Category Corporations/Capitalism
Death by Oligarchy, by Chris Hedges
“When a society falls into the death grip of an oligarchic class, the result is always catastrophic.”
Sierra Club Takes a Commendable Turn on Population, Climate Change, and Inequality
Stating it is “time to fix the population fixation,” they examine the interactions of population, climate change, and inequality.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Common Dreams: Corporate capitalism, worker rights, with Chris Hedges, Bernie Sanders, and more…
Chris Hedge s “Time to Rebel,” Bernie Sanders plan to get corporate money out of politics, corporate hegemony, worker rights and wages and more… Time to Rebel by Chris HedgesThe corporate forces that have seized control of our political and economic systems will, unchecked, drive us into extinction for profit. All we have left is […]
Extinction Rebellion: Worldwide, the First Day
“We only get one planet and so we’re here to try and defend it.”
Time to Rebel, by Chris Hedges
“It is our sacred duty to rebel in order to protect our homes, our future, and the future of all life on Earth,” Extinction Rebellion writes.
Masters of the Universe: Thoughts on Civil Disobedience, Protest, and Revolution
…systemic change, a democratic renewal, naming it radical democracy—a form of democratic socialism—as an end to authoritarianism and American-style fascism and oppression…
Root Causes: Why Hondurans Flee or Resist, by Gala King
After witnessing the influx of migrants on the more recent ‘migrant caravans’ predominantly coming from Honduras, I felt called to go to Honduras—to be present to a land that though deeply rich in natural resources and culture was becoming increasingly dangerous and uninhabitable for its citizenry to the point where people felt compelled to risk […]
Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin: If We Want a Future, Green New Deal Is Key
Only about 25 percent of Republicans (36 percent of the more savvy millennials) recognize that humans are responsible for global warming. Shocking figures.
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