By Chris Hedges, Truthdig LIBERALS ARE A USELESS LOT. They talk about peace and do nothing to challenge our permanent war economy. They claim to support the working class, and vote for candidates that glibly defend the North American Free Trade Agreement. They insist they believe in welfare, the right to organize, universal health care [...]
By Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet Tar Sands Criminal Imbecility to Sweep Scross the US. Obama already gave his approval. Are these protests too little too late? And why does the Obama betrayal fail to surprise us? What tactics do we need to deploy?—Eds Actress Daryl Hannah (Bladerunner, Kill Bill, Splash) and other environmental activists were arrested [...]
By Kristine Mattis By the way, if anyone here is in advertising or marketing – kill yourself. -–Bill Hicks I am no aficionado of Superman, but I must admit, I am one of “Seinfeld.” With reference to the latter and by default, the former: Everything around me these days makes me feel like I am living [...]
By Kristine Mattis When all the trees have been cut down, when all the animals have been hunted, when all the waters are polluted, when all the air is unsafe to breathe, only then will you discover you cannot eat money. ~ Cree Prophecy I MUST START WITH THE CAVEAT that I am [...]
Steven Jonas, MD, MPH I will not be voting for Obama in 2012 regardless of who the GOP candidate is and, admittedly with 20/20 hindsight, I now fully believe that over the long haul our nation would have been better off had McCain won in 2008, yes, even with that nit-wit of a running mate [...]
By Phil Rockstroh Even after Nixon was exiled to San Clemente, and the nation’s citizenry was induced to take up the mantra, “the system worked…time to move on…Our long national nightmare is over” — Americans remained uneasy, clinging to the casuistry that we were mere bystanders when the crimes were committed — and, as a [...]
by Tom Burghardt Antifascist Calling… We live in an age where insider deals, conflicts of interest, revolving doors between “regulators” and the “regulated” (lubricated with oceans of cash) accompanies the generalized looting of social wealth by deviant capitalist elites. Share on Facebook
By Robert Stevens, WSWS.ORG, a socialist organization 18 August 2011 The British judicial repression shows the class nature of bourgeois rule and how the law is instantly changed—in mid-play if necessary— to protect the system. Non-impartial role of the state made clear to all. The state clampdown against working class youth in Britain continues unabated. [...]
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