By Ted Asregado Truthout | Video Interview 02 February 2014 Truthout.org [youtube=http://youtu.be/mbOhELlpAcc] President Barack Obama enters the House Chamber of the Capitol Building to deliver the State of the Union address, Jan. 28, 2014. (Photo: Gabriella Demczuk / The New York Times) A politician who tries to please as many factions as he or she can often ends More
Editor's Note: Google's home page logo today honors Harriet Tubman, the African-American woman who is best known for her work with the Underground Railroad in the mid-1800s before the Civil War, bringing slaves from the south to freedom in the northern United States and Canada. She also worked with Susan B. Anthony in the suffragette More
Part 1 [youtube=http://youtu.be/wKoyau8khaw] Part 2 [youtube=http://youtu.be/LYRuJTRMxtY] Part 3 [youtube=http://youtu.be/XErnzfLQrww] democracynow 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. Pete Seeger (Photo More
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/33285472 w=320&h=240] October 3, 1999, Updated January 9, 2014 Moyers & Company Amiri Baraka, who passed away today at the age of 79, was a poet, a university professor and a political activist. His name is synonymous with the Black Arts Movement that changed American culture. In this 1999 interview, he talks about his inspirations, More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/7Ju4yzEHxJk] Show Room 3D Published on Jan 17, 2014 Related thepeoplesrecord (posted on Tumblr) Glenn Greenwald “That, in general, has long been Obama’s primary role in our political system and his premiere, defining value to the permanent power factions that run Washington. He prettifies the ugly; he drapes the banner of change over systematic status quo More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/7Ju4yzEHxJk] Show Room 3D Published on Jan 17, 2014 Related thepeoplesrecord (posted on Tumblr) Glenn Greenwald “That, in general, has long been Obama’s primary role in our political system and his premiere, defining value to the permanent power factions that run Washington. He prettifies the ugly; he drapes the banner of change over systematic status quo More
http://youtu.be/4RROPY66e9Q GUESTS Jameel Jaffer, American Civil Liberties Union deputy legal director and director of the ACLU’s Center for Democracy. Glenn Greenwald, is the journalist who first broke the story about Edward Snowden. He was previously a columnist at The Guardian newspaper and is creating a new media venture with Laura Poitras, Jeremy Scahill and eBay founder Pierre More
Posted by CNN Political Unit December 30, 2013 Washington (CNN) – Support for the war in Afghanistan has dipped below 20%, according to a new national poll, making the country's longest military conflict arguably its most unpopular one as well. The CNN/ORC International survey released Monday also indicates that a majority of Americans would like to More
Noam Chomsky speaks with Stefan Molyneux about the race war of drug prohibition, the prison-industrial complex, the erosion of civil liberties under Barack Obama, moral inconsistencies within government, the removal of media gatekeepers and the reinforcement of societal norms through social ostracism. By Noam Chomsky and Stefan Molyneux Wednesday, December 25, 2013 zcommunications.org Source: Freedomain Radio Noam Chomsky's ZSpace Page More
I’ve come to the conclusion that the Left vs Right argument is subordinate to the Top vs. Bottom divide. The concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few at the top is wrecking havoc in our lives. By Sharon Kyle Published by the LA Progressive on December 20, 2013 These days it’s hard to More
"This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased." By Charles P. Pierce December 25, 2013 Esquire (Optional Musical Accompaniment To This Post) Scrooge started back, appalled. Having More
Blowing the whistle on powerful factions is not a fun thing to do, but it is the last avenue for truth, balanced debate and democracy By Thomas Drake, Daniel Ellsberg, Katharine Gun, Peter Kofod, Ray McGovern, Jesselyn Radack and Coleen Rowley, Guardian UK 14 December 13 ReaderSupportedNews.org t least since the aftermath of September More
