Monthly Archives: June 2020

Powerful new testimonies from Black American veterans of the corporate media

Helena · 12:27 pm · 06/29/2020 · Black Lives Matter, Human rights, Media, U.S. history

The sustained outpouring of #BlackLivesMatter and related pro-justice activism right across the United States has been pushing important– and in most cases, long-overdue– change at many levels. One level is that of “high-end corporate media”, where just in the past week I have read three very moving essays by Black-American writers  who have seemingly felt … Continue reading Powerful new testimonies from Black American veterans of the corporate media →

Bill Fletcher, W.E.B. Dubois, and the World Today

Helena · 3:44 pm · 06/23/2020 · Anti-imperialism, Black Lives Matter, Imperialisms, Just World Ed, World order

A few weeks ago, my colleague on the board of Just World Educational Richard Falk and I launched a new initiative, an exploration of the ways the current “Covid era” has been upending the global balance balance. You can read more about our “World After Covid” project, here. It’s been intellectually engaging to get this … Continue reading Bill Fletcher, W.E.B. Dubois, and the World Today →

OECD’s dire projections still too optimistic?

Helena · 3:24 pm · 06/11/2020 · Covid chronicles, World order

Yesterday, the OECD dropped its twice-yearly projection of the economic performances for 2020 of its 36 pro-American and mainly capitalist members– as well as those of other major actors in the world economy, including China and Russia. It makes understandably depressing reading. The OECD’s economists worked their forecasts according to two different types of incidence … Continue reading OECD’s dire projections still too optimistic? →

Notes from the heart of this collapsing empire

Helena · 3:43 pm · 06/07/2020 · Black Lives Matter, Covid chronicles, Quakerism, U.S. policy, Washington DC life

Twenty months ago, Bill the spouse and I moved back to live in Washington DC fulltime after living in “bucolic” Charlottesville, VA for 21 years. Three months ago, the Covid-19 crisis found us here; and since then I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about how starkly the three braided strands of this crisis expose … Continue reading Notes from the heart of this collapsing empire →

Another American first: A self-collapsing empire!

Helena · 10:38 am · 06/02/2020 · Anti-imperialism, China, Covid chronicles, Imperialisms, U.S. policy, World order

Americans are well-known for their ingenuity and many of them (including Pres. Donald J. Trump) love to crow about being “Number One!” Now, the whole world is seeing the United States achieving a nearly unprecedented record: The country that was this planet’s unchallenged hegemon for the past 28 years is undergoing a collapse of its … Continue reading Another American first: A self-collapsing empire! →