Robert Perry: Nazi Roots in Western Ukraine — Funded by CIA

Cultural Intelligence, Peace Intelligence
Robert Parry
Robert Parry

Nazi Roots of Ukraine’s Conflict

Exclusive: Few Americans understand the ugly history behind the Nazi-affiliated movements that have gained substantial power in today’s U.S.-backed Ukrainian regime. Western propaganda has made these right-wing extremists the “good guys” versus the Russian “bad guys,” as Jonathan Marshall explains.

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Leila Janah: Davos – 5 Tech and Impact Trends

Commercial Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence
Leila (Chirayath) Janah
Leila (Chirayath) Janah

Davos: It’s Not Enough to do Less Bad (5 Tech and Impact Trends)

Here are five key tech and social impact trends from this year’s Forum:

  1. It’s not enough to do less bad.
  2. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is the way leaders will talk about tech.
  3. Impact bonds and pay-for-outcomes models will dominate global social sector funding.
  4. “Stakeholder capitalism” is no longer niche; it’s mainstream.
  5. Safe harbor provisions would allow tech platforms to innovate around labor.

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Yoda: Direct Democracy in America?

Cultural Intelligence

yoda with light saberDirect Democracy May Be Key to a Happier American Democracy

Ballot initiatives may better serve the interests of ordinary Americans than laws passed by elected officials.

Is American democracy still “by the people, for the people?” According to recent research, it may not be. Martin Gilens at Princeton University confirms that the wishes of the American working and middle class play essentially no role in our nation's policy making. A BBC story rightly summarized this with the headline: US Is an Oligarchy, Not a Democracy.