| The Future Must Be Green, Red, Black and Female Robert Jensen, Truthout: The human species must acknowledge that any future that allows us to retain our humanity will jettison capitalism, patriarchy and white supremacy - and be based on an ecological worldview. Read the Article Those With Mental-Health Challenges Fight Rahm Emanuel's Cutting of Their Support Network Kari Lydersen, Haymarket Books: In an excerpt from her book, Mayor 1%: Rahm Emanuel and the Rise of Chicago's 99%, author Kari Lydersen describes how mental health advocates occupied and protested the closing of a city clinic that fell mercilessly to Emanuel's budget ax. Read the Excerpt John Pilger | The Brutal Past and Present Are Another Country in Secret Australia John Pilger, Truthout: Suppressing racist truths, while venerating Australia's servile role in the colonial wars of Britain and the United States, has almost cult status in Canberra today. Watch the Video and Read the Article Monsanto Calls Out the Dogs in St. Louis: New Anger, Old Crimes Point to Reparations Don Fitz, Barbara Chicherio and William Smith, Truthout: At the October March Against Monsanto in St. Louis, scores of police from half a dozen municipalities were there, some with dogs. Growing demands for reparations to the victims of Monsanto's crimes will be heard at a "People's Hearing on Monsanto: Crimes and Reparations." Read the Article You Might Have Been Fooled by Republicans If ... The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: Republicans have to build a motley coalition of single-issue voters under the GOP elephant umbrella, because if they were honest about their governing philosophy, they would lose every single election. Read the Article Monsanto Wins Again: Voters Reject Washington GMO Labeling Initiative Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Voters rejected GMO food labeling in Washington on Tuesday after months in which labeling was leading in the polls and before Monsanto and processed food companies and markets inserted unprecedented millions of dollars into the campaign to defeat the measure. Read the Article Obama Must Be Called Out, Not Coddled, on Keystone XL Bait-and-Switch Tom Weis, Truthout: Now - not after the tar sands spigot is turned on - is the time to support the efforts of courageous Texas landowners who could stop Keystone XL's administration-approved southern leg in its tracks. Read the Article They Didn't Know What They Were Getting Into: The Cost of War American-Style Ann Jones, TomDispatch: Embedded with soldiers in Afghanistan, Jones writes, "There were only kids in uniform, most of whom by that time knew that they hadn't known what they were getting into, and now were struggling to keep their illusions and themselves alive." Read the Article Nightmare on Main Street: ALEC Policies Harm Working Americans Mary Bottari, PR Watch: The Economic Policy Institute has documented a systematic attack by the American Legislative Exchange Council, not only on unionized workers but on the 90 percent of the American workforce with no union representation. Read the Article Keep America at Peace: Keep the Pentagon Sequester Robert Naiman, Truthout: If you would rather our leaders keep the planned Pentagon cuts that may constrain our future ability to bomb, invade and occupy other people's countries, rather than cut Social Security and raise taxes, tell Congress. Read the Article To Gov. Christie, From the Teacher He Screamed At Melissa Omlinson, Campaign for America's Future: "What do 'we people' want, Governor Christie? We want our schools back. We want to teach. We want to be allowed to help these children to grow, educationally, socially and emotionally." Read the Article Economic Update: What Price Capitalism? Richard D. Wolff, Economic Update / Truthout: Richard D. Wolff gives an economic update on big banks' manipulation of the foreign exchange market, Ireland paying for bank bailouts, Big Pharma being guilty of "recklessly endangering health," and more. Listen to the Radio Segment | 
No comments:
Post a Comment