The Cult of Violence Always Kills the Left by Chris Hedges
“Activism is about self-expression. It often is a substitute for strategy. Strategic organizing is about results."
ANTI-PROTEST BILLS IN MN LEGISLATURE: ACTIONS FOR MINNESOTA ACTIVISTS
Status and action needed for particular antiprotest/antidissent bills in the Minnesota State Legislature.
Noam Chomsky on Corporate Media and Activism 2016
In this interview, Prof. Noam Chomsky talks about the Corporate Media, their institutional role and which interests they serve in society. Chomsky also touches on how activists should react when they face harsh condemnation from the Corporate Media. https://youtu.be/6fE4mAE5thg acTVism Munich Published on Feb 15, 2016 Media for the people! Bringing you the best More
WAMM: The Real Deal on the Iran Nuclear Deal
"There is no evidence anywhere that Iran had, has or will have a nuclear weapons program. Mere enrichment of uranium—something 19 other non-nuclear weapons countries do without any complaints from the US--is not tantamount to weapons manufacture." —William Beeman
End US Intervention in Iraq and Syria | Antiwar activists Marie Braun, Meredith Aby-Kierstead, Margaret Sarfehjooy
Braun: For most Americans, the Persian Gulf War ended on February 27, 1991. But the war did not end for the Iraqi people; it had only begun. The new war of sanctions, which did not allow Iraq to import sufficient medicine and food, or to repair the infrastructure, continued for 13 more long years. This sanctions war was a low intensity war; it killed an Iraqi child every 10 minutes; it killed 3500-5000 children every month; it resulted in emotional, mental and physical disabilities in more than a generation of Iraqi children.
Starhawk: Fifty Shades of Racism
Racism is structural, not just personal. It’s embedded in the very fabric of our society, with deep roots in history. Prejudice is Darren Wilson shooting Mike Brown in Ferguson and leaving him on the sidewalk to die. Racism is that he gets away with it, unindicted. By Starhawk Starhawk.org July 14, 2015 The Inuit, I’ve heard, More
Sandra Steingraber: Why I Am in Jail
Sandra Steingraber. (photo: EcoWatch) In my case, I was arrested for trespassing on the driveway of a Texas-based energy company that has the sole intention of turning the crumbling salt mines underneath the hillside into massive gas tanks for the highly-pressurized products of fracking: methane, propane and butane. By Sandra Steingraber, EcoWatch ReaderSupportedNews.org More
AP Exclusive: Ferguson no-fly zone was deliberate effort to obstruct media coverage of protests
"From my own, distant vantage point, it certainly appears that at every turn in the still-unravelling story of the murder of Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson, the local status quo has outmaneuvered a compliant MSM [mainstream media] that simply refuses to question…everything!" By Bob Swern bobswern Daily Kos November 2, 2014 attribution: New Yorker Magazine More
Syria Emergency Response by WAMM members Meredith Aby, Marie Braun and Sarah Martin
Meredith Aby, Marie Braun, and Sarah Martin from Women Against Military Madness speak out about the new wars in Syria and Iraq during Peace Week, 2014. Speeches given on September 23, 2014 at the Syria Emergency Reponse action at the Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota Marie Braun, WAMM Thank you for coming here today to speak More
Jeff Noonan: What Does Revolution Mean Today?
That ruling classes can still be constrained by political and moral costs tells us something of profound positive importance. Today, revolutionary politics must be resolutely non-violent — the goal of movements for fundamental social change can no longer be to overthrow the state by force, but to overwhelm the state’s legitimacy through organizing a gigantic, More
▶ BelAhdan with Meredith Aby-Keirstead, Anti War Protest, Gaza
[youtube=http://youtu.be/JLvAWxYzuzc] Published on Jul 24, 2014 The rise of the Anti Israeli Assault on Gaza movement. 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 Times is also on Pinterest, Google+ and Tumblr. Find us on Twitter at Rise Up More
Ed Felien: War and more war
By Ed Felien Southside Pride July 8, 2014 Marie Braun of Women Against Military Madness and about 50 supporters protested the continuing military buildup in Iraq at their weekly Wednesday afternoon vigil on the Lake Street bridge from 5 to 6 p.m.As of the first of July, 750 “advisers” are going back into Iraq to More