We blame the poor, homeless, unemployed and recent graduates suffocating under financial debt for their plight as if individual responsibility explains the ballooning gap in wealth, income and power and the growing state violence that supports it. Poor people end up in debtor jail for not paying parking tickets or their bills while the corrupt More
Jeremy Hammond in a March 2012 booking photo from the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in Chicago. AP/Cook County Sheriff\'s OfficeBy Chris Hedges Posted on Nov 10, 2013 truthdig.com NEW YORK—Jeremy Hammond sat in New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center last week in a small room reserved for visits from attorneys. He was wearing an oversized prison jumpsuit. More
A new report reveals how corporations use ex-U.S. intelligence agents to spy on environmental, anti-war, consumer safety and other kinds of nonprofit groups they regard as potential threats. Democracy Now! Posted on Nov 25, 2013 by Truthdig.com 'Democracy Now! According to the report by Essential Information, a project of the Center for Corporate Policy, the More
In new video, the hacker collective vows to stand by those targeted by what it deems “corrupt governments.” by Rachael Stoeve posted Nov 05, 2013 YES! Magazine [vimeo http://vimeo.com/77874730] Free All Political Prisoners! #Anonymous #freeanons from Syme onVimeo. The global hacker collective Anonymous has made a name for itself with daring hacks of government websites. Many of those hacks, and More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/ckr3y0PLiEc] democracynow Published on Nov 8, 2013 http://www.democracynow.org - For decades, members of many American Indian communities have called on the Washington Redskins football team to change its name, which is based on a racial slur. Now the pressure has reached a new heights. On Thursday night, nearly a thousand Native Americans and their allies protested outside More
Excerpt from Thank You Anarchy, Notes from the Occupy Apocalypse by Nathan Schneider Occupy Wall Street banner with Alexander Hamilton By Nathan Schneider November 1st, 2013 www.truth-out.org PopularResistance.org Powered by Translate Nathan Schneider, the author of “Thank You Anarchy,” was covering the Occupy Movement from its origins. In his first chapter, More
Democratic leaders are full-fledged players in the national surveillance state, right along with Republicans. By Thomas Ferguson, Paul Jorgensen, Jie Chen October 21, 2013 AlterNet.org Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com Alternet Editor's note: This is the first in a new series from AlterNet's New Economic Dialogue Project, edited by Lynn Parramore. Long before President Obama kicked off his 2008 campaign, many Americans took More
NEWSLETTER November 1st, 2013 PopularResistance.org Powered by Translate Chris Hedges has an important essay in Truthdig this week, Our Invisible Revolution. [Posted separately on WAMMToday] Essentially he describes a revolution of the mind in which people’s consciousness are raised as they become aware of the inability of the current governmental and economic systems to respond to the More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/UBamvCMxlSw] Published on Oct 18, 2013 democracynow http://www.democracynow.org - New research shows many so-called experts who appeared on television making the case for U.S. strikes on Syria had undisclosed ties to military contractors. A new report by the Public Accountability Initiative identifies 22 commentators with industry ties. While they appeared on television or were quoted as experts More
Chris Hedges and Robert Scheer Discuss American Fascism LISTEN NOW The two celebrated journalists discuss the collapse of vital institutions and the rise of demagogues and charlatans in post-meltdown America. 10/11/13 Free View In iTunes A truthdig.com Podcast Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the ACTIONS AND ACTION ALERTS click on More
Disaster Capitalism on the battlefield and in the boardroom by William Astore Published on Monday, October 21, 2013 by TomDispatch.com Posted by CommonDreams.org A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in Afghanistan. (Photo: REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis) There is a new normal in America: our government may shut down, but our wars continue. Congress may not be able to pass a budget, More
