No matter who runs or becomes president, they are liable to have ethical skeletons, and in the end run US over and their promises. The US has/had a token blackish president to give the appearance of a break in the white patriarchy that is government in the US. It appears …
Chris Hedges source: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_prison_state_of_america_20141228 Prisons employ and exploit the ideal worker. Prisoners do not receive benefits or pensions. They are not paid overtime. They are forbidden to organize and strike. They must show up on time. They are not paid for sick days or granted vacations. They cannot formally complain …
source/author: Andrew Brobyn Introduction In light of recent developments in the colloquial description of ‘anarchy’ and the practical demonstrations of ‘anarchist’ activity across the globe (ranging from protests throughout Europe, revolution in the Middle-East, and the recent Occupy movement), the word ‘anarchy’ is in need of a clear and simple …
While I personally don’t endorse all the Bonnie Faulkner airs on her program “Guns and Butter,” she has some coverage in audio form you aren’t likely to find anywhere else. Thank you Bonnie! Past audio: http://www.kpfa.org/archive/show/complete/34
“Make the Economy Scream”: Secret Documents Show Nixon, Kissinger Role Backing 1973 Chile Coup Peter Kornbluh, who spearheaded the effort to declassify more than 20,000 secret documents that revealed the role of the CIA and the White House in the Chilean coup, discusses how Nixon and Kissinger backed the Chilean …
In Colorado recently an AP curriculum change was proposed to “promote citizenship, patriotism, essentials and benefits of the free-market system, respect for authority and respect for individual rights” (story). How can “individual rights” be respected if an individual fails to respect an “authority” or statute they don’t agree with…like a …
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http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/black-power-mixtape/ Swedish journalists came to the United States to document the anti-war and Black Power movements of the late 60s and early 70s. The Black Power Mixtape combines music, original 16mm footage, and contemporary audio interviews from leading African American artists, activists, musicians, and scholars.
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/6/27/counter_revolution_of_1776_was_us The so-called Revolutionary War, Gerald Horne writes, was in large part a counter-revolution, a conservative movement that the founding fathers fought in order to preserve their liberty to enslave others… “London was moving rapidly towards abolition. This perception was prompted by Somerset’s case, a case decided in London in …