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Henry A. Giroux: Jim Crow Politics Have Descended on Education
“How can education be enlisted to fight what the cultural theorist Mark Fisher once called neoliberalism’s most brutal weapon, “the slow cancellation of the future?”
DN! “Humane”: Yale Historian Samuel Moyn on “How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War”
“…when Biden gave his two speeches the other week defending the pullout from Afghanistan, he made utterly clear that while giving up on failed counterinsurgency, he is turning to, and maybe will intensify himself, the real fruit of 9/11, which is kind of endless counterterror, no matter what the constraints of international law say, unless they require the drones to strike or the special forces to visit with care for the victims.”
Why Drop the Charges Against All 646 Arrestees in Minneapolis Post-election Demonstration on I94
Whether in war abroad or war at home, human rights in this day and age so often do not apply, especially for people of color.
Noam Chomsky: Republicans Are Willing to Destroy Democracy to Retake Power
“The term “neoliberal proto-fascism” captures well both the features of the current party and the distinction from the fascism of the past. The commitment to the most brutal form of neoliberalism is apparent in the legislative record, crucially the subordination of the party to private capital, the inverse of classic fascism.”
Noam Chomsky: Biden’s Foreign Policy Is Largely Indistinguishable From Trump’s
“Clearly what is needed is diplomacy and negotiations on contested matters, and real cooperation on such crucial issues as global warming, arms control, future pandemics — all very severe crises that know no borders.”
Cornel West: We Must Fight the Commodification of Everybody and Everything
[Trump] is pushing the country toward genuine fascism: wholesale disregard of the law, the rule of big military, the rule of big money, Wall Street, and Silicon Valley. He is crushing workers, marginalizing women, scapegoating Mexicans, and Muslims, and Jews, and Black, brown, and indigenous people.”
Out of Iraq! No War on Iran! and Sami Rasouli on Iraq Caught in the Crossfire
“The American presence sets a target for American forces to be attacked by extremist elements, while also operating as a tripwire for a potential destructive and tragic war with Iran.”
Chelsea Manning and the New Inquisition, by Chris Hedges
The corporate state hardly intends to stop with Manning and Assange. The target is the press itself.
Chris Hedges Q and A “Fascism in the Age of Trump” (Video)
I am obviously for nonviolence but I am for noncooperation and obstruction of those forces that are trying without exaggeration trying to kill us.
After Mass Murder in Texas, Republicans and Democrats Echo Familiar Refrains
“The time is now for Congress to shed its cowardly cover and do something.”
Washington Post Keeps Running Op-Eds by Lobbyists Pushing Their Clients’ Weapons
Weapons manufacturers Lockheed Martin and Raytheon were promoted, with articles naming North Korea as a particular threat and reason to augment weapons systems.
Huge Increase In Anti-Trump Protest: 5 Signs Resistance Is Growing Stronger
“Our conservative guess is that between 637,198 and 1,181,887 people showed up at these political gatherings, although it is likely that there were far more participants”
The Republic Has Fallen: The Deep State’s Plot To Take Over America Has Succeeded
The Deep State – a.k.a. the police state, a.k.a. the military industrial complex – has taken over.
Watchdogs: Trump’s Disastrous 100 Days Fueling “Golden Era of Activism”
“Trump has accomplished only one thing that is remarkable—he’s awoken American democracy like never before” By Nadia Prupis, staff writer Common Dreams April 28, 2017 “If sustained, this golden era of citizen activism may indeed be one of President Trump’s greatest legacies—albeit unwittingly.” (Photo: http://www.shotboxer.com/cc) Some of the nation’s leading watchdog groups released reports this week […]
No more presidents: protesting the Trump inauguration (Video)
The days of action surrounding the inauguration of Donald Trump marked a clear rejection of his administration and the global rise of right-wing populism. The inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States has unleashed a wave of anger across the country. Faced with the frightening prospect of an authoritarian right-wing government, many […]
The Revolution Televised: Episode 1 – Awakening of a Generation (Video)
Capturing the birth of the political revolution that arose from the ashes of democracy, in the wake of the controversy surrounding the 2016 Democratic Primary. Featuring Bernie Sanders, Jill Stein, Tim Black, Dr. Cornell West, and many more in episodes to follow. Write Brain Studio’s The Revolution Televised; Narrated by Viggo Mortensen Episode 1: Awakening […]
SHUT DOWN CREECH! GROUND THE KILLER DRONES
What can we do to GROUND the DRONES? SHUT DOWN CREECH!
Learning to See in the Dark Amid Catastrophe: An Interview With Deep Ecologist Joanna Macy
People dare to be comfortable with uncertainty if they are in solidarity with each other.
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