Philip Farruggio

1 month ago | countercurrents.org | Bruce Lerro |Bhabani Nayak |Philip Farruggio |Juan Cole

OrientationThis article is about the differences between the micro psychology of liberals and the macro psychology of communists. Differences include: how society and the individual is configured; the impact of capitalism on personal life; how the mind-body relationship is conceived; how the objective and subjective worlds are integrated; how politics impacts personal life and how research should be conducted. These differences are not self-evident or easy for liberals to understand.

2 months ago | countercurrents.org | Bruce Lerro |Bhabani Nayak |Philip Farruggio |Charles Andrews

OrientationHow I got involved in modelingMy father’s family was very poor. He was one of seven kids who lived in Brooklyn New York, the sons and daughters of an Italian-American family. My father was a very good artist growing up and despite ridicule, he persisted. When he was about 18 he brought his drawings to Manhattan to show advertising agencies his work in the hopes that they would buy them. They liked what they saw and he became a freelance commercial artist.

Jan 24, 2025 | countercurrents.org | zeenat khan |Kamakshi Balasubramanian |Mirza Yawar Baig |Philip Farruggio

Two women whom I have seen so far to have aged gracefully are my Amma (mother) and Zeenat Aman. These ladies do not have much in common; they belonged on two different ends of spectrums. Amma was a domestic goddess who took care of her family and home by creating a feeling of warmth and welcome. Zeenat Aman is a sensual woman, a Bollywood sensation, known to have made “scandalous” headlines back in the day for her seductive dance moves in many films.

Dec 2, 2024 | countercurrents.org | J Hester |Bruce Lerro |Philip Farruggio |Dan Lieberman

One of the most-used libelous labels of establishment Democrats is “Russian asset”, a term used to disparage those on the right and on the left opposed to continuing U.S. support for the war in Ukraine. Like many liberal conspiracy theories, such as the now-debunked Russiagate theory, which posited that Russia successfully interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election to help Donald Trump win, the “Russian asset” trope was, unsurprisingly, the brainchild of one Hillary Clinton.

Nov 15, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Maha Hilal |Bharat Dogra |Philip Farruggio

On November 12, a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, returned a unanimous verdict for Abu Ghraib torture victims Salah Al-Ejaili, Suhail Al Shimari and Asa’ad Al-Zuba’e, awarding each $3 million in compensation and another $11 million for punitive damages against CACI Premier Technology, Inc., a publicly traded defense contractor with annual revenues approaching $3 billion.