The Last Time Democracy Almost Died, by Jill Lepore
"It’s a paradox of democracy that the best way to defend it is to attack it, to ask more of it, by way of criticism, protest, and dissent."
Hedges: Bless the Traitors
“Daniel Hale is one of the most consequential whistleblowers,” Edward Snowden said on a May Day panel held at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst on the fiftieth anniversary of the release of the Pentagon Papers.
Was it Just? America and Her Suicidal Combat Veterans, by Matthew Hoh
"The cost of war, to many veterans, is a deep and permanent wounding of the soul and the conscience."
Critical Race Theory Debacle Signals the Collapse of the American Empire, by Danny Haiphong
"The debate over Critical Race Theory will not resolve the contradictions that ensure Black Americans make less than sixty cents for every white American dollar , the U.S. military receives trillions to bomb Black and brown people abroad, and racist New Cold War tropes continue to be recycled to justify policies...
Lethal Force Against Pipeline Protests? Defending the Sacred”: Indigenous Water Protectors
Critics say [Governor] Noem is turning the National Guard into a private mercenary force targeting migrants, but the governor’s plans for the National Guard could encompass other activities. “This, to me, is an extension of the fight that’s happening all over Mother Earth, protecting the last beautiful places, protecting the sacred,” https://youtu.be/urIpqG4y8iA Resistance to More
Do Haitian Black Lives Matter to Us, by Mary Beaudoin
A look at the past history and immediate unrest in Haiti before the recent assassination of Moise.
UK High Court Allows US to Appeal Ban on Assange Extradition;Doctors Tell Biden: Let Assange Go
"Because western media are designed to protect the powerful, most people are more aware of smears about Assange being a Russian agent or a rapist than of his victimization by a tyrannical assault on world press freedoms..."
DN! Exxon Exposed: Greenpeace Tricks Top Lobbyists into Naming Senators They Use to Block Climate Action
"I mean, you know, the wins are such that it would be difficult to categorize them all. I mean, tax has to be the biggest one, right? The reduction of the corporate rate was — you know, it was probably worth billions to Exxon. So, yeah, I mean, there were a lot of wins."
Media Applaud the New Cold Wars—but Could US Be More Aggressive, Please? by Gregory Shupak
"US media are fixin’ for a fight with China, Russia—or both."
Henry Giroux: Fighting back against the age of manufactured ignorance: Resistance is still possible
"The underlying message of CRT is to dismantle forms of structural racism in order to create a more fair and just society." "Banning instruction on 'critical race theory' has become the new McCarthyism."
The Future of the Left, with Noam Chomsky
People power, education, persuasion, organization, persistent, action, leads to change.
Biden’s Bombing of Iraq and Syria Only Serves the Weapons Industry, by Glenn Greenwald
"The U.S. government is a lawless entity. It violates the law, including its own Constitution, whenever it wants. The requirement that no wars be fought absent congressional authority is not some ancillary bureaucratic annoyance..."