LINE 3 and POLYMET vs COVID, by Susu Jeffrey
"There is a maxim that companies that treat the earth badly usually treat their workers the same way. There is another saying that all 'politics' is local, except that all 'politics' is economics."
Midwest Dispatch: How Past Economic Policies Influenced Racism of Today, by Sara Lahm
"While hedonism was running rampant among young, white, urban professionals, George Floyd and his family and friends were caught up in another hallmark of the 1980s: the war on drugs."
Peacestock: 99 Hours to Inauguration. . .Where Do We Go From Here?
With the new president and a new year, join us to organize and discuss strategies about "Where Do We Go From Here?"
Chris Hedges: The Empire is Not Done with Julian Assange
“WikiLeaks and you personally are facing a battle that is both legal and political,” Weinglass told Assange. “As we learned in the Pentagon Papers case, the U.S. government doesn’t like the truth coming out...."
JUDGE BLOCKS ASSANGE EXTRADITION, PENDING US APPEAL
Magistrate Vanessa Baraitser on Monday rejected a U.S. extradition request on both indictments for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.
Margaret Flowers: Assange’s Extradition Case is Our Struggle for Popular Power
“The prevailing atmosphere has been shocking. I say that without hesitation; I have sat in many courts and seldom known such a corruption of due process; this is due revenge.” John Pilger
Glenn Greenwald: Julian Assange’s Imprisonment Exposes U.S. Myths About Freedom
"Censorship, like most repression, is reserved for those who dissent from majoritarian orthodoxies, not for those who express views comfortably within the mainstream."
New Years Minneapolis Style
Editor's Note: Everyday as I drive down Lake Street and other parts of the city I see the signs of reconstruction...I also see the still boarded-up windows with artwork. Some of it is taken down, but new artwork has appeared on the sides of buildings, some clearly painted to stay. More
Increasing Pentagon Spending When People Are Going Hungry Is Madness, by John Nichols
"Upending the process by which ever increasing cash flows are directed into the military-industrial complex may not be popular with McConnell and the defense contractors he represents. But it most definitely is popular in a country where the overwhelming majority of Democratic voters and more than half of Republicans voters are ready to take money out of the Pentagon budget and move it into the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and the economic pain that extends from it.
Do Americans really care about war crimes? by Jared Keller
"So do war crimes matter to the average American? In the short term, it appears that war crimes and their related pardons are simply new battlegrounds in the ever-expansive culture war between left and right, liberals and conservatives, that seems to have enveloped modern politics rather than becoming matters of human dignity in their own right. And that’s a damn shame."
Chris Hedges: The Great Delusion
"The message of the Biden administration to progressives and left-wing populists is very clear – 'Drop dead.'"
Pete Seeger: This Land Your Land, This Land Is My Land
Pete Seeger singing This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land
Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful holiday and a very Happy New Year
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I Am Guilty of Violating the Espionage Act by Laura Poitras
"It is impossible to overstate the dangerous precedent Mr. Assange’s indictment under the Espionage Act and possible extradition sets: Every national security journalist who reports on classified information now faces possible Espionage Act charges" nationally and internationally.
The new COVID “relief” bill includes:
"tax breaks if you own a race horse" (and how corrupt is the US government?)
Venezuelan elections a blow to US Imperialism
A video panel discussion about the recent Venezuelan election with Margaret Flowers, Vijay Prashad, Zoe PC, and Bahman Azad. Sponsored by the United National Action Coalition (UNAC). https://youtu.be/yN8dGE4dO4M DONATE AND SUBSCRIBE TO RISE UP TIMES Truth is not fake news. Justice is not fake news. Rise Up Times More
Chris Hedges: Decline of US Empire, Liberal Class Suicide and Fascism
Chris Hedges has for years argued that the Democratic Party sold its soul long ago and turned its back on the American people and that we Americans have been living through what he calls a “corporate coup d’etat in slow motion.”
Wrecking the Left: Chris Hedges with Diana Johstone
Chris Hedges talks to journalist Diana Johnstone about the betrayal of the Left with its historical role as the champion of social justice and peace now replaced with the boutique activism of identify politics, political correctness and what has become known as humanitarian intervention, the justification of US and NATO adventurism and wars on the specious belief it would liberate the women of Afghanistan or the peoples of Iraq.
Matt Taibbi: “Amazing” Hypocrisy: Democrats Make Wreck of Covid-19 Relief Negotiations
“There are no direct payments for regular working people, people living off tips,” the aide says. “But they made sure there’s a provision in there to help defense contractors who aren’t working right now. They get what they’re looking for.”
Those Who Don’t Fear the Lobby, by Craig Wood
"...Jews worried privately about blowback or even losing their jobs if they openly complained about Israeli injustice."