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Norman Solomon | ‘Russiagate’: When Progressives Sound Like Demagogues
It’s sad to see so much eagerness to trust in the absolute credibility of institutions like the CIA and NSA—institutions that previously earned wise distrust.
David Swanson | Untrump the World — It Won’t Self-Impeach
Power concedes nothing without a demand, said Frederick Douglass.
Naomi Klein | Will Trump’s slow-mo walkaway, world in flames behind him, finally provoke consequences for planetary arson?
The power of the Paris Agreement was always in what social movements resolved to do with it.
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.
Minnesota ALEC Politicians
About ALEC
ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that.
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.
Jim Hightower | Billionaires Lay Siege to State Governments
While we’re mesmerized by Trump, shady groups are pushing corporate-friendly legislation in statehouses all over the country. By Jim Hightower Common Dreams May 22, 2017 (Originally published on Sunday, May 21, 2017 by OtherWords) Charles and David Koch. (Image: DonkeyHotey/flickr/cc) It’s easy to become mesmerized by The Donald Show in this year’s political circus. But a lot […]
Noam Chomsky Takes a Look at Income Inequality in his new book
The philosopher casts a cold eye on the economic facts of American life in the 21st century. He looks at the 10 principles of concentration and power at work in America today.
William Hartung | The American Way of War Is a Budget-Breaker: Never Has a Society Spent More for Less
Put another way, preparations for and the pursuit of war will ensure that any future America is dirtier, sicker, poorer, more rickety, and less safe.
Sleepwalking Toward Global War: Bernadette Devlin McAliskey on the Rise of Fascism Today
“Our simplistic historic understanding of fascism needs to be challenged,” warns McAliskey, “fascism is not German, it’s not the Nazism of the Second World War … it starts in the heads of individuals with the idea that what keeps you disadvantaged is that some lesser breed has taken what belongs to you.”
Daniel Lazare | The Scandal Hidden Behind Russia-gate
The oil monarchies have thus used their petro-wealth to create a pro-war consensus in Washington that is nearly 100-percent complete. Needless to say, this will not benefit the mass of ordinary Americans, the people who will have to fight and die in such conflicts and whose taxes will pay for them.
Malkia A. Cyril | The Antidote to Authoritarianism
The slave passes, branding, and lantern laws of then have become the cellphone trackers, facial recognition software, and body-worn police cameras of now.
Mary Beaudoin | Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Cost of War
Surveys for the last five years have shown that the American public would prefer to see a cut in defense spending. In 2016, people responded that they do not want funding for nuclear weapons increased.
The “Elite” ─ The Rulers 21st Century Style
Can you have a democracy that organizes itself around violence and war?
Who Rules America? A Breakdown Of Wealth In The U.S. House And Senate
As you can see, those whom the American people have elected into office are often among the “upper crust” of society.
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