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EU Climate Breakdown 

In the sharpest possible contrast to the US approach to climate change, in a very grown-up adult fashion, the EU has publicly stated: “EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy.” (Environmental Damage…

Our De Facto Shamans and the Motor of History

I’ve long been of the opinion that our modern, generally secularized Western civilization, despite our collective rejection of the traditional religious forms of human conduits to the sacred/profound realms (priests, rabbis, swamis, etc.) has, without realizing it, redirected a deep…

The end of the simulacrum: the Sumud Flotilla confronts Israel’s naked exercise of absolute power

The opening scene says it all: Israel’s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, struts at the port of Ashdod before the international activists recently abducted in international waters. He forces them to sit on the ground, calls them “terrorists” before the…

The persistence of the memory of those who fo not remain silent

The contemporary world seems trapped in a machinery designed for forgetting. A machinery made of foolish algorithms that reward banality and one-minute trending topics, while rendering invisible the struggles that should shake consciences. The solidarity flotilla that sailed toward Gaza…

Beyond Symbolism: The Need for True Nonviolence to Stop Genocide

As the flotilla begins to be attacked by Israel, we need to clarify and refocus our attention on what is really at stake. Among Silo’s Principles of Valid Action, there is one that says: “Do not oppose a great force. Retreat until…

Brave at Sea: The Sumud Flotilla and the cynicism of Europe

October 1, 2025 The dawn was long and dark. On board the Global Sumud Flotilla, bodies stiffened from the vigil; souls, from certainty. That last night before reaching Gaza was etched in the memory of those who could not sleep:…

On Our Daily Forward

For a while now, one question has been circling in my mind about how we inhabit digital ecosystems: from what stance do we speak? What position do we take when we participate, share, or interact in those spaces that, though…

Truth Between Light and Shadow: Cultural Boycott, Historical Memory, and the Politics of Meaning

The “No Music For Genocide” campaign is not an isolated gesture of indignation; it is a cultural intervention that reopens an ancient and urgent question: what do we do with truth when it appears before us? Do we make it…

Among Fossils and Philosophy: What a one-million-year-old Asian Skull does to our Theories

The digital reconstruction of the Yunxian 2 skull, discovered in Hubei in 1990 and dated between 940,000 and 1.1 million years ago, constitutes an epistemic event that goes beyond the merely archaeological. Precisely this week, an international team of paleoanthropologists…

The Burnout Society: A Philosophical Critique of Contemporary Self-Exploitation

The Burnout Society, written by the South Korean-German philosopher Byung-Chul Han, is a brief book based on an essay that challenges the conceptual frameworks underpinning the dominant paradigms of contemporary society. In this work, Han offers a profound and accurate…

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