Chris Hedges/ Glenn Greenwald/Media; Henry Giroux:Education/Freedom; Fair Trade/ Green Trade; Sami Rasouli: Legacy of War; Coleen Rowley: Nuclear Warning/WW3; UN/Climate: "On thin ice"; FBI infiltrates peace and justice groups; Assange/Ithaka movie now available in U.S., more. . .
"I mean, the money wasted on these TV and social media ads is just staggering. Not only is it wasted, it’s the same ad, it’s dull, it’s repetitious, it’s not authentic, and it irritates people."
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance just issued the Global State of Democracy Report 2021. It says that the United States is a country where democracy is “backsliding.”
The [UK] Conservative government is looking for ways to beef up these anti-worker laws and is considering how to break these strikes, including allowing the hiring of workers as strikebreakers. It’s a response to how this current strike wave expresses the full power and centrality of the working class in the economy, nationally and internationally.
This war is about U.S. corporate domination and U.S. global hegemony to destroy Russian trade with its many resources (not just oil, but food and other resources) with the EU and China. Why is Russia targeted? Not a military or economic threat, but favorable trade with EU and China threatens U.S. corporate hegmony. The effect of this trade war is worldwide, in some cases severely limiting essential food sources for many countries, with Ukraine and Russia both being major bread baskets. for growing food that is then traded to other countries..
What are the effects of the costs of war on the home front?
"It’s common to say now that the Sanders campaign failed. I think that’s a mistake. I think it was an extraordinary success, completely shifted the arena of debate and discussion. Issues that were unthinkable a couple years ago are now right in the middle of attention."
Naomi Klein talks about capitalism and COVID-19 and about Bernie Sanders: what he has accomplished and what comes next for people who support his programs and ideas.
What if there’s an antiwar movement growing right under our noses and we just haven’t noticed?
The Nordics [are] in the top tier of nations for equality because they adopted a radically different economic model...
When activists understand that social movements are long-term efforts and that they go through particular stages, each with specific goals and tasks, they can be more effective. This knowledge is also helpful in avoiding burn out by expecting things to change before the necessary environment is in place.
Remember, we are the many and they are the few. People have power. The time to prepare to achieve the tremendous potential of the coming decade is now.
