Children of Earth & Sky

Oliver Stone is finishing a new documentary advocating nuclear power. This Open Letter evaluates some of the risks & consequences of pursuing nuclear power as our species' primary energy source.

For the people of the United States to accept a world order without a hegemon means that the people of the United States would abandon the notion of “American exceptionalism”. But it is precisely an abandonment of this notion that is the essential…

All USDA-licensed processing plants are required to treat ALL meat (even the local, grass-fed, organic variety) with synthetic preservatives.

This documentary calls upon the Holy See at the Vatican to revoke the papal decrees that set into motion the Doctrine of Christian Domination, and points out that the values and teachings of Original Free Nations are a sacred path for all Life.

JFK Revisited emphatically shows why JFK’s assassination is crucial for understanding the United States today. For without a clear and unambiguous accounting of why he was killed and by whom (I do not mean the actual shooters), and who in the…

On spiritually significant steps toward creating a way of life that is no longer based on greed and subjugation and begins to create a lifestyle based on the first indigenous principle: "Respect the Earth and have a Sacred Regard for All Living…

To understand why and by whom he was assassinated on November 22, 1963, one needs to apprehend this pressure and the reasons why President Kennedy consistently resisted it, as well as the consequences of that resistance. It is a key to understanding…

Each one of us must decide for our self how we perceive our world and what we choose to act upon, stand up for and stand with. I appreciate how Charles Eisenstein frames this: “Don’t let me or anyone else tell you what to do or when to do it. We are…

Thus did Kate Pflaumer, in an act of conscience and upholding her legal obligation as an attorney, call the U.S a terrorist state. This probably never would have happened without the non-violent hammer of Bert Sacks, who over the years has made nine…

In putting together this selection of essays, I was reminded of what Albert Camus once wrote: “A man’s work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his…

There is now an attempt to mine and pirate the data from our bodies and minds, without our permission and consent. Our humanity and autonomy are being stolen. We are being reduced to “users” of the “machines” which are extracting our humanity and…

IOSDE offers both confidential and public assistance to peoples, communities or persons experiencing violations of their rights to self-determination and/or equality and advocates for genuine processes of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)…

Dylan describes the Kennedy assassination as “the greatest magic trick ever under the sun/Perfectly executed, skillfully done.” What trick is playing out all around us as you read this? And would we see it now, as so few really saw it then? “It…

“It is correct to say that a single event—the Chernobyl accident—has caused between 600,000 and a million cases of cancer and leukemia. The radio-cesiums are on the ground, and humans are committed to receive the doses from them. To the extent…

The astronomical disparity between U.S. and Russian military priorities—comparatively, Russia currently spends seven-point-five percent of what constitutes our total U.S. military budget—needs to be stated over and over and over again; repetition is…