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There Are No Permanent Allies, Only Permanent Power
If we do not build left-right coalitions on issues such as militarism, health care, a living wage and union organizing, we will be impotent in the face of corporate power and the war machine. By Chris Hedges Source: The Chris … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, CIA, civil disobedience, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, news, Oligarchy, society, State Crime, war
Tagged activism, Afghanistan, Ann Wright, antiwar, Anya Parampil, Capitol Hill Citizen, CIA, Code Pink, Cynthia McKinney, Deep State, Dennis Kucinich, empire, False Claims Act, fascism, geopolitics, imperialism, Jill Stein, Jimmy Dore, Libya, Max Blumenthal, military-industrial complex, Nick Brana, Oligarchy, Pakistan, Rage Against the War Machine, Ralph Nader, raq, Ron Paul, Scott Horton, Somalia, Syria, The People's Party, Veterans for PEace, war, Yemen
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The Anonymous Executioners of the Corporate State
Imprisoning the David to Chevron’s Goliath is the latest outrage by a US judiciary now engineered to always favor the interests of capital. by Chris Hedges By Chris Hedges Source: Mint Press News Judge Loretta Preska, an advisor to the conservative … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, elites, Environment, Law, news, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Big Oil, Chevron, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, Dystopia, Ecuador, fascism, Federalist Society, Human Rights, Julian Assange, law, Loretta Preska, Oligarchy, police state, Ralph Nader, Steven Donziger, Technocracy, tyranny, US Legal System, Victor Klemperer
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Saturday Matinee: The One Percent
This 80-minute documentary focuses on the growing “wealth gap” in America, as seen through the eyes of filmmaker Jamie Johnson, a 27-year-old heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune. Johnson, who cut his film teeth at NYU and made … Continue reading
Why Americans Must Demolish the Political Duopoly and Create a New Progressive Alliance
By Thomas Baldwin Source: Dandelion Salad A Call to Action! “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”– Albert Einstein Duopoly: “preponderant influence or control by two political powers.” Demolish: “to destroy by breaking … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Dirty Politics, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Empire, Financial Crisis, History, Recession, Revolution, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged corporate media, Corporatist Party, corporatocracy, Democrats, Duopoly, Electoral Reform Coalition, Electoral System, income gap, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Popular Resistance, Presidential Elections, Ralph Nader, Republicans, Third Party Candidates, Two Party System, Wealth Inequality
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Welcome to 1984
By Chris Hedges Source: truthdig The artifice of corporate totalitarianism has been exposed. The citizens, disgusted by the lies and manipulation, have turned on the political establishment. But the game is not over. Corporate power has within its arsenal potent … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Dirty Politics, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, History, media, Neocons, propaganda, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged 1984, activism, bernie sanders, Breaking Through Power, Chris Hedges, Citizen’s Revolutionary Week, civil disobedience, corporate media, Corporate Power, Corporatism, Democracy, Donald Trump, Duopoly, Election 2016, Election Rigging, Electoral College, fascism, Financial Elites, George Orwell, Hillary Clinton, Income Inequality, Mass Revolt, military-industrial complex, Presidential Elections, protest, Ralph Nader, Revolution, Social Change, Superdelegates, Two Party System
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Hillary’s Latest Bow to AIPAC
By Ralph Nader Source: CounterPunch It is well known to Washington political observers that politicians invited to speak at the annual, giant AIPAC convention ask for suggested talking points from this powerful pro-Israeli government lobby. Hillary Clinton’s pandering speech must … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, culture, Empire, Geopolitics, History, State Crime, war, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged AIPAC, Apartheid, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Israel, Neocons, Netanyahu, Palestine, Ralph Nader, State Terror
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Obama to Putin: Do as I Say Not as I Do
By Ralph Nader Originally posted at Counterpunch.org Dear President Obama: As you ponder your potential moves regarding President Vladimir V. Putin’s annexation of Crimea (a large majority of its 2 million people are ethnic Russians), it is important to remember … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, Empire, Film, Geopolitics, History, news, Video, war
Tagged An Unreasonable Man, Annexation, Counterpunch.org, Crimea, foreign policy, geopolitics, International Law, Ralph Nader, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir V. Putin
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