Facebook’s ‘Secret’ File on You Is Bigger Than You Think — Here’s How to View It
Whigham urges people to download their file so they can see the extent to which their privacy is being violated by what he calls “surveillance capitalism.”
FINAL PUSH TO #STOPTPP
Stop the TPP!
I Stand with Standing Rock
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Zeese and Flowers | Living In The Illusion Of Democracy
Democrats and Republicans are choosing to only debate Democrats and Republicans, and preventing any competition.
Chris Hedges: Where Is Our Jeremy Corbyn?
Hedges: I will not support a politician who sells out the Palestinians and panders to the Israel lobby any more than I will support a politician who refuses to confront the bloated military and arms industry or white supremacy and racial injustice. The Palestinian issue is not a tangential issue. It is an integral part of Americans’ efforts to dismantle our war machine, the neoliberal policies that see austerity and violence as the primary language for speaking to the rest of the world, and the corroding influence of money in the U.S. political system.
TPP vs. Democracy: Leaked Draft of Secretive Trade Deal Spells Out Plan for Corporate Power Grab
Such ISDS tribunals have become a cornerstone of so-called "free trade" deals and are included in 3,000 accords world-wide, according to The New York Times. They have been used to attack toxic bans, environmental regulations, access to medicines, and safety laws.
▶ Corporate Media Beating The Drums Of War — Mnar Muhawesh Speaks Out
Mnar Muhawesh, Founder and Editor In Chief, MintPress News, talked about how the tightly controlled corporate media ignores reporting and good journalism to follow directives on creating enemies and promoting wars. Almost all of the media outlets in this country are owned by a few corporations. (See image below.) https://vimeo.com/111387209 November 9, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Muhawesh More
Emergency alert: The future of the Internet will be decided in the next few weeks.
Internet cell phone protest in Hungary. Source: András Hajdú of abcug.hu We’ve made a lot of progress in ensuring net neutrality, but now the FCC is going in the wrong direction. We still have time set them back on track, but we need you to act now. Take two immediate steps: PopularResistance.org November 2, 2014 Take More
▶ Bill Moyers: Joseph E. Stiglitz Calls for Fair Taxes for All
“I think we can use our tax system to create a better society, to be an expression of our true values,” Stiglitz says. “But if people don’t think that their tax system is fair, they’re not going to want to contribute. It’s going to be difficult to get them to pay. And, unfortunately, right now, our tax system is neither fair nor efficient.”