Category Current Issues
New U.S. Nuclear Bombs Heading for Europe: What Can Stop Them?
It’s worth remarking that fires from even a very “limited” use of a small number of modern nuclear weapons would create so much soot and ash that the consequent collapse of agriculture could cause the famine death of two billion people. By Nukewatch staff Women Against Military Madness Newsletter Vol. 37 No. 2 Spring 2019 […]
Chris Hedges: Police State, Fracking, Tyranny, Russiagate
The collapse of our democratic institutions began long before the arrival of Trump, who is capitalizing on the evisceration of the rule of law. TD ORIGINALSCHRIS HEDGES April/May 2019 Creeping Toward Tyranny by CHRIS HEDGES MAY 06, 2019 The collapse of our democratic institutions began long before the arrival of Trump, who is capitalizing on the evisceration […]
SAVE OUR VA! Veterans say NO to Privatization
SAVE OUR VA! Veterans say NO to Privatization Call or Write Your Congressional Senators and Representatives NOW Proposed new regulations for veterans’ healthcare on Capitol Hill could lead to a total dismantling and privatization of the VA healthcare system that our veterans want and need! ____________________ We need you to write or pick up the […]
Ft. Snelling BDOTE? Odious Retaliation
Using “history,” military or otherwise, to “unify” a people, isn’t “history,” it’s propaganda, in the fascist tradition.
No War on Venezuela; MPAC on Syria
Troops Home Now – Out of Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, and Off the Borders!
Assange Arrested: Call for protests and phone calls; also links to articles
The prosecution of Julian Assange is an attack on Freedom of the Press in the 21st Century. WikiLeaks is democratizing journalism, redistributing power and increasing transparency. Publishing the truth is not a crime.
I’m a Child of Immigrants. And I Have a Plan to Fix Immigration. By Sonia Nazario, and End Project Streamline
Neither Democrats nor Republicans will like [the plan].. But it would be humane, it would adhere to the rule of law, and it would work.
Chris Hedges: Only the Struggle Matters
The Black Bloc in France, as in the United States, is a gift to the security and surveillance apparatus.
Protestors say No to NATO! Yes to Peace! in Washington DC
On March 30, 2019 protesters gathered in DC to rally and march in a No to NATO, Hands Off Venezuela protest at the White House at the beginning of a week of activities around NATO’s 70th anniversary being celebrated in Washington this year. April 4th is also the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence speech and of his assassination one years later.
MLK: Beyond Vietnam, A Time to Break Silence
“Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence”
To King, the Vietnam War was only the most pressing symptom of American colonialism worldwide.
Dear World, Here’s How to Close Your U.S. Military Bases, by David Swanson
Examples of what HAS worked worldwide to close US/NATO bases.
The Conflict of Our Time: U.S. Imperialism vs the Rule of Law, by Nicolas J S Davies
Half the Earth’s population of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles has already disappeared in the past 40 years.
Inside the Secretive U.S. Air War in Somalia: How Many Civilians Have Died as Strikes Escalate?
it’s pretty easy to find people who have been impacted by American airstrikes. It’s kind of shocking.
Tomgram: A Swiftian Modest Proposal for the President, Or How to Solve the Border and China Problems in One Swell Foop
As of 2019, despite moments of Trumpian braggadocio about a supposed $1.5 trillion infrastructure investment plan — largely a scam that has yet to arrive in Congress — the only kind of infrastructure still getting attention is, of course, the president’s great wall to nowhere.
Message from President Maduro of Venezuela to the People of the United States
This video was sent to the people of the US from President Maduro to the New York City demonstration re Venezuela on February 23, 2019. Subscribe to RiseUpTimes.org Support independent media. ◊ Truth is not fake news. Justice is not fake news. Please support Rise Up Times now and share articles widely. The people, Yes! ◊
Trump’s Withdrawal From the Iran Nuclear Deal Invites Disaster (Video), Chris Hedges with Scott Ritter
One of the greatest insults you can level at an intelligence professional is to be part and parcel of selling a manufactured lie that you know is a lie, or are in a position to determine is a lie.”
JOHN PILGER: The War on Venezuela is Built on Lies
A war has been declared on Venezuela, of which the truth is “too difficult” to report.
NPR, the Pentagon, and U.S. Foreign Policy
While of dubious value, it is common practice at NPR to seek perspective on wrongdoing from the wrongdoers themselves.
Fighting for Justice: Why Cross-Movement Collaboration Is Essential, Center for Constitutional Rights
Power dynamics to break free from to create biggest vision of humanity possible, a dynamic process, 100-year vision.
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