End Minnesota Complicity in the Suffering of the Palestinian People, by Lucia Wilkes Smith
General Mills/Pillsbury complicit in occupation of Palestine.
‘Trying to Get Free’: A conversation about the radical politics of looting with Vicky Osterweil
"It’s also often not actionable for people looking at the streets and wanting to mobilize and seize the moment. A lot of these liberal modes don’t really provide any way forward other than voting."
Tomgram: Mandy Smithberger, Ending the Pentagon’s Pandemic of Spending
"A Post-Coronavirus Economy Can No Longer Afford to Put the Pentagon First."
The End of Oil? Pandemic Adds to Fossil Fuel Glut, But COVID-19 Relief Money Flows to Oil Industry
"The American tax payer, through the Federal Reserve, now for the first time have become owners in oil company debt."
Chris Hedges: How Corporate Tyranny Works
"They sued me as a civil racketeer, under a civil RICO statute for $60 billion,” he said. “That was the largest amount of money an American individual ever had been sued for. This began a ten-year campaign to demonize me by Chevron and by its judicial allies.”
Capitalism in Crisis and The Combination That Changed Capitalism Forever, with Yanis Varoufakis
"Explores what a restructured economic and political landscape might look like in a post pandemic era, and what it would take to harness state power in service of the masses rather than corporations."
A Conversation with Noam Chomsky on Trump, Capitalism, and the U.S. Role in the New Cold War
Every major problem we have is global in its scope and requires global cooperation: climate crisis, COVID-19 pandemic, and nuclear war and all require international cooperation. Negotiation and diplomacy are required.
DN! The End of Big Tech? Calls Grow to Break Up Facebook, Amazon for “Mob-Like” Behavior, Monopoly Power
... if you’re adding a quarter of a trillion dollars in market capitalization across just four companies in a low-growth economy or an economy that is in decline, it means every other publicly traded company is likely losing revenues to these companies. So in sum, what is now good for Big Tech seems to be More
Killing Democracy in America, by William Astore
"Scenarios of perpetual war haunt my thoughts. For a healthy democracy, there should be few things more unthinkable than never-ending conflict, that steady drip-drip of death and destruction that drives militarism, reinforces authoritarianism, and facilitates disaster capitalism."
No to the Cold War (International Panel, Video)
A webinar originating in the UK, with participants from 49 countries worldwide with an array of panelists, including Medea Benjamin, Ajama Baraka, Max Blumenthal and Vijay Prashad. Note that this is a two-hour video, but can be viewed or listened to in parts. https://youtu.be/Zz_u-ejEcmQ Organising Statement: A New Cold War against China is against More
A Better Place: Playing for Change, Song Around the World
Some inspiration after days of protest, police violence, and demands for Justice for George and all that implies about changing a system that promotes racism and poverty except for a few who oppress and exploit the many. https://youtu.be/ZVHOqrw3Jks Playing For Change Get this song on our album "PFC 3: Songs Around The World": http://bit.ly/PFC3SATW This More
Sanctioned Countries Denounce US’s New Military Threats
"- US escalating military threats against shipments of desperately needed supplies pose a threat to the entire world."