Michael Laxer
The Choices That Australia Makes
The skyline of Perth seen from Kings Park, Western Australia -- Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 2510 min read
Why Is Prehistory Inspiring So Many Artists?
What draws us to such a distant and long-gone time? A fruitful relationship has always existed between prehistory (a scientific...
Michael Laxer
Oct 2510 min read
How the Built Environment Is Damaging Children’s Connection to Nature
Profit-driven urban development has disconnected us—particularly children—from the wilderness. The effects are unhealthy. An urban...
Michael Laxer
Oct 208 min read
The Corporate Vehicles Changing International Commerce
The unchecked rise of financial entities designed to conceal wealth and questionable activity has created a global, collaborative...
Michael Laxer
Oct 1918 min read
The ‘Blue Economy’ Myth: We Have to Stop Thinking the Ocean Can Be Run Like a Business
Protecting the Earth’s oceans is problematic when profit is the leading concern. kees torn, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/lic...
Michael Laxer
Oct 911 min read
What Would a Real Renewable Energy Transition Look Like?
The seven steps that could help build a social movement and ensure a sustainable future. kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0...
Michael Laxer
Sep 274 min read
How Australia Helps the U.S. Destabilize Asia
Rally initiated by the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network to oppose the AUKUS security pact, 2021 -- Matt Hrkac from Geelong /...
Michael Laxer
Sep 65 min read
The Decline of the U.S. Empire: Where Is It Taking Us All?
By Richard D. Wolff The evidence suggests that empires often react to periods of their own decline by over-extending their coping...
Michael Laxer
Aug 36 min read
Community in Motion
Bike co-ops uphold a tradition of self-empowerment through cycling. Vegasjon, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4....
Michael Laxer
Apr 168 min read
Property and Debt in Ancient Rome
The Roman concept of property is essentially creditor-oriented. As Rome’s power grew, practices quickly became predatory. House of the...
Michael Laxer
Apr 915 min read
The Myth That India’s Freedom Was Won Nonviolently Is Holding Back Progress
Some struggles can be kept nonviolent, but decolonization never has been—certainly not in India. Public domain image of Gandhi leaving a...
Michael Laxer
Apr 66 min read
How Elite Infighting Made the Magna Carta
Although the Magna Carta typically is depicted as the birth of England’s fight to create democracy, the 13th-century struggle was to...
Michael Laxer
Mar 97 min read
The Great Archaeological Discovery of Our Time
An interview with renowned archaeologist Gary M. Feinman on the emergence of a global data set from our past that humanity can use to...
Michael Laxer
Dec 11, 20235 min read
Dubai Is a Fitting Host for the Climate Circus
A host nation that promises progress but relies on regressive policies is revealing just how seriously fossil fuel interests have coopted...
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