[youtube=http://youtu.be/QM-mfEMssy8] Thanks to Bruce Gagnon, Organizing Notes Sunday Song 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. Find us on Twitter at Rise Up Times (@touchpeace). Rise Up Times is also on Pinterest, Google+ and Tumblr. nicklezinUploaded on Jan 27, 2006 You More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/QM-mfEMssy8] Thanks to Bruce Gagnon, Organizing Notes Sunday Song 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. Find us on Twitter at Rise Up Times (@touchpeace). Rise Up Times is also on Pinterest, Google+ and Tumblr. nicklezinUploaded on Jan 27, 2006 You More
So for instance, if you read technology journals you learn that in robotics labs for some years there have been efforts to develop small drones, what they call “fly-sized drones,” which can intrude into a person’s home and be almost invisible and carry out constant surveillance. NATASHA LENNARD SUNDAY, DEC 29, 2013 Salon.com Noam Chomsky (Credit: AP/Adel More
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZoKfap4g4w&feature=share&list=PLAC463A2B6B2CEC7F&index=70] Uploaded on Mar 21, 2011 TED http://www.ted.com What was the greatest invention of the industrial revolution? Hans Rosling makes the case for the washing machine. With newly designed graphics from Gapminder, Rosling shows us the magic that pops up when economic growth and electricity turn a boring wash day into an intellectual day of reading. TED More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/L6unS2JF8TA] If the video has no sound, check the volume slider in the bottom left of the video player and drag it to the right. Published on Dec 5, 2013 On RAI with Paul Jay, Chris Hedges discusses the psychology of the super rich; their sense of entitlement, the dehumanization of workers, and mistaken belief that More
NEWSLETTER November 1st, 2013 PopularResistance.org Powered by Translate Chris Hedges has an important essay in Truthdig this week, Our Invisible Revolution. [Posted separately on WAMMToday] Essentially he describes a revolution of the mind in which people’s consciousness are raised as they become aware of the inability of the current governmental and economic systems to respond to the More
Our collapse will take the whole planet with it. Illustration by Mr. Fish By Chris Hedges Posted on Oct 14, 2013 truthdig.com The final days of empire give ample employment and power to the feckless, the insane and the idiotic. These politicians and court propagandists, hired to be the public faces on the sinking ship, mask More
The last thing I want to do is stare at another bright eye-straining screen to catch up on the news that really matters to me. After reading my paper copies of newsletters, I can easily share them with family, friends, neighbors and co-workers, highlight important articles, and write notes in the margins. By Joan Johnson More
Nuclear weapons are justified by their possessors for nuclear deterrence, but nuclear deterrence is only a hypothesis about human behavior. By David Krieger Saturday, 03 August 2013 Truthout | Opinion (Photo: US Government / Flickr) When asked by a reporter why nuclear weapons are useless, Colin Powell, former US secretary of state and four-star general said: "Because they're such horrible More
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers August 22, 2013 www.popularresistance.org The extremely harsh sentencing of Manning brought to mind many ironies and had us looking at other ironies around us this week. Some are maddening, some are sad and some are useful tools for activists, but they all have the effect of pushing our work forward. More
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/70790728 w=500&h=281] William Blum, Peacestock 2013 from Bill Sorem Mr. Blum is perhaps the foremost documentarian of U.S. foreign policy ‘mishaps’ in the world. Leaving the State Department in 1967 over his opposition to the Vietnam war, Blum commenced researching and writing a series of ongoing critiques of America’s interventions throughout the world since More
The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) has drawn large protests in Japan. (photo: activist post) By Mitch Jones 16 July 13 Food and Water Watch via Reader Supported News e've all seen the results in states across the country of the influence that ALEC and the Koch Brothers have amassed. And if you think the results of their More
