This will be short, about 3:16 short. Bill Moyers has called it. Please watch this video. DailyKos.org [youtube=http://youtu.be/pFYb4gKEFl4] So what got left out of the budget this year? 1. Unemployment Extension 2. Real infrastructure development/work relief actions 3. economy-stimulating alternative energy tax credits and subsidies 4. removal of fossil fuel subsidies 5. removal of tax More
A recent poll, for instance, by Public Policy Polling, released on Nov. 20, found that voters, by an “overwhelming margin,” support expanded Social Security benefits, not cuts in the 77-year-old New Deal program. Dave Lindorff Thursday 21 November 2013 NationofChange.orgWhile I cannot claim to be an expert on the retirement systems of other nations, it is More
"The University is a critical institution or it is nothing." - Stuart Hall By Henry A Giroux Tuesday, 29 October 2013 Truthout | Op-Ed (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) I want to begin with the words of the late African-American poet, Audre Lourde, who was in her time a formidable writer, educator, feminist, gay rights activist and public intellectual who More
Federal Taxes Reward 8-Figure Pentagon Fraud Spree by JOHN LaFORGE WEEKEND EDITION APRIL 26-28, 2013 Counterpunch.org With the Pentagon having secured its annual 47 percent of the April 15 federal tax haul ($1,335 billion out of a total of $2,890 billion) it’s a good time to consider the mountains of money being wasted on useless More
Federal Taxes Reward 8-Figure Pentagon Fraud Spree by JOHN LaFORGE WEEKEND EDITION APRIL 26-28, 2013 Counterpunch.org With the Pentagon having secured its annual 47 percent of the April 15 federal tax haul ($1,335 billion out of a total of $2,890 billion) it’s a good time to consider the mountains of money being wasted on useless More
Bought, Sold and Sedated by NICK RUIZ WEEKEND EDITION APRIL 26-28, 2013 Counterpunch.org Nick Ruiz: It’s great to talk with you today, John. I came across your CounterPunch article, The Progressive Movement is a PR Front for Rich Democrats recently, and have been keen to talk to you about it and related fronts. So, if I understand your take More
Bought, Sold and Sedated by NICK RUIZ WEEKEND EDITION APRIL 26-28, 2013 Counterpunch.org Nick Ruiz: It’s great to talk with you today, John. I came across your CounterPunch article, The Progressive Movement is a PR Front for Rich Democrats recently, and have been keen to talk to you about it and related fronts. So, if I understand your take More
Of Sequester, Squander, and How Congress Sold Out the People Congress would like to have us believe that there’s no money to pay for those programs, even though the Senate unanimously approved a $700 billion military budget in December on a 98-0 vote. Carl Gibson Saturday 2 March 2013 NationofChange.org Occupy.com/OpEd Back in the days More
When Wars Come Home “A warrior society values its armed forces as heroic protectors of freedom, sending a message that the use of guns is morally essential.” By Charles Derber and Yale Magrass Tuesday, 19 February 2013 Truthout | Op-Ed Police officers at a checkpoint during the manhunt Christopher Dorner, an ex-Los Angeles cop accused of three killings, More
David Gregory: Obama's Failure to Embrace CEOs Post-election lessons are everywhere in the media, as pundits either try to explain how Mitt Romney lost or what Obama must do in his second term. Posted on 11/13/2012 by Peter Hart FAIR My favorite example of this came on the front page of USA Today (11/8/12): If you think it's somewhat odd that More
David Gregory: Obama's Failure to Embrace CEOs Post-election lessons are everywhere in the media, as pundits either try to explain how Mitt Romney lost or what Obama must do in his second term. Posted on 11/13/2012 by Peter Hart FAIR My favorite example of this came on the front page of USA Today (11/8/12): If you think it's somewhat odd that More
Occupy DC Marks One Year Anniversary with Series of Protests Posted on 02 October 2012 October2011.0rg By Carl Pierre InTheCapitol, May 2, 2012 Today marks the one year anniversary of one of the more unforgettable and infamous protests that have swept the city of Washington, D.C.: the Occupy D.C. movement. Just a year ago, the first More
