Autonomies: **Edward Abbey: Theory of Anarchy**
https://autonomies.org/2025/12/edward-abbey-theory-of-anarchy/
Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners. Edward Abbey, A Voice Crying in … Continue reading →
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In 2025, overlooked climate challenges included the warming effects of reduced pollution, stalled progress in green hydrogen and rising financing costs for renewables. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/30/world/2025-bad-climate-news-you-missed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #climatechange #2025 #carbonemissions #fossilfuel #coal #renewables #greenhydrogen
Despite political setbacks and misinformation, scientists worldwide made significant advances in conservation, human origins, medical ethics, genetics and metabolism. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/30/world/science-made-incredible-breakthroughs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #health #science #nasa #ryukyuislands #fat #ozempic #glp1drugs
A controversy over off-the-record remarks advocating nuclear weapons exposes deep divisions in Japan’s media and raises questions about journalistic ethics, source protection and democratic debate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/30/japan/the-meaning-of-record-in-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #media #journalism #sanaetakaichi #nuclearweapons #defense #article9 #constitution
"Security autism" isn’t a moral failing; it’s a cognitive one. Just as individuals on the autism spectrum struggle with social cues and environmental awareness, nations can lose the ability to read geopolitical signals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/30/japan/beware-of-security-autism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #us #china #usjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #defense #sdf #northkorea #donaldtrump
Heading into 2026, every pillar of the world order we have known since World War II’s end is crumbling, but despite this, a majority of electorates believe helping others is a reliable way to help oneself. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/30/world/multilateralism-still-alive/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #aid #hunger #development #socialwelfare
Gambling with the dollar: While there is no immediate candidate to supplant the U.S. dollar, higher U.S. inflation remains a threat, and global trade with the U.S. is becoming increasingly fragmented. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/30/world/gambling-dollars-future/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #dollar #us #donaldtrump
Despite gloomy headlines, 2025 saw climate progress with cleaner grids, falling cement demand, rising EV adoption, solar industry shifts, and batteries stabilizing electricity markets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/29/world/positive-climate-news-you-this-year/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #climatechange #2025 #evs #solar #carbonemissions #cement #fossilfuels
Western strategic dissonance, U.N. cowardice, a gutted civil society and cynical Thai aggression are providing cover for a weakened Hun Sen https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/29/japan/the-world-is-failing-cambodia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #cambodia #thailand #defense #cambodiathailandrelations #hunsen #hunmanet #cpp
Barely a decade after President Barack Obama announced a “pivot” to Asia, the United States' commitment to the region is as tenuous as the days of the Vietnam War. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/29/world/asia-adrift-alone/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #trade #defense #china #southkorea #vietnam #southkoreajapanrelations
Expect 2026 to be a year of opportunity for Japan as PM Takaichi seeks lasting power, Nintendo’s new Super Mario movie targets another $1.36 billion box office success, and Japanese athletes chase global glory. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/29/japan/japan-in-2026/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #nintendo #supermariogalaxymovie #nikkei225 #interestrates #boj #yen #sports #2026 #yearofthefirehorse
Autonomies: **David Graeber: Revolution in reverse**
https://autonomies.org/2025/12/david-graeber-revolution-in-reverse/
David Graeber is an anthropologist at Goldsmiths College, University of London. In his previous books, particularly Towards An Anthropological Theory of Value and Fragments of An Anarchist Anthropology, he has spelt out his view of the need for a link between radical politics and … Continue reading →
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Autonomies: **Carlos Taibo: Bakunin versus Marx**
https://autonomies.org/2025/12/carlos-taibo-bakunin-versus-marx/
From Freedom News (26/12/2025) In the persons of these two revolutionaries, two distinct projects clashed within the First International There are more elements of commonality between Bakunin and Marx than might appear. It was hardly a coincidence that both sought the shelter … Continue reading →
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In a world where the only reliably expanding markets belong to the military sector, and technological innovation appears increasingly devoted to perfecting the art of mutual destruction, where can one still find hope? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/28/world/year-that-could-be/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #uk #albania #brexit #italy #donaldtrump #eu #immigration
The Bondi attack shows that while Islamic State is no longer a territorial force in Asia, its ideology persists online, continues to radicalize individuals and still poses a deadly threat. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/28/world/asia-islamic-state-not-back-but-endures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #islamicstate #is #terrorism #australia #bondibeach #islam #philippines #religion #jamaahansharutdaulah
It has been a decade since 195 countries committed in Paris to limit global temperature rise, and France has since embraced a leadership role by placing ecology at the center of its energy policy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/28/world/ten-years-after-the-paris-agreement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #cop30 #cop21 #parisagreement #climatechange #carbonemissions #emmanuelmacron
As the momentum behind artificial intelligence development and deployment gathers pace, the U.S. and China need to pursue sustained, senior-level diplomacy on AI risks — even as each strives for the lead in the race. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/28/world/china-america-ai-risk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #china #defense #ai #tech
Since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the idea of the United States being the custodian of the international rules-based order has been cast aside, lending new urgency to long-simmering questions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/28/world/filling-americas-shoes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #china #donaldtrump #climatechange #taiwan #uschinarelations #wto
As the Year of the Wood Snake promised subtlety and adaptation, the U.S., China and Japan instead delivered strategic blundering, authoritarian overreach and geopolitical instability. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/26/world/good-riddance-year-of-the-serpent/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #chinesezodiac #2025 #2026 #yearofthewoodsnake #yearofthefirehorse #indopacific #us #donaldtrump #xijinping #ishibashigeru #sanaetakaichi #usjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #uschinarelations
Christmas has been corrupted by nonhuman entities: Algorithms that we flatteringly call artificial intelligence has desecrated the season’s music and holiday ritual. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/26/world/ai-war-on-christmas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #winterwonderland #richardbernhardsmith #christmas #ai