"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.
"As with all of America’s most powerful institutions, privatization has reared its ugly head in public education as well. Second only to the Department of Defense in its annual budget, more US taxpayer dollars are funneled into the Department of Education than any other public sector. The discretionary budget for Education as of 2015 is $68.6 billion. And these days most of those dollars are being squandered to bankroll the privatization of an already failed educational system. "
“I think we can use our tax system to create a better society, to be an expression of our true values,” Stiglitz says. “But if people don’t think that their tax system is fair, they’re not going to want to contribute. It’s going to be difficult to get them to pay. And, unfortunately, right now, our tax system is neither fair nor efficient.”
A Russian economist analyzes the state of geopolitics between Russia and the U.S. and in a world context. The Saker The Vineyard of the Saker scott.net 19 Aug 2014Thanks to the superb work of the Russian Team, it is my huge pleasure to present you with one of the most interesting interviews about the war in the More
Nafeez Ahmed and Antonia Juhasz say that the U.S. is using the possibility of Kurdish independence as a threat against the central government in Baghdad [youtube=http://youtu.be/vviq7zAUMTU] 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! “Like” our page today. Rise Up More
Ted Asregadoo speaks to Truthout staff writers William Rivers Pitt and Dahr Jamail about their new book, The Mass Destruction of Iraq, as well as the lead-up to the war, the devastation it wrought and the current conflicts that are tearing the country apart. [youtube=http://youtu.be/Tey9o2E_zpU] By Ted Asregadoo Truthout.org | Video Interview 17 August 2014 More
In The Violence of Organized Forgetting: Thinking Beyond America’s Disamignation Machine, the newest book published by City Lights, Henry A. Giroux explores the intersections of political power, popular culture, and new methods of social control. By ADMIN CityLights August 12, 2014 Giroux examines how neoliberal discourse (that is economic liberalism, not political liberalism) and the commodification of More
America descending into madness [youtube=http://youtu.be/ZgxJJFFYpF4] Published on Aug 13, 2014 Author and scholar Henry Giroux sits down with Piya Chattopadhyay to discuss his new book "The Violence of Organized Forgetting: Thinking Beyond America's Disimagination Machine." Giroux argues that the United States' embrace of a surveillance state and culture of violence have replaced the values of More
Nafeez Ahmed reports that "NSA Prism is motivated in part by fears that environmentally-linked disasters could spur anti-government activism". By Pakalolo Daily Kos August 11, 2014 Most of us on this site are well aware that climate change impacts will exacerbate marginal living in poor and desperate nations particularly those in Africa, South Asia and the More
New video trailer previews thesis of anticipated new book by Canadian writer and activist Author, journalist and activist Naomi Klein says her choice to risk arrest at the XL Pipeline protest 'was a last-minute decision,' 09/02/11. (photo: Shadia Fayne Wood/Tar Sands Action) By Jon Queally Common Dreams 08 August 14 ReaderSupportedNews.org he book's title is More
New video trailer previews thesis of anticipated new book by Canadian writer and activist Author, journalist and activist Naomi Klein says her choice to risk arrest at the XL Pipeline protest 'was a last-minute decision,' 09/02/11. (photo: Shadia Fayne Wood/Tar Sands Action) By Jon Queally Common Dreams 08 August 14 ReaderSupportedNews.org he book's title is More
