Author Archives: Rise Up Times
Deconsructed Special: The Noam Chomsky Interview, podcast and full transcript
Noam Chomsky: The current moment is the most grim moment in human history and the wrecking ball in the White House just doesn’t give a damn. He’s having fun. He’s serving his rich constituency. So what the hell, let’s destroy the world.
The Enemy Within, by Chris Hedges
“The impeachment of Trump, despite the enthusiasm of the liberal elite, is mostly cosmetic. The entire political and governmental system is corrupt.”
Chomsky: Trump’s Actions on Syria Reflect the Foreign Policy of a Con Man
Trump is an effective con man who has a good sense of what animates his voting base. …that withdrawing a few hundred troops would appeal to the sector of the population that resonates to his message that America is foolishly expending its blood and treasure to help “unworthy” people…
Revolts Against the Neoliberal World Order, by Flowers and Zeese
The uprising includes trade unions and student, feminist, and environmentalist groups. They are calling for a reversal of neoliberal capitalism and a new government.
Tomgram: John Feffer, The Far Right’s War on Culture
How to Displace the Great Replacement It Really Does Boil Down to Us Versus Them Posted by John Feffer Tom Dispatch October 20, 2019. Here’s a simple, if grim, reality: we are living in an ever more extreme world, as the residents of significant parts of California undoubtedly realized recently when the electricity went off amid ever increasing […]
John Pilger: Julian Assange Could Barely Speak in Court!
John Pilger on Julian Assange’s latest extradition hearing this Monday, which he attended.
Assange Lawyers Issue Stark Warning to Journalists Around the World
“They are saying journalists and whistleblowers are enemies of the people,” Assange said of the Trump administration.
The Forgotten Trauma of a Forgotten War As the World Looks Away, Death Stalks the Democratic Republic of Congo, by Nick Turse
With at least $24 trillion in gold, diamonds, tin, coltan, copper, cobalt, and other natural resources beneath the ground, it’s often assumed that Congo’s violence is intimately connected with the desire to control its mineral wealth. By Nick Turse Tom Dispatch October 10, 2019 GOMA, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo — The boy was sitting next to […]
Interview with legendary whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg following his 89th arrest for resisting nuclear weapons, nuclear war and government secrecy
Still today, hardly any people know just how much falsehood was fed to them to justify what we did. By Dennis Bernstein Covert Action Magazine September 24, 2019 The Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in Livermore, California, designs new nuclear weapons and conducts plutonium research. [Credit: worldatlas.com] [Daniel Ellsberg, a consultant to the White House in 1961, drafted […]
Major Media Bury Groundbreaking Studies of Pentagon’s Massive Carbon Bootprint
US military is responsible for the most egregious and widespread pollution of the planet
Legalized Political Corruption Is So Much Bigger Than Trump: A Journey in 7 Charts
The separation of governmental powers into three branches has become a fiction nullified by a veritable corporate coup d’état.
On Contact: Rebel, Rebel with Popular Resistance
This week on On Contact with Chris Hedges, Dr. Margaret Flowers and attorney Kevin Zeese speak about social transformation and building a culture of resistance. By Chris Hedges RT October 13, 2019 | RESISTANCE REPORT Chris Hedges and Margaret Flowers at the Bank of America protest in New York City, April 2011. By Kelly Locker. They […]
Death, Misery and Bloodshed in Yemen, by Kathy Kelly
“It took five days to remove all the bodies impaled on metalwork ripped from the walls in the blasts,”
The Age of Radical Evil, by Chris Hedges
Who are those who would sacrifice us on the altar of global capitalism? How did they amass the power to deny us a voice?
Minnesota Waters Need You: Stop PolyMet
We celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Minnesota and across the country. We remember the past and protect the future.
Why Trump is Facing Impeacement, by Roger D. Harris
[Trump] had kvetched about the plight of US workers and made some noise about ending unending wars, but was he for real?
Rebellions! Worldwide: Brazil, Hong Kong, Ecuador, Haiti and more
Haiti: 4 More Dead in Longest Bout Of Protests Against President Telesur October 12, 2019 So far, around 17 people have died and almost two hundred have been injured in the month-long protests. At least four people have died and dozens were injured between Friday and Saturday in strong protests in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after police used tear gas to […]
The War on Immigrants
WITH THE SO-CALLED Migrant Protection Protocols program, or MPP, expanding along the southern border and trapping more U.S. asylum-seekers in dangerous Mexican cities, violations of due process are intensifying in traditional courts — and in newly built tents that physically separate immigrants from the judges who hear their cases. Trump’s Attacks on the Press Fuel Harassment […]
U.S. Bombs destroy civilian lives
US Bombs In Yemen Are Costing An Entire Generation Their Future Popular Resistance October 7, 2019 By Ahmed Abdulkareem, Mintpress News. Sadaa, Northern Yemen – Third-grader Farah Abbas al-Halimi didn’t get the UNICEF backpack or textbook she was hoping for this year. Instead, she was given an advanced U.S bomb delivered on an F-16 courtesy of […]
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