[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oTtdhjn0_A&w=420&h=315] Ari Berman, The Nation Magazine, joins Thom Hartmann. Massive labor strikes rocked the U.K. today - as public workers took to the streets to protest ongoing austerity measures. Last year - the Conservative government passed a slew of austerity measures - laying off public workers - cutting back on pensions - and ending More
The US is like a drunkard who charges to war with anyone who might pose a threat, ex-Senator and former US presidential candidate Mike Gravel says. RT.com Submitted by David Culver The US is like a drunkard who charges to war with anyone who might pose a threat, ex-Senator and former US presidential candidate Mike More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEozICVWOUM&w=420&h=315] Derrick Crowe, Brave New Foundation joins Thom Hartmann. Meet the top one-one hundredth of one percent - America's war profiteers who are making enormous bucks hurtling our nation into one war after another. The Brave New Foundation has just launched a new campaign to expose the one-one hundredth of one percenters in America. More
NATO scrambles to respond to Pakistan’s anger By Agence France-Presse via The Raw Story/Facebook Sunday, November 27, 2011 BRUSSELS — NATO moved Sunday to contain the damage from the deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers, seeking to soothe Islamabad’s rage against the US and its military allies in Afghanistan over the airstrike. Alliance Secretary General Anders More
In case you don’t realise how dangerous the Israeli Lobby is Posted on November 22, 2011 by Gilad Atzmon IntrepidReport.com Israeli paper Israel-Ayom reported November 17 about a new ‘congressional bill’ that would require the “American administration to support Israel in a move deemed necessary to defend itself against the Iranian nuclear threat.” Five Republican congressmen More
Our future depends on stopping an attack on Iran By Harvey Wasserman Posted on November 22, 2011 IntrepidReport.com The global Occupy Movement has come to life just in time. War is the health of the corporate state. The 1% needs its endless cash flow to stay in power. As the slaughters in Iraq and More
Who’s Wrecking America? Meet Your 1 Percent Nominees Monday 21 November 2011 truthout Robert Greenwald, Brave New Foundation | News Analysis The Occupy movement has drawn attention to how too many in the 1% get to play by their own rules while exploiting the 99%. But who’s doing the most to damage our economy More
Israel and ‘Pinkwashing’ By SARAH SCHULMAN Published: November 22, 2011 The New York Times “IN dreams begin responsibilities,” wrote Yeats in 1914. These words resonate with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people who have witnessed dramatic shifts in our relationship to power. After generations of sacrifice and organization, gay people in parts of More
Call it a revolution Missy Comley Beattie November 22, 2011 Intrepid Report Snarling riot cops evicted protestors and raided Zuccotti Park last Tuesday morning, two months after Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was launched in lower Manhattan. Spin-off groups across the country were shut down as well. Just minutes after I wrote the above paragraph, More
Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here? By Michael Moore November 22nd, 2011 This past weekend I participated in a four-hour meeting of Occupy Wall Street activists whose job it is to come up with the vision and goals of the movement. It was attended by 40+ people and the discussion was both More
Alleged WikiLeaks Source Bradley Manning Has A Court Date: 569 Days After His Arrest Andy Greenberg, Forbes Staff 11/21/2011 Forbes One year, six months, and three weeks after he was first jailed in a military brig in Kuwait, alleged WikiLeaks leaker Bradley Manning will have his day in court: According to a blog post Monday More
America’s War in the Horn of Africa: “Drone Alley” – a Harbinger of Western Power across the African Continent US Military Confirms Washington’s Secret New War in Somalia Despite Official Denials by Finian Cunningham Global Research October 29, 2011 US military sources have confirmed that the Obama administration is engaged in a new More
