EDITOR—A masterful lesson on how the capitalist/imperialist system really works, which is something the rulers can’t afford to allow because it unmasks their criminality and complete disregard for democracy and all the rest we have been taught to believe in. Fact is, the truth instantly erodes the legitimacy of the international rules-based order, and the credibility of the ruling class in the US, UK, and other members of the US empire, the so-called “collective West”. As Joti Brar notes, we enjoy free speech, “as long as no one is listening…when they begin to lose the quiescence, the passivity of the masses, free speech is over.”
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EDITOR—The evils of animal factories are well-known to an increasing number of humans, but the attachment to animal-based food is old and deeply grounded in cultural traditions. This discussion may hopefully expand your consciousness about the whole thing. The first prejudice that needs to be left behind is that this topic is frivolous and that it has no place in a world rocked by so many “more serious problems.”
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EDITOR—Yael Gabay, one of the signatories and founder of Israel’s Freedom for Animals, said her organisation rescued a lot of turkeys, chickens, cats and dogs early in the war but her volunteers are now no longer allowed into Gaza. She wants the Israeli military to allow her to take food into the Strip and to accompany her while she rescues abandoned animals from the warzone.
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EDITOR—Every climber knows that mountains are unforgiving. You have to move along the rocks very slowly, with a bunch of precautions so that, God forbid, you do not fall into the abyss, splashing your brains over the stones. Apparently, no one told the mountain goats about this. That is why they jump on steep cliffs as if on level ground, as if gravity had no effect on them. Mountain goats are divided into three groups: ibex, goats and tours. The difference between them is mainly in the structure of the horns. Mountain goats are closely related to mountain rams, with which they have many similarities. However, mountain rams avoid steep cliffs, and live on smooth slopes, at an altitude of 2200 to 3500 meters above sea level. Their more distant relatives are snow goats, chamois and gorals. In short, they have a lot of relatives. But the question arises: how can mountain goats stand on tiny rock ledges, several thousand meters high, and even run on them? What is their secret of climbing? Did they hack the laws of physics?
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ERIC ZUESSE—Some reader-comments there were against Russia’s Government, such as “Trish: What a disaster for Russia, the sooner Putin goes the better.” But others were instead against America’s Government, such as “TBTB: And the US says it is not party the war? It instigated it with NATO expansion to Russia’s borders, a coup in Ukraine to install a neo-Nazi proxy regime, arming it, training it, financing it, providing it with war plans and intelligence, plus mercenaries and diplomatic support.
