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Nothing is as it seems
The SHADOW POWERS TIMES does not describe what is visible. It examines what lies beneath it: structures, interests, networks — and the conduct of those within them. This is not about events. It is about the forces that shape them. The obvious is of little interest. What matters is what passes as self-evident and therefore goes unchallenged.
EDITORIAL • 2026
The World Is Not Enough
“Read a real book again!”
Dunny was supposed to save his own world – now the canid is fighting for reading. A conversation with author Ray Adam about books, smartphones and his reading campaign.
From Politics to Animals
SPT in conversation with author Ray Adam
Following the Shadow Powers trilogy and three political books, Ray Adam publishes THE ANIMALS OF TROYES – an illustrated novel about intelligent animal societies.
A War has No Winners
81 Years of German-British Friendship
At first glance, Germany and Britain seem to tell very different stories about the years following the Second World War …
When Politics Stopped Governing
Neoliberalism & the Loss of Political Control
What was once sold to citizens as modernisation transformed the relationship between the state, the market and society – with far-reaching consequences …
The Just State • SPT Studies Vol. 1
Who Does the State Really Belong To?
An analysis that deliberately moves beyond conventional political categories. An unusual book by Ray Adam about the state, power and society.
250 Years of the USA
Power, Myth and Manipulation
Freedom, advancement and democracy – that is the American narrative, right up to the present day. This six-part SERIES examines the power behind the scenes: from 1776 to today.
Europe’s Hidden Aristocracy
Power Does Not Disappear – It Adapts
This three-part SERIES examines why the structures of aristocratic rule in Europe never disappeared – and uncovers some remarkable findings …
The State That Never Was
State Without Law – or Law Without State?
The fascist system of rule in Germany from 1933 to 1945 lacked any legitimate foundation and therefore, the argument goes, did not constitute a state. If so, all legal acts from that period would have to be regarded as invalid …
The Immortal Pyramid
Power Concentrates. Inequality Remains.
The 1911 graphic Pyramid of the Capitalist System now looks less like a relic of political agitation from another age than an X-ray of our own times.
Democracy Devours Itself
America and Authoritarianism
US democracy has deteriorated into a façade riddled with structural weaknesses. It is no longer being overthrown, but hollowed out, exploited and dismantled from within.
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