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Amazon Dreaming
I just returned from one of the most beautiful places in the world. One of the most biodiverse. And crucially — one of the regions that is most important to the survival of life on our pl...
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Am I Safe in Latin America?
As I bask in the ecstasy of anticipating my upcoming trips to Latin America, I know that I will be participating in the most important revolution in history – a Consciousness Revolution t...
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Summit of the Americas: Two More “Mores” and a Bad Joke
I was back at my favorite bar. I’d been reviewing the news of the week and trying to make sense out of a world that seemed to have gone totally mad: more mass shootings in the US, more ma...
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Big Oil, Ukraine, and Taxes
Over the last month, I've watched magazines like Forbes praise Big Oil for pulling out of Russia because of the Ukraine invasion. Example: Perhaps most surprising among the exodus has bee...
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Putin and Ayahuasca
I decided to take a break from Russia-Ukraine and global politics and instead write about another subject that is on many minds. People often ask what I think about ayahuasca, a conscious...
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Ukraine's Message
By John Perkins Russia’s attack on Ukraine clearly demonstrates that the old economic hit man (EHM) strategy focusing on intimidation and outright invasion continues to haunt the dark sid...
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Distractions
By John Perkins I was recently invited on a zoom podcast to discuss the importance of transforming a Death Economy to a Life Economy. My conversation with the host was progressing well, o...
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US: The Grim Reaper Wins.
By John Perkins This newsletter is short – three recent news items that tell the story of American priorities. From Democracy Now! , Oct 20, 2021: On Monday, a Senate Appropriations Comm...
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Injustice in the US Justice System
By John Perkins Purdue Pharma, the maker of the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin, was dissolved on Wednesday in a wide-ranging bankruptcy settlement . . .But the agreement includes a...
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Pope Francis and the Life Economy
By John Perkins I’m feeling very liberated now that it’s been a couple of months since I, like so many others, have been vaccinated. I’ve been going to restaurants and movie theaters. I f...
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If a Mountain Is a Deity . . .
By John Perkins Now that I’d been vaccinated, I was back at my favorite bar. With disinterest, I glanced up at the game that was playing on the large TV suspended above the bar’s mirror....
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Viruses, Vaccines and Aliens: A Screenplay
By John Perkins FADE IN EXT. OUTDOOR RESTAURANT PATIO - DAY Our protagonist is found sitting in the outdoor patio of a restaurant near his home, enjoying a beer. It has been more than a m...
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