FREEDOM OF SPEECH UNDER FIRE: WAR IS A U.S. PRETEXT FOR CENSORSHIP

U.S. PRESIDENTS WHO TEMPORARILY CROSSED INTO AUTHORITARIAN BEHAVIOR UNDER CRISIS Some presidents did not begin as domination-oriented leaders, yet drifted toward coercive power when faced with war, rebellion, or perceived existential threat. In these cases, authoritarian behavior emerged situationally rather than as a governing philosophy—but the damage to civil liberties was real. Abraham Lincoln suspended …

VENEZUELA: WHEN WAR BECOMES A CAREER PATH

How Manufactured Threats Create Leaders While Civilians Disappear By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. and Janet Kira Lessin WORK IN PROGRESS — Part of an ongoing investigative series.This article examines historical patterns of manufactured war narratives and their modern evolution. Wars do not merely destroy nations; they construct ladders. Someone always climbs while others fall, and …

VIETNAM: A WAR THAT DID NOT NEED TO HAPPEN

How Manufactured Crisis, Programmed Rage, and Misguided Resistance Prolonged Human Suffering By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA)With Contributing Author Janet Kira Lessin INTRODUCTION Wars do not erupt spontaneously. They are prepared for—psychologically, politically, and mythologically—long before the first bombs fall. The Vietnam War stands as one of the clearest modern examples of how domination …

BUDDHA ABANDONED CASTE-CONSCIOUSNESS & EMBRACED ALL BEINGS

BUDDHA ABANDONED CASTE-CONSCIOUSNESS & EMBRACED ALL BEINGS By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA) & Janet Kira Lessin 🎥 Video: The Story of Buddha – Prince Siddhartha Gautama – Complete(Click the fig tree image to begin) 👉 Full context, illustrations, and references at: https://wp.me/p1TVCy-5zVIf Facebook removes this link, copy it from the picture accompanying this …