about in the entire world. In...

How to Worship Your Government

"The President of the United States is in danger of losing the mandate of heaven." Thus spake Pat Robertson during the recent brouhaha over Syria, where the unthinkable notion that the US might actually pull out of a war zone instead of sending more troops in began to...

Everything (g)Old is New Again: What QE4 Means For You

After years of denials by the Fed and its minions in the controlled corporate media, the Federal Reserve had to admit this week that it's beginning its fourth round of so-called "quantitative easing" (QE4) since the Lehman collapse and ensuing financial crisis over a...

Upon Meeting A Friend for the First Time

It's hard to believe that I've been collaborating with James Evan Pilato on New World Next Week—our weekly news update series—for 10 years now. It's even harder to believe that, after all these years of talking about a real-world meet up with James, it finally came to...

The World’s Largest (Democratic!) Biometric Prison

Whenever they talk about India and its "inevitable" rise to world economic dominance, establishment hacks like Thomas "Iraq War booster" Friedman always seem compelled to note that the country is "the world's largest democracy." They might want to talk to the...