[youtube=http://youtu.be/T_ActyAoqVQ] Daniel Ruthenberg-Marshall Published on Mar 2, 2014 On March 2, 2014, over one thousand young people marched on the White House demanding President Obama reject the Keystone XL pipeline and uphold his commitment to protecting out environment. Hundreds of these students then handcuffed themselves to the White House fence in the largest youth act of More
However, the Snowden revelations and their subsequent publication haven’t just had an impact on issues of privacy and national security. They’ve also occasioned a re-awakening of a debate about the role of journalism (and journalists) in a democracy and its relationship to authority. By Reed Richardson December 20, 2013 Moyers & Company This essay More
“Sometime in the course of the past decade I figured out that I needed to do more than write—if this fight was about power, then we who wanted change had to assemble some.” by Madeline Ostrander Dec 11, 2013 YES! Magazine Bill McKibben. Photo by David Garten The tasks Bill McKibben set for himself were monumental. Start More
“Sometime in the course of the past decade I figured out that I needed to do more than write—if this fight was about power, then we who wanted change had to assemble some.” by Madeline Ostrander Dec 11, 2013 YES! Magazine Bill McKibben. Photo by David Garten The tasks Bill McKibben set for himself were monumental. Start More
“Obama used [Martin Luther] King’s Bible during his inauguration, but under the National Defense Authorization Act King would be detained without due process. By Chris Hedges Posted on Sep 9, 2013 truthdig.com Princeton University professor Cornel West, left, hugs a protester while marching with Occupy Wall Street demonstrators to Goldman Sachs headquarters in New York. AP/Bebeto Matthews More
“Obama used [Martin Luther] King’s Bible during his inauguration, but under the National Defense Authorization Act King would be detained without due process. By Chris Hedges Posted on Sep 9, 2013 truthdig.com Princeton University professor Cornel West, left, hugs a protester while marching with Occupy Wall Street demonstrators to Goldman Sachs headquarters in New York. AP/Bebeto Matthews More
Popular Resistance Newsletter - The Paradox of Power This week, there were many lessons in courage from people who overcame fears and created winning situations by turning power on its head and building the movement. This newsletter is also available on the web here. On Wednesday morning, attorney Lynne Stewart’s compassionate release from prison was denied. Stewart is suffering from More
Popular Resistance Newsletter - The Paradox of Power This week, there were many lessons in courage from people who overcame fears and created winning situations by turning power on its head and building the movement. This newsletter is also available on the web here. On Wednesday morning, attorney Lynne Stewart’s compassionate release from prison was denied. Stewart is suffering from More
Journalism in the Obama age shows the real media bias A new Rolling Stone interview with the president shows subservience to power, not partisan favor, is what drives the press corps. Glenn Greenwald guardian.co.uk, Friday 26 October 2012 08.37 EDT The Rolling Stone’s Douglas Brinkley, in a screen grab from CNN, speaks about his new interview with More
Journalism in the Obama age shows the real media bias A new Rolling Stone interview with the president shows subservience to power, not partisan favor, is what drives the press corps. Glenn Greenwald guardian.co.uk, Friday 26 October 2012 08.37 EDT The Rolling Stone’s Douglas Brinkley, in a screen grab from CNN, speaks about his new interview with More
Criminalizing Dissent Photo by CTJ71081 (CC-BY) By Chris Hedges Posted on Aug 13, 2012 truthdig.com I was on the 15th floor of the Southern U.S. District Court in New York in the courtroom of Judge Katherine Forrest last Tuesday. It was the final hearing in the lawsuit I brought in January against President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense More
Criminalizing Dissent Photo by CTJ71081 (CC-BY) By Chris Hedges Posted on Aug 13, 2012 truthdig.com I was on the 15th floor of the Southern U.S. District Court in New York in the courtroom of Judge Katherine Forrest last Tuesday. It was the final hearing in the lawsuit I brought in January against President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense More
