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Who Chooses Wars for Us?

Post author By Nóra Ugron
Post date July 25, 2024

Artwork by Nóra Ugron

Who chooses wars for us? What does it mean that somewhere is peace and somewhere is war? Is this still peace? What kind of peace? Whose peace? Is there really peace until there are wars? So what if wars no longer exist? How can we reach worlds without wars? Can we get there? We have to. Once upon a time there was a world of wars. There was.

Tags arms trade, Border Regime, border violence, Europe, Genocide, Israel, pacifism, Palestine, Ukraine, Ursula K Le Guin, war

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A View on War and Violence from Post–Postwar Japan: Interview with Toshimaru Ogura

Post author By lefteast
Post date April 18, 2023

Please say a few words about your activities over time in Japan! I was born in 1951 and had been teaching Marx’s economics and critique of modern capitalism at a local Japanese university for over 30 years. Therefore, I am sometimes considered an “economic scientist.” Those who have read my book “Acid Capitalism,” which refers […]

Tags Japan, masculinity, pacifism, violence