"The Choices Are Stark": Richard Wolff Interviews Laura Flanders Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: "What is happening in the United States?" That's one of the enormous questions economist Richard Wolff asked independent journalist and GRITtv host Laura Flanders on his Economic Update program May 24. In a conversation that ranged from the evils of "extreme capitalism" to the creative organizing potential of the 21st century workforce, these two Truthout contributors discussed everything from worker-owned cooperatives to food and leisure in Greece. Read the Article Where the Hell Is the Outrage? Richard Eskow, Campaign for America's Future: How is it that the only Americans who seem to be seething with anger are the beneficiaries of economic injustice and those who are suffering seem strangely passive? Read the Article Anarchism, Tamarod, and Sexual Violence in Egypt - An Interview with Nana Elhariry Joshua Stephens, Truthout: Amid a post-coup mood that sometimes borders on euphoria, Egyptian anarchists are among the few applying a critical analysis of the SCAF's dark history. Truthout talks with organizer Nana Elhariry about a messy chapter in a messy story. Read the Article Americans Need to See the Violence of War, Police and Torture The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: Only when we stop whitewashing violence and brutality in America will public sentiment against the horrors of war and the reality of violence be felt in Washington, DC. Read the Article Ladydrawers: "Being of Service" Anne Elizabeth Moore, Delia Jean and Sarah Jaffe, Truthout: Ladydrawers launches a new year-long look at contemporary gender and economic justice around the world with today's strip, which focuses on the restaurant industry to explain what's behind the nationwide protests by food-service workers. Read the Comic AT&T Tech Blew the Whistle on NSA Spying - in 2006 Jenny Brown, Labor Notes: Signs of indiscriminate US government spying stretch back more than a decade,and received plenty of media attention in 2006 when union AT&T technician Mark Klein noticed and documented suspicious activities at his workplace. Klein speaks about what he found then and about the new revelations on NSA spying. Read the Article Pelican Bay Prison Hunger-Strikers' Stories: Richard Wembe Johnson Richard Wembe Johnson, Truthout: Prisoners in Pelican Bay State Prison's Security Housing Unit have resumed their hunger strike, demanding that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation meet their demands. Working with the Center for Constitutional Rights, Truthout offers the first in a series of their stories and those of their families. Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: Koch Brothers Fund Misinformation Campaign Aimed at Turning Americans Against New Health Care Laws, and More In today's On the News segment: As Obamacare goes into effect, the Koch brothers have orchestrated a multimillion-dollar misinformation campaign; the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago says an increase in the federal minimum wage would be a huge boost to our economy; Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced he will not run for re-election; and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript Inside Gitmo Military Commissions Jessica Desvarieux, The Real News Network: Adam Hudson says that despite the potential closing of Guantanamo prison, the culture of indefinite detention is institutionalized in the military. Watch the Video Political Violence and Privilege: Why Right-Wing Extremism Doesn't Scare Americans Matthew Harwood, TomDispatch: In the aftermath of 9/11, law enforcement has infiltrated Muslim American communities and spied on them in ways that would have outraged Americans, had such tactics been used against Christian communities after hate crimes or anti-abortion-based acts of violence committed by right-wing extremists. Read the Article Pelican Bay Prison Hunger-Strikers' Stories: Gabriel Reyes Gabriel Reyes, Truthout: Prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison's Security Housing Unit (SHU) have resumed their hunger strike, demanding that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation meet their demands for basic rights. Truthout offers Reyes' testimonial, the second in a series of profiles. Read the Article |
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