[youtube=http://youtu.be/_dIv2MXU7_4] Uploaded on Mar 3, 2008 Performed at the Leonard Cohen Event 2004, Knitting Factory, NYC, June 11. Band - Paul Ostermayer, Bob Metzger, Karen Hammack, Debra Dobkin, David Batteau, Chris Jisi Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! More
A major study recently published in New Scientist found that "scientists may have hugely underestimated the extent of global warming because temperature readings from southern hemisphere seas were inaccurate," and said that ACD is "worse than we thought" because it is happening "faster than we realized." Editor's Note: With climate-change denier Republicans taking over the More
In 1996, Mander and Edward Goldsmith brought together several prominent writers to contribute essays to the book titled The Case Against the Global Economy. ...Eighteen years ago, many wrote off this book as an exaggeration, when in fact it underestimated the damage to people of various economic statuses from both developing and developed countries caused More
Today the Japanese government does not specify an enemy when discussing its defense strategy but it makes no secret that it perceives China generally as a threat. By Polly Mann WAMM Newsletter Volume 32, Number 4, Fall I, 2014 On June 30, 2014, several thousand people in Tokyo protested against their government's proposal to allow More
We need to harness the real power of women everywhere and demand an end to these insane wars that are destroying humanity and the planet ... Mary Beaudoin: Speech at “We Know Who is Responsible” contingent of “People’s Climate Convergence March” September 21, 2014 These wonderful women spoke for Honduran rights.Some of the most inspiring More
Senior officials with the Obama administration recently told the United States Senate that the War on Terror, including the renewed invasion of Iraq, premised on fighting the so-called Islamic State of ISIS, will continue for “at least” another decade or two, in their words. CounterCurrentNews.com September 22, 2014 Assistant Defense Secretary Michael Sheehan testified before More
After eight years of negotiation in the UN, and with the current voluntary pledges of governments, we have only reduced 3 gigatons of CO2e per year from the business-as-usual scenario, and we should have reduced at least 16 gigatons per year by 2020. So, putting aside words and speeches, governments reduced less than 20% of More
In a graphic describing an “illustrative example,” the report heralds “technology acquisition by all means.” Some of the planning relates to foreign superiority in surveillance technology, but other parts are explicitly concerned with using cyber-espionage to bolster the competitive advantage of U.S. corporations. BY GLENN GREENWALD TheIntercept September 5, 2014 Throughout the last year, the More
In a graphic describing an “illustrative example,” the report heralds “technology acquisition by all means.” Some of the planning relates to foreign superiority in surveillance technology, but other parts are explicitly concerned with using cyber-espionage to bolster the competitive advantage of U.S. corporations. BY GLENN GREENWALD TheIntercept September 5, 2014 Throughout the last year, the More
"If you take action, you can be a greater peace with yourself and your own conscience" — Archbishop Desmond Tutu By Ann Wright (about the author) OpEdNews.com September 5, 2014 The Elders (image by Ann Wright) The Elders are a group of leaders who were brought together in 2007 by Nelson Mandela to use their More
"If you take action, you can be a greater peace with yourself and your own conscience" — Archbishop Desmond Tutu By Ann Wright (about the author) OpEdNews.com September 5, 2014 The Elders (image by Ann Wright) The Elders are a group of leaders who were brought together in 2007 by Nelson Mandela to use their More
The quest to merely survive is now legitimated through spectacles of violence that misdirect moral and political outrage into entertainment and the abyss of a moral coma. Instead of responding to crises with the desire to correct a wrong and reimagine a different future, all that appears to be left in American culture is the desire to merely survive in the face of endless representations of state and non-state violence.
