[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxW5yvpeHg4&w=420&h=315] In 1649 To St. George's Hill, A ragged band they called the Diggers Came to show the people's will They defied the landlords They defied the laws They were the dispossessed reclaiming what was theirs We come in peace they said To dig and sow We come to work the lands in common More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxW5yvpeHg4&w=420&h=315] In 1649 To St. George's Hill, A ragged band they called the Diggers Came to show the people's will They defied the landlords They defied the laws They were the dispossessed reclaiming what was theirs We come in peace they said To dig and sow We come to work the lands in common More
Welcome to the Asylum Also published as “The Implosion of Capitalism” By Chris Hedges 30 April 2012 Truthdig | Op-Ed Picking through scraps in a Kolkata, India waste dump. (Photo: Sterneck) When civilizations start to die they go insane. Let the ice sheets in the Arctic melt. Let the temperatures rise. Let the air, More
Welcome to the Asylum Also published as “The Implosion of Capitalism” By Chris Hedges 30 April 2012 Truthdig | Op-Ed Picking through scraps in a Kolkata, India waste dump. (Photo: Sterneck) When civilizations start to die they go insane. Let the ice sheets in the Arctic melt. Let the temperatures rise. Let the air, More
May Day By Noam Chomsky, Zuccotti Park Press | Op-Ed 30 April 2012 truthout (Image: Rich Black) People seem to know about May Day everywhere except where it began, here in the United States of America. That's because those in power have done everything they can to erase its real meaning. For example, More
May Day By Noam Chomsky, Zuccotti Park Press | Op-Ed 30 April 2012 truthout (Image: Rich Black) People seem to know about May Day everywhere except where it began, here in the United States of America. That's because those in power have done everything they can to erase its real meaning. For example, More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wTyQF3dgeU&w=560&h=315]Published on May 1, 2012 by democracynow DemocracyNow.org - As Occupy Wall Street plans nationwide protests marking International Workers Day, or May Day, we discuss the movement with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, Chris Hedges; Amin Husain, editor of Tidal Magazine and a key facilitator of the Occupy movement; Marina Sitrin, author of "Horizontalism: Voices of Popular Power in More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wTyQF3dgeU&w=560&h=315]Published on May 1, 2012 by democracynow DemocracyNow.org - As Occupy Wall Street plans nationwide protests marking International Workers Day, or May Day, we discuss the movement with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, Chris Hedges; Amin Husain, editor of Tidal Magazine and a key facilitator of the Occupy movement; Marina Sitrin, author of "Horizontalism: Voices of Popular Power in More
Pepe Escobar: A Full Spectrum Confrontation World? By Tom Engelhardt April 26, 2012 opednews.com Last December, a super-secret RQ-170 Sentinel, part of a far-reaching program of CIA drone surveillance over Iran, went down (or was shot down, or computer-jacked and hacked down) and was recovered intact by the Iranian military. This week, an Iranian general proudly announced that More
Pepe Escobar: A Full Spectrum Confrontation World? By Tom Engelhardt April 26, 2012 opednews.com Last December, a super-secret RQ-170 Sentinel, part of a far-reaching program of CIA drone surveillance over Iran, went down (or was shot down, or computer-jacked and hacked down) and was recovered intact by the Iranian military. This week, an Iranian general proudly announced that More
Averting the ‘Total Ruin’ of Institutionalized Injustice by Randall Amster April 3, 2012 Common Dreams As a parent, I tend to keep one eye on the present and another on the future. I also keep one (the third eye, perhaps?) on the past, since we need to know where we’ve been to know where we’re More
A corporate “foreign legion” has taken over America’s intelligence and military functions Our taxes pay spies to work for rich shareholders– and pay for the corporatization of war itself Hightower Lowdown April Lowdown edited by Jim Hightower and Phillip Frazer On the last day of last year, Austin’s daily newspaper led with a story that More
