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Imperialism

How European Imperialism Created Today’s Global Conflicts

When you look at the modern world the first thing you notice is conflict. From the Middle East to Africa from Asia to Eastern Europe wars and tensions never seem to end. Most people blame religion or culture or bad leaders. But the real root of these problems goes...

How European Imperialism Created Today’s Global Conflicts editorial collage showing colonial era maps and modern geopolitical conflict scenes
War

Media Propaganda – Why War Coverage Fails

You turn on the news. A war is raging somewhere. The reporter sounds confident. But something feels missing. You don’t get the full picture. Instead you hear the same phrases again and again. “Freedom fighters” on one side. “Terrorists” on the other hand. This is...

Media propaganda showing biased war coverage and news manipulation

About Me

I have lived in New York City since 1974 (most of the time), except 1987 to 1990, when I lived and worked with the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. I lived in Toronto, Canada, from August 1968 until August 1974. I graduated from high school in 1964, with a scholarship to study at the University of Oregon in Eugene, but instead I went to a Jesuit seminary in Los Gatos, California, where I lasted just four months — didn’t much like silent penitence or the prospect of lifelong celibacy! My six years in Canada form Chapter 3 in My Whirlwind Lives.

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