In this episode of Breaking the Vote we hear the threats election officials have received following the 2020 election. Plus, how fear is being manufactured for political gain and we speak to one lawmaker who successfully fought back against false attacks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgLxXJoJzbA RELATED CONTENT:
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“Terror and the Western Tradition” – John GRAY
The figure of the lonely metaphysical terrorist who blew himself up with his bomb appeared in Russia at the end of the nineteenth century … The real genesis of al-Qaeda violence has more to do with a Western tradition of individual and pessimistic revolt for an elusive ideal world than with the Koranic conception of… Continue lendo “Terror and the Western Tradition” – John GRAY
Anders Breivik’s Chilling Act Of Terrorism Killed 77 People | Our Life (documentary)
When a killing spree occurs, the inevitable reaction is one of shock and disbelief at the unexpected and unimaginably violent chain of events. This compelling new series features such murders in forensic detail, drawing upon the testimony of those involved and those who knew the perpetrator to tell the story behind each chain of rapidly… Continue lendo Anders Breivik’s Chilling Act Of Terrorism Killed 77 People | Our Life (documentary)
“Fall into Occidentalism: Cioran against the Maoïstes and the Alt-Right” – Robert COWAN
From the book Volume 2 Literary Translation, Reception, and Transfer. Reprinted from Solace in Oblivion: Approaches to Transcendence in Modern Europe (Oxford, Peter Lang, 2020). Abstract: The pessimist Schopenhauer is well known as an Indophile; his own philosophy combines Plato, Kant, and the Upanishads. But later pessimists, such as E. M. Cioran in works such as… Continue lendo “Fall into Occidentalism: Cioran against the Maoïstes and the Alt-Right” – Robert COWAN
How anger, faith and conspiracy theories fuelled the trucker convoy | The Fifth Estate
Our investigation reveals how months of planning drew convoys to Canada’s capital, leading to an unprecedented weeks-long occupation of some streets around Parliament Hill. It spawned spinoff protests across the country and around the world. The protests were ostensibly about a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for truckers, but 90 per cent of Canadian truckers are vaccinated.… Continue lendo How anger, faith and conspiracy theories fuelled the trucker convoy | The Fifth Estate