Marx, Spinoza, and the Political Implications of Contemporary Psychiatry

Simple logic tells us that those atop a societal hierarchy will provide rewards for professionals—be they clergy or psychiatrists—who promote an ideology that maintains the status quo, and that the ruling class will do everything possible to manipulate the public to believe that the social-economic-political status quo is natural.

Marx, Spinoza, and the Political Implications of Contemporary Psychiatry

Ukrainian Orthodox Church [UOC-MP] Updates for 11-20-2023

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UN agency documents an increase in violence against believers in Ukraine

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VoA propaganda: Orthodox Church Row Threatens US Aid to Ukraine*

Video: Tucker Carlson interviews Lawyer for UOC

*Viktor Yelensky

Viktor Yelensky was a member of the Fulbright Scholar Program 2003–2004. Within 2004 he worked at Brigham Young University (Utah, USA).

Viktor Yelensky headed the Ukrainian journal for religious studies “Lyudina i Svit” (“Human Being and the World”, 1995–2004) and lead the Kyiv Bureau of Radio Liberty (2005–2008). Also on the radio he was the host of the program “Freedom of Conscience”.

NGOs, “Unions”, & Media Outlets in the Service of Imperialism

The US has a long history of interfering in the Orthodox Church

Yurii Sheliazhenko: only nonviolence against the Russians

“War is a crime against humanity, and therefore we should be determined not to support any kind of war and we must fight for the elimination of all causes of war” [1]. Stark words, explicit as far as possible from the little freedom “granted” in Ukraine, those of Yurii Sheliazhenko, Ukrainian pacifist and nonviolent.

Yurii Sheliazhenko: only nonviolence against the Russians

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Ukrainian Pacifist Movement: An interview With Its Leader Yurii Sheliazhenko

Former Moscow-linked Church claims religious persecution as security raids heat up

(CNN) — The vertically shot video published last November shows no weapons, battlefield atrocities or even soldiers. But the sound of a patriotic Russian song reverberating through a church on Kyiv’s famous Lavra monastery grounds seemed to open a new front in Ukraine’s war with Russia.

Former Moscow-linked Church claims religious persecution as security raids heat up

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“Do not ban the UOC” petition appears on the Cabinet of Ministers’ website

EU parliamentarian calls to sanction Vanessa Beeley and all observers of Donbass referendums

MEP Nathalie Loiseau of France is lobbying for individual sanctions on all observers of the Russian-organized referendums in the Donbass region. She has singled out journalist Vanessa Beeley not only for her coverage of the vote, but for her reporting on the foreign-back war against Syria’s government.

EU parliamentarian calls to sanction Vanessa Beeley and all observers of Donbass referendums