An innocent bystander (?) stumbles into the antinatal abyss – Matti Häyry

An innocent bystander (?) stumbles into the antinatal abyss - Matti Häyry   Monsieur Jourdain: Oh, really? So when I say: “Nicole bring me my slippers and fetch my nightcap,” is that prose? Philosophy Master: Most clearly. Monsieur Jourdain: Well, what do you know about that! These forty years now...

If Only I Knew the Truth by Arif Raza

If only I knew the truth.   Jaya was 32 in 1991 when she became pregnant with a girl child, Puja. Jaya was practicing an Abrahamic religion and was going to be a single mother in a couple of months. Jaya and Puja were gifted with power to talk to...

THE ANTINATALIST – Miguel Steiner

Karsten is a man who believes that procreation is not good because it creates new scenarios for suffering. His own past shows the extreme vulnerability of a human being. His wife proposes to adopt a child, which he accepts with excitement. But the psychologist who has to judge the suitability...

Childfree, but not Anti-natalist – Rudrakshi

Childfree, but not Anti-natalist by Rudrakshi “I am bored”, “I don’t have a direction in life”, “Who will look after me when I am old?”, “Let’s have a child to fill the gap that has emerged in our relationship” and, worst of all “How will society look at me if...

Children and Animals: Socialism’s Forgotten Comrades – Spencer Rocchi

Children and Animals: Socialism's Forgotten Comrades by Spencer Rocchi (Parti Rhinocéros Party) A paper submitted for the Society for Socialist Studies Annual Conference Socialist Solidarities in Times of Crisis on May 30, 2021-June 4, 2021 at the Congress for Humanities and Social Sciences Submitted on May 9th, 2021 Abstract The aim...

Meet the Founders – Anugraha Kumar Sharma

I realized that there is absolutely no hope whatsoever in this world, the day it dawned on me that the justice system is compromised globally, and that the filthy rich will always have their way, in matters of life and dignity. This was around two years after my marriage –...