November 14, 2016
by Ismail Rifaat
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How come, President-elect Trump!?

Traditionally, the Democratic Party has been recognized as the party of the people, while the Republican Party has been acknowledged as supporting business interests and the wealthiest amongst us. Without any doubt, the majority of US citizens are experiencing negative economic conditions, while the top 1% is skimming the cream off of the common people’s toil. So, how come the people elected a billionaire republican to be their next president!?

In my view, the Democratic Party apparatus is the main culprit. Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders understood the issues at hand, and presented an astute agenda to address them. The Democratic Party apparatus could have stood behind him; little doubt in my mind that he would have fared better against Mr. Trump. Instead, the Democratic Party promoted Secretary Clinton, who has been affiliated with special interests in the US, which in turn, substantially weakened her challenge of Mr. TrumpBasically any movement that causes you to breathe hard and break levitra without prescription a sweat.. I must add in this context that President Obama tried as best as he could to implement the progressive agenda, but that his efforts were systematically thwarted by special interests in the US.

What to do now is a big question. The politically correct answer is for all to work with Mr. Trump towards ‘the common good of all the people’; a rhetorical cliché that I wonder about how it could actually be implemented.

The predicament of US citizen, and others around the world, lies totally in the hands of the President Elect. He has consistently changed his position about relevant issues, and may continue to do so. Accordingly, alas, it seems that we all have to accept the proposition that we will have to continue to drift towards an unknown future; contrary to the goal of tychiformation!  

September 23, 2016
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The Philosophical Foundations of Tychiformation

A Report of Personal Experience, and Suggestions for Strategic Direct Democratic TychiformationThis site features three books that I published in the past few years. However, I actually authored four.

The first book I wrote is titled “A Report of Personal Experience, and Suggestions for Strategic Direct Democratic Tychiformation”. I completed the 8th ‘final’ draft in June 2003. It is philosophical -the main reason why I did not publish it, since very few nowadays are inclined to read a philosophical discourse. The book though is relevant to exposing the development of my thoughts. Therefore, I decided to make it available for free download. Thus, the website now presents a complete record of the evolution of the concept of tychiformation.

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In a nut shell, around 1963 I embarked on an excursion in thought, and after several years of professional practice as an architect and urban planner, I conceived the motion of tychiformation; this is articulated in my first unpublished book. Later on, I applied the concept of tychiformation to global conditions as expressed in my second, and first published book: “Planning for Survival”. The next book “For the People by the People” addresses relevant issues in the USA, and the last book “The Crisis of Islamism” addresses issues in the Middle East and the rise of religious radicalism and terrorism.

Generally, my work displays a novel interdisciplinary approach to addressing global issues, and a coherent argument that is systematically derived from basic premises.

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August 6, 2016
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“Our Revolution”

The Race to the White House this year was often entertaining. However, apart from the usual presidential campaign antics, it reflected a most serious and meaningful development. In contrast with scores of politicians blowing their horns, one candidate stood out among the crowd as a sincere person who thoroughly understands the issues that plague the country, and who has an actual plan to address them, namely: Senator Bernie Sanders. No wonder that he earned the sympathy of millions of voters, and came close to securing the Democratic Party nomination. Alas, the political establishment and the news media systematically contrived to stifle his campaign, and he had to graciously withdraw from the race.

I am an ardent believer in Senator Sanders’ message. His position and views are almost identical to those expressed on this site as well as my published books. Thankfully, he decided to continue advancing his views and is establishing an entity that he dubbed “Our Revolution” to promote the progressive causeConsider the research that shows buy cheap levitra loved this can cure jet lag! The medication was administered to mice and results were shown to keep the muscles that lined blood vessels relaxed for longer periods of time.. I urge visitors of this site to support Senator Sanders in this worthy effort. I do not have a link to his new organization which I suspect is ‘under construction’. This is a heads up notice to follow up on its creation, and a call to support “Our Revolution”.  

April 10, 2016
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Medal Award

Glad to announce that on Thursday April 7, 2016, “The Crisis of Islamism” was awarded a bronze medal in the IndependentBut despite this greater awareness of impotence medicine, numerous men and women do not really know much about these considerations or else appalachianmagazine.com levitra 60 mg get tips from other people who have previously carried out this task. Publishers’ IPPY contest. The medal was awarded in the national category of Current Events I; Political / Economic / Foreign Affairs.

November 16, 2015
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Terrorism in France

The news media and social networks are buzzing with an outpouring of expressions of sympathy with the French people. I wish to join all those who care in expressing my contempt of the terrorist assaults in Paris, and my sympathy with the French people. The central question though remains to be: what to do about religious radicalism in order to avert future terrorist incidents?

No doubt, the governments in France and elsewhere in Western countries will tighten security measures by imposing restrictions on travel, and by instituting legislation that would further curb the civil rights of their citizens; Moslem, and otherwise. At best, however, this would amount to treating symptoms, with little potential impact on resolving issues. The approach has been tried and progressively augmented after each recent incident of terrorism, without bringing about much tangible progress in curbing terrorism; instead, it led to ever more inconvenience, and compromise of the liberties of common innocent people.

We need to probe the roots of problems in order to conceive comprehensive strategic approaches to addressing terrorism. My last book, featured on the right column, does exactly that, and offers certain directions for action.

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Religious radicalism and terrorism have been evolving and mushrooming over several decades. It is no longer an easy task to reverse the tide. The culprits identified in my book to have historically contributed to the emergence of this state of affairs are: Israel, Western powers, and certain Arab leaders. Several Arab leaders are now acting as I suggest in my book, Western governments are struggling to articulate a strategically meaningful approach to diffuse the problems that they brought about by their own action, and Israel is still adamant in staying its course.    

Expressions of solidarity with France are understandable and appreciated. However, serious people need to learn about issues, and to take concerted action to influence their politicians and leaders to more astutely address the problem of religious terrorism. I urge those who truly care to read my book.   

October 17, 2015
by Ismail Rifaat
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The Democratic Party Presidential Debates

The democrats’ debate was quite refreshing, compared with the previous two debates by republican presidential aspirants. In the least, and by contrast, it was cordial and civil, and addressed many significant issues that I feel should be of concern to the majority of US citizens.

Environmental issues were touched upon, and the attitudes of the candidates were generally in line with progressive attitudes compared with those of denying republicans; thus in sympathy with the views expressed in my first book “Planning for Survival”.

The lopsided distribution of wealth, and the greed and abuses of many capitalist entities in the US was discussed, and Senator Sanders boldly proposed that a measure of socialism is needed to rectify matters; as I argued in my second book “For the People by the People”. In spite of the panic that the word “socialism” invokes in the minds of many American voters, I believe, and hope, that his expressed position would ultimately bolster, rather than compromise his candidacy.

Also, the gravity and detrimental consequences of the invasion of Iraq were covered. One of the main highlights of the debate was the exposure of the fact that Secretary Clinton is the only candidate among the five democratic aspirants who voted for initiating the war; clearly to her disadvantage.   

In my third book “The Crisis of Islamism”, I identified three main causes of the current problems in the Middle East. They relate to: 1. the creation of the State of Israel, 2. repeated intrusions in the region by Imperial Capitalism -including the invasion of Iraq- and 3, the action of certain Arab leaders in the past, as well as at present.

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The Invasion of Iraq was discussed, and the role of Arab leaders was alluded to. However, issues relating to US/Israeli relations -that I consider to be central to US and global security- were barely addressed in the debate!?

On the whole, the democrats’ debate seemed to reflect rational rather than aggressive impulses. I wish the party success in future elections.

Without delving into details, world leaders’ speeches at the UN’s seventieth anniversary also, on the whole, reflected somewhat moderated views. Perhaps, after all, there may be a chance for tychiformation to prevail sometime in the not too far future!?