Marie PagliughiWhy having to choose between pessimism and optimism?How easy it is be stuck in some kind of apathetic pessimism these days. Falling into the trap of a bleak appreciation of things has become…May 12, 2017May 12, 2017
Marie PagliughiHow many steps have you taken today?“No man is an island” John DonneMay 9, 2016May 9, 2016
Marie PagliughiThe Panama Papers Are Revealing the Misery of the Neoliberal SystemThe Panama Papers story has been received in a flurry of outraged comments. The intensity with which citizens in various part of the world…Apr 19, 2016Apr 19, 2016
Marie PagliughiWhy every vote for Trump should matter to us all non-Americans.“If evil has a geographical place, and if the evil has a name, that is the beginning of fascism. Real life is not this way. You have…Mar 18, 2016Mar 18, 2016
Marie PagliughiLet’s talk about this hybrid beast we call capitalism over a glass of wine“After all, if you do not resist the apparently inevitable, you will never know how inevitable the inevitable was.” — Terry EagletonFeb 12, 2016Feb 12, 2016
Marie PagliughiThe case of antibiotic resistance — one of the new faces of our crisis of modernity“The place of the worst barbarism is that modern forest that makes use of us, this forest of chimneys and bayonets, machines and weapons…Jan 29, 2016Jan 29, 2016
Marie PagliughiWhat a wicked game to play…: Turkey, Russia, and the obsolete NATO“1945–1990 — Russophobia…A couple of weeks ago, two Turkish F-16s shot down a Russian bomber near the Syrian border. It is unclear whether the collision happened…Dec 5, 2015Dec 5, 2015
Marie PagliughiFooled by fear: ISIS, global risks, and the legitimacy of war“How can you have a war on terrorism when war itself is terrorism?” ― Howard ZinnNov 22, 2015Nov 22, 2015