Background of the War in Ukraine
Project for a New American Century The Project for a New American Century was a Washington-based “think tank” founded in 1997 by William Kristal and Robert Kagen. The basic idea…
John Scales Avery
Literacy
A book announcement I would like to announce the publication of a new book, which may be downloaded and circulated free of charge from the following link: Here are some…
Collected Essays (Volume VII) by John Scales Avery
This book by John Scales Avery, a renowned intellectual and theoretical chemist at the University of Copenhagen, contains a collection of essays and articles discussing the severe problems and challenges…
Why War?
Albert Einstein's letter to Sigmund Freud In 1931, the International Institute for Intellectual Cooperation invited Albert Einstein to enter correspondence with a prominent person of his own choosing on a…
Avoiding Climate Disaster: Our Last Chance?
The most recent IPCC report https://countercurrents.org/2023/04/2023-ipcc-ar6-summary-for-policymakers-last-warning/?swcfpc=1 https://popularresistance.org/ipcc-this-is-the-make-or-break-decade-for-climate-action/ https://popularresistance.org/does-climate-inaction-violate-human-rights/ https://countercurrents.org/2023/04/making-sense-of-the-latest-ipcc-report-2023/?swcfpc=1 The report states that globally “approximately 3.3 to 3.6 billion people live in contexts that are highly vulnerable to climate change.”…
Secrecy Versus Democracy: New Developments
A government with many secrets is not a democracy What are we to think when governments make every effort to keep their actions secret from their own citizens? We…
Fire And Ice
Robert Frost's poem In 1923, Robert Frost wrote a short poem entitled “Fire and Ice”. Here is the poem: Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in…
Prosecuting Donald Trump
Donald Trump is currently being charged with 34 felonies The State of New York, under the leadership of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr., has arrested the former president,…
The great importance of International Criminal Court
Establishment of the International Criminal Court In 1998, in Rome, representatives of 120 countries signed a statute establishing an International Criminal Court (ICC), with jurisdiction over the crime of genocide,…
Our Global Water Crisis
A Few Facts https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-report-drinking-water https://countercurrents.org/2023/03/accelerating-change-on-united-nations-world-water-day-2023/?swcfpc=1 In its home-page on World Water Day, 2021, the United Nations pointed out the following facts: Today, 1 in 3 people live without safe drinking…
America’s Wars
Over 300 wars! As documented in the Wikipedia timeline of U.S. wars, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_military_operations and in the Wikipedia list of wars involving the United States, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States the United States of America…
Background To The Struggle Of Iran’s Women
Women's Day A few days ago, on Woman's Day, an article called our attention to the plight of Iranian women, who are fighting for their freedom and civil rights against…
Assange, Snowden, Secrecy And Democracy
“The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing.” John Adams,…
The U.S. Must Stop Threatening China!
America'a aggressive military-industrial complex It appears that the military-industrial complex has complete control of the government of the United States, which recently voted to give the Pentagon roughly a trillion…
NATO’s aggressive militarism
The Illegality of NATO: Violation of the UN Charter and the Nuremberg Principles In recent years, participation in NATO has made European countries accomplices in US efforts to achieve global…
Our Knowledge-Based Society
I would like to announce the publication of a new nook, entitled “Our Knowledge-Based Society”. The book may be downloaded and circulated, free of charge, from the following link: https://eacpe.org/content/uploads/2023/02/Our-Knowledge-Based-Society-by-John-Scales-Avery.pdf…
Lives In Acting
A new, freely downloadable, book I would like to announce the publication of a new book, entitled “Lives in Acting”. The pdf file of the book may be downloaded and…
Trying To Predict the Future
I would like to announce the publication of a new nook, entitled “Trying To Predict the Future”. The book may be downloaded and circulated, free of charge, from the following…
Lives of Some Great Classical Composers
A new, freely downloadable, book I would like to announce the publication of a new book, entitled “Lives of Some Great Classical Composers”. The pdf file of the book may…
Iran, Past and Present
I would like to announce the publication of a new nook, entitled “Iran, Past and Present”. The book may be downloaded and circulated, free of charge, from the following link:…
Militarism of the United States
The U.S. government aims at global hegemony through military force https://popularresistance.org/john-pilger-the-us-is-escalating-war-tensions-with-china-in-desperate-bid-to-maintain-global-power/ https://www.transcend.org/tms/2022/11/see-867-us-military-bases-on-new-online-tool/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfowitz_Doctrine The military-industrial complex, against which President Dwight D. Eisenhiwer warned in his famous farewell address, has bipartisan…
Lives of Some Great Philosophers
A new, freely downloadable, book I would like to announce the publication of a new book, entitled “Lives of Some Great Philosophers”. The pdf file of the book may be…
We Are Demanding Too Much
A book announcement I would like to announce the publication of a new book, which may be downloaded and circulated free of charge from the following link: https://eacpe.org/content/uploads/2022/11/We-are-Demanding-Too-Much-by-John-Scales-Avery.pdf The explosive…
Against Nationalism
A book announcement I would like to announce the publication of a new book, which may be downloaded and circulated free of charge from the following link: https://eacpe.org/content/uploads/2022/10/Against-Nationalism-by-John-Scales-Avery.pdf A dangerous…
Lives of Some Great Film Directors
A new, freely downloadable, book I would like to announce the publication of a new book, entitled “Lives of Some Great Film Directors”. The pdf file of the book may…
Who Sabotaged Nord Stream Gas Pipelines?
I agree with Jan Oberg Dr. Jan Oberg, Co-Founder and leader of the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research, wrote a really excellent article on the question of who…
Steps towards avoiding a climate catastrophe
I would like to announce the publication of a new book, which may be downloaded and circulated free of charge from the following link; https://eacpe.org/content/uploads/2022/09/Steps-Towards-Avoiding-a-Climate-Catastrophe-by-John-Scales-Avery.pdf The topics discussed in the…
Reforming The United Nations
A new freely downloadable book I would like to announce the publication of a new book about how we might strengthen the United Nations and make it more effective in…
Lives in Molecular Biology – A freely downloadable book
A new, freely downloadable, book I would like to announce the publication of a new book, entitled “Lives in Molecular Biology”. The pdf file of the book may be downloaded…
Famine, Disease And War
Malthus' “Essay on The Principle of Population” T.R. Malthus' “Essay on The Principle of Population”, the first edition of which was published in 1798, was one of the the first…
New Free E-Book: Sacrificing The Earth For The Economy
Climate change is an extreme emergency There is ample evidence that if the international community does not act immediately and effectively to reduce greenhouse gas emmissions and to replace fossil…
Selling Weapons, Selling War
Why does war persist? War was always madness, always immoral, always the cause of unspeakable suffering, economic waste and widespread destruction, and always a source of poverty, hate, barbarism and…
Lives of Some Great Dramatists
Human history as cultural history We need to reform our teaching of history so that the emphasis will be placed on the gradual growth of human culture and knowledge, a…
The threat of large-scale famine
Disasters threaten human civilization Among the greatest dangers to human civilization are nuclear war and catastrophic climate change, dangers which also threaten the biosphere. In addition to these two existential…
Homo Sapiens?
A book announcement Humans, in their arrogance, call themselves not just "Homo sapiens", but "Homo sapiens sapiens", the "wisest of the wise"! Admittedly, our species has enormous technical and scientific…
Lives in Prehistory
A new freely downloadable book I would like to announce the publication of a book which describes the early history of the earth, and the evolution of humans. The book…
Eliminating The Causes Of War
A new freely downloadable book I would like to announce the publication of a new book, which discusses the causes of war, and how they may be eliminated. The book…
The Urgent Need For Climate Action
Climate disaster seems a distant threat One reason why the Glasgow Climate conference failed so miserably to produce urgently needed climate action was that humans tend to react to what…
Lives in the Middle Ages
A new freely downloadable book I would like to announce the publication of a book which presents many aspects of culture in the Middke Ages. The book may be downloaded…
Corporations Versus Democracy
A new freely downloadable book I would like to announce the publication of a new book, which discusses the ways in which giant corporations control both governments and media, thus…
Lives in the Renaissance
Human history as cultural history We need to reform our teaching of history so that the emphasis will be placed on the gradual growth of human culture and knowledge, a…
What Russia Wants
Russia does not want to invade Ukraine Both Russia's President, Vladimir Putin, and its Foreign Secretary, Sergey Laverov, have repeatedly stated that Russia does not intend to invade Ukraine. Logic…
Attacks on Democracy in the United States
The Republican Party has become irresponsible In recent years, and especially since Donald Trump's term as president, the Republican party has become irresponsible. Republican Senators and members of the House…
Warnings From The Poles
A new freely downloadable book I would like to announce the publication of a new book, which discusses worrying recent developments in the Antarctic and the Arctic, which warn us…
All Of Us Remain Hostages to the Military-Industrial Complex
Do our “Defense Departments” really defend us? Absolutely not! Their very title is a lie. The military-industrial complex sells itself by claiming to defend civilians. It justifies vast and crippling budgets…
Lives in the 20th Century
Human history as cultural history We need to reform our teaching of history so that the emphasis will be placed on the gradual growth of human culture and knowledge, a…
Humanity’s Massive Footprint On The Face Of Nature
I would like to announce the punlication of a new book which discusses the reasons for our human encroachment on the earth's ecological systems, and the possible consequences if we…
Lives In The 17th Century
Human history as cultural history We need to reform our teaching of history so that the emphasis will be placed on the gradual growth of human culture and knowledge, a…
Why Readers Should Support Countercurrents
Today the mass media are controlled by powerholders and corporate oligarchs. And therefore to obtain a true picture of what is going on in the world, readers must turn to…
Tasks For The Future
A new freely downloadable book Today the world is facing several threats, and to avoid them we need to act. The greatest threats are catastrophic climate change and thermonuclear war,…
Lives In The Ancient World
Human history as cultural history We need to reform our teaching of history so that the emphasis will be placed on the gradual growth of human culture and knowledge, a…
Money And Politics
If politicians continue to use money as a guide in making decisions, we will lose the battle to save human society and the biosphere from the catastrophic long term effects…
Lives in the 18th Century
Human history as cultural history We need to reform our teaching of history so that the emphasis will be placed on the gradual growth of human culture and knowledge, a…
We Need Immediate And Drastic Climate Action
A new freely downloadable book I would like to announce the publication of a book which presents the reasons why we urgently need immediate and drastic climate action The book…
Lives In The 19th Century
Human history as cultural history We need to reform our teaching of history so that the emphasis will be placed on the gradual growth of human culture and knowledge, a…
Problems With Capitalism
One of the problems with capitalism is that it is driving us towards disaster. Greed is good? Adam Smith (1723-1790) maintained that individual self-interest can and should be the principle…
Who Is My Neighbor?
A new freely downloadable book I would like to announce the publication of a book which discusses religious ethics and cosmology. The book may be downloaded and circulated free of…
Terrorism: A False Threat
Twenty years after the events of 9/11, 2001, and in the midst of the messy withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan, it seems apropriate to question the validity of…
Lives in Biology
Human history as cultural history We need to reform our teaching of history so that the emphasis will be placed on the gradual growth of human culture and knowledge, a…
Collected Essays, Volume VI by John Scales Avery
A new freely downloadable book I would like to announce the publication of a collection of the articles and book announcements which I have written during the last two years.…
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