The Battle to Impeach Trump Is Part of a Global Struggle for Democracy, by Henry Giroux
"Trump’s impeachment battle is part of the wider historical and global struggle taking place over democracy."
Trump’s Iran Aggression Sparks Protests Across America, World
Demonstrations from across the U.S.A. with commentary by Max Blumenthal, Mike Prysner, Sanders and Warren. Includes Mayday Plaza in Minneapolis.
Bernie Sanders Should Be Democrats’ First Choice, by Jeff Cohen
Why Bernie? Why not Biden?! Why not Warren?
Death by Oligarchy, by Chris Hedges
"When a society falls into the death grip of an oligarchic class, the result is always catastrophic."
Deconsructed Special: The Noam Chomsky Interview, podcast and full transcript
Noam Chomsky: The current moment is the most grim moment in human history and the wrecking ball in the White House just doesn’t give a damn. He’s having fun. He’s serving his rich constituency. So what the hell, let’s destroy the world.
The Enemy Within, by Chris Hedges
"The impeachment of Trump, despite the enthusiasm of the liberal elite, is mostly cosmetic. The entire political and governmental system is corrupt."
Are Sanders and Warren Throwing a Lifeline to the Military-Industrial Complex? by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies
Among the frontrunners in the Democratic Party presidential primary, Senators Warren and Sanders not only have the most progressive domestic agenda, but also the most anti-war, pro-diplomacy foreign policy agenda. By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies Direct to Rise Up Times from the authors. August 26, 2019 The sharpest distinction between them is More
Fear vs. Fear, by Chris Hedges
We will save ourselves only by pitting power against power. We will save ourselves by building mass movements to overthrow corporate power.
U.S. company making $750 per day, per child to keep immigrant children in ‘prison-like’ conditions
At $750 per day, the children could be staying at the Four Seasons hotel.
Elizabeth Warren’s Green Imperialism Isn’t the Answer
The plan rightly acknowledges that America’s armed forces use a downright obscene amount of energy. (According to Common Dreams, “The Pentagon’s carbon footprint is 70 percent of total U.S. emissions …
ICE Is a State-Sponsored Terrorist Organization: Abolish ICE, by William Boardman
Congress voted in 2002 to make ICE a national police force with Gestapolike powers. Corrupt law and corrupt politics have produced corrupt results.
Chris Hedges: Make the Rich Panic
“The rich are only defeated when running for their lives,” the historian C.L.R. James noted. And until you see the rich fleeing in panic from the halls of Congress, the temples of finance, the universities, the media conglomerates, the war industry and their exclusive gated communities and private clubs, all politics in America will be More