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Nozomi Hayase is a contributing writer to Culture Unplugged and a global citizen blogger at Journaling Between Worlds. A phenomenologist by training, she brings out deeper dimensions of modern events at the intersection between politics and psyche, fiction and reality to share insight on future social evolution. She can be reached at: nozomimagine@gmail.com

Noam Chomsky, From the Strategic Mind to the Radical Politics of Imagination

Posted on January 20, 2013

This week marks the beginning of Obama’s second term as US President. His inauguration on January 21st coincides with the day that honors civil rights leader Martin Luther King, who delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech 50 years ago … Continue reading →

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Aaron Swartz, Canary in a Coal Mine for the Information Cartel

Posted on January 13, 2013

“We used to have a fight about how much the internet would grieve if he died. I was right, but the last word you get in as the still living is a hollow thing, trailing off, as it does, into … Continue reading →

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Beyond the 6th of November; The Rise of the Peer Progressive

Posted on November 4, 2012

As the 2012 US presidential election looms, the familiar red and blue fever spreads across television and computer screens like another World Series or Superbowl. This election is no different than any other, as the corporate two party duopoly propagates … Continue reading →

Posted in P2P, Peer Progressives, Ralph Nader, Rap News, Steven Johnson, Third Party, US Politics, WikiLeaks | 1 Comment

WikiLeaks and the Anarchistic Roots of Global Uprising

Posted on October 20, 2012

There has been increasing interest in anarchism, with people around the globe writing and talking about it. A whole new generation is beginning to discover anarchists from the past like Emma Goldman and Alexeyevich Kropotkin and a new documentary is … Continue reading →

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WikiLeaks, Shattering the One-Way Mirror of Total Surveillance #TrapWire

Posted on August 13, 2012

On August 12, the London 2012 Olympic Games closed with performances by Britain’s biggest international stars to celebrate the achievements of the world’s great athletes. The month-long hype and fever of the Olympics that grabbed world attention was finally coming to … Continue reading →

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WikiLeaks: Activist or Journalist? Pulling a Yes Men on Bill Keller

Posted on July 30, 2012

On Saturday evening, what appeared to be a New York Times op-ed piece by Bill Keller supporting WikiLeaks emerged on twitter. For WL supporters, this was too good to be true, as someone who had shown much animosity toward WikiLeaks … Continue reading →

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Children of the Internet, Their Eyes Are Watching

Posted on June 23, 2012

We now live in a world where information travels across the globe with the speed of light. People connect instantly across borders. The Arab Spring was live-streamed and tweeted while it was unfolding. The Internet was a revolutionary tool. The … Continue reading →

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‘Terrorist’ by Association, Assange’s Lawyer on the Watch List?

Posted on April 22, 2012

Last Thursday, human rights and Julian Assange lawyer Jennifer Robinson was held up on her flight from London to Sydney for security reasons. Over the years, journalists have been interrogated and detained at borders, often for purely political reasons. This … Continue reading →

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Breaking the Silence: Beyond the Doctrine of Nihilism

Posted on April 20, 2012

“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” This familiar philosophical question came to my mind in response to a friend’s challenge of my support for WikiLeaks and … Continue reading →

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A Declaration of The Real World Invasion by France Uncut

Posted on April 1, 2012

In 1996, John Perry wrote A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace. 16 years later inspired by it a group of French people wrote their version. The French original is found here. Here is the English version. A Declaration of … Continue reading →

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