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Patrick Mazza

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Time for a Declaration of Moral Independence from Empire

The reality of empire “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” Position the imperial death star, commands the...

14.04.2026 9

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The Iran War’s Global Disruption Points to a Bioregional Way of Life

I awoke this morning to pictures of Iran’s South Pars gas field burning, the world’s largest. I know what this means. It makes me almost...

25.03.2026 20

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Staying Sane In An Insane World: Where I Go To Find My Center

Sometimes the insanity of the world gets to me, I feel overwhelmed, almost drowned in it. Then I just have to step back and find my center. That’s...

26.02.2026 20

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The Path Through an Uncertain Future: Rebuild Community by Reclaiming the Commons

It is hard to recall a time when uncertainties have been so great or come from so many directions. In the U.S., the sense of having a stable, reliable...

16.12.2025 20

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How New York and Seattle Mayoral Victories Point the Way to Systemic Change

The subversive power of imagination In my last post I recalled the vision of historian William Appleman Williams seeking an American future beyond...

20.11.2025 30

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The U.S. is Broken. Time to Think About What Comes Next

The problem of centralized power The United States is broken, and it’s time to think about what comes next. Images of the White House East Wing...

28.10.2025 20

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Empire comes home to the U.S.

History is catching up with the United States. The center of the most globe-spanning empire in history, empire is now coming home to its own shores....

14.10.2025 20

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In the Disunited States, Conflict and Uncertainty Rule – Time to Come Home

In the U.S. these are days of dread. The air is filled with uncertainty. What comes next? Who can tell? The states increasingly divide, signified by...

18.09.2025 20

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In Israel’s Genocide of Gaza, We See the Face of Five Centuries of Western Colonialism

There are times when it is difficult to bring myself to my writer’s desk, when I know there is something that desperately needs to be acknowledged,...

08.08.2025 30

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Time for a New American Revolution

We have to ask ourselves whether this system can be fixed, and whether the travesties we face today are not an aberration, but its logical outcome....

07.07.2025 20

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Stung by People Power Protests, Elon Musk Targets My Group and a Close Friend

A week ago Saturday Co-President Elon Musk took to his X platform to call out several groups staging protests against his Tesla dealerships for...

18.03.2025 20

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