We need more people to stand up and ask each other: Why should we continue to consume? Why should we continue to be slaves to objects? Is there not more to life than shopping, buying and having?
Vincent Emanuele
Vincent Emanuele is a writer, antiwar veteran, and podcaster, known for his activism and social justice work. He is a co-founder of PARC | Politics Art Roots Culture Media, an organization focused on promoting alternative media, arts, and community engagement. Additionally, he is associated with the PARC Community-Cultural Center located in Michigan City, Indiana, which aims to foster a sense of community and cultural exchange.
There’s a political vacuum in the American Rust Belt. If the Left fails to fill this void, the Right surely will
Meanwhile, my friends continue to die—my Iraqi friends, my Afghan friends, my Syrian friends, my Libyan friends, my Pakistani friends, my Palestinian friends, my Somalian friends, my veteran friends…
Capitalism destroys even when it builds
US citizens continue to hold disproportionately skeptical views of science
Powerful institutions routinely deflect criticism by blaming the middle man, or, even more commonly, the occasional bad apple
It’s really important for Americans to recognize the brutality inherently connected with shooting, bombing, drone-striking and rocketing human beings