Economic Power: Avoid Arizona and Boycott BP by Joel S. Hirschhorn

by Joel S. Hirschhorn
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May 16, 2010

Money is power.  Each of us has it to varying degrees.  Our challenge is to use our spending to advance worthy goals.  Right now we see economic power being used against the state of Arizona because of the awful legislation recently passed that makes it all too easy for police there to seek proof of citizenship from virtually anyone they choose.  Many groups and government entities have already canceled conferences and other activities in Arizona, sending state and business leaders into a frizzy.  They deserve to suffer as do the vast majority of Arizona citizens that supported the legislation.  Every American that professes love and respect for the Constitution should avoid spending their tourism and other kinds of spending in Arizona.

Chevron’s “Crude” Attempt to Suppress Free Speech by Bill Moyers and Michael Winship

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by Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
t r u t h o u t
May 15, 2010

Even as headlines and broadcast news are dominated by BP’s fire-ravaged, sunken offshore rig and the ruptured well gushing a reported 210,000 gallons of oil per day into the Gulf of Mexico, there’s another important story involving Big Oil and pollution – one that shatters not only the environment but the essential First Amendment right of journalists to tell truth and shame the devil.

(Have you read, by the way, that after the surviving, dazed and frightened workers were evacuated from that burning platform, they were met by lawyers from the drilling giant Transocean with forms to sign stating they had not been injured and had no first-hand knowledge of what had happened?! So much for the corporate soul.)

Chris Hedges: The working class feel betrayed by the liberal elite

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with Chris Hedges
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May 16, 2010

with Scott Horton
Antiwar Radio

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Chris Hedges, author of War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, discusses the antiwar movement’s many mistakes that have rendered it ineffective, the slow-motion fascist coup d’etat in the US, the dangers of unfettered capitalism, the pros and cons of secession movements and the near-unanimous Congressional approval of the extrajudicial assassination of US citizens.

Noam Chomsky detained in Israel, denied entry to the West Bank

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Israel stops US academic at border

Al Jazeera English
May 16, 2010

Noam Chomsky, a renowned Jewish-American scholar and political activist, has been barred from entering the West Bank.

Chomsky was denied entry by Israeli immigration officials as he attempted to cross the Allenby Bridge from Jordan on Sunday.

Whistle-Blowers: A Conversation with Ellsberg and Dean (2009)

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Open Society Institute

John Dean, former White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon, discusses the “excessive” amount of executive power made available to the U.S. presidency by former President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. He also examines the Obama administration’s use of enhanced national security power.