Tag Archives: Bernie Sanders
House Approves $778 Billion Military Budget
“What possible justification is there for throwing $768 billion at the Pentagon…”
The Future of the Left, with Noam Chomsky
People power, education, persuasion, organization, persistent, action, leads to change.
Noam Chomsky and Chris Hedges on the State of the American Empire
Noam Chomsky addresses the current state of the American Empire after the attack on the capital on Jan 6, 2021. His new book: “Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance.”
Increasing Pentagon Spending When People Are Going Hungry Is Madness, by John Nichols
“Upending the process by which ever increasing cash flows are directed into the military-industrial complex may not be popular with McConnell and the defense contractors he represents. But it most definitely is popular in a country where the overwhelming majority of Democratic voters and more than half of Republicans voters are ready to take money out of the Pentagon budget and move it into the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and the economic pain that extends from it.
Chris Hedges: The Great Delusion
“The message of the Biden administration to progressives and left-wing populists is very clear – ‘Drop dead.'”
On Contact: Hedges and Street on the Strength of Right-Wing Populism
“Despite losing, Donald Trump has solidified support from an angry, disposed working class that cuts across racial lines.”
Chris Hedges on Biden vs. Trump, Bernie Sanders, Corporate Media, Assange & State of the Left
A fixed election system, mainstream corporate media, and more.
Palast on Staying Home with Josh Fox: All we’re asking is that the voters choose the politicians and not the opposite way around
“It was brutalizing to watch. When I saw the videos of people in Milwaukee in the rain, six feet apart, standing there for hours to be able to vote because there were only five polling stations open in the entire city, it broke my heart…”
Naomi Klein: Sanders “Broke the Spell” of Neoliberalism as Trump Pushes Coronavirus Capitalism– Democracy Now!
Naomi Klein talks about capitalism and COVID-19 and about Bernie Sanders: what he has accomplished and what comes next for people who support his programs and ideas.
Matt Taibbi: Bailing Out the Bailout
“The Trump administration just bought this undead economy at retail prices and committed the Fed and the Treasury to sustaining it.”
The Unaccountable Nation, by Maj. Danny Sjursen
“The U.S. is a perfect candidate for an ICC war crimes investigation.”
Who Wants a Revolution? No One Who Owns a Major Media Outlet
“The pundits appear willfully ignorant of their own role in shaping electability narratives. In the debates, electability was a favorite topic of the journalists doling out questions, and the message (evidence be damned) was clear: Sanders is unelectable. As we reported after studying every debate question prior to Super Tuesday (FAIR.org, 2/29/20), Sanders’ electability was questioned more than four times as often as Biden’s (21 to 5).”
Under the Guise of a Fact Check, NPR Provides a Propaganda Twofer, by Mike Madden
Truth is not fake news. Justice is not fake news.
We don’t have to tell you what dangerous times we face.
Chris Hedges: The One-Choice Election
“Playing politics in a system that is not democratic is about being complicit in the charade.”
Noam Chomsky: Democrats Abandoned the Working Class Decades Ago: Chomsky
“40% of the population say it can’t be a problem because of the Second Coming. Now that’s a deep cultural problem in the United States. People who know something about US history should all… we should all understand it.”
Will California steal 553,000 votes from Bernie Sanders?
“Particularly at risk of losing their vote are 18 to 24-year olds and LatinX voters, groups that strongly favor “Tio Bernie.” A quarter of independent voters are LatinX.”
Chris Hedges, Class: The Little Word the Elites Want You to Forget
“The Democratic Party elites will use any mechanism, no matter how nefarious and undemocratic, to prevent Sanders from obtaining the nomination.”
Neoliberalism Has Radicalized a Whole Generation, by Conor Lynch
“Neoliberalism is the opposite of solidarity.”
Ilhan Omar Has a Plan to Revolutionize U.S. Foreign Policy
“They would also have to reckon with the humanitarian impact of sanctions, which Congress largely ignores at this point, and it has led to some of the world’s worst humanitarian crises as we’re seeing in Venezuela, and North Korea, and Iran.”
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