Noam Chomsky: Europe Is Now Suffering From Its Relative Humanity

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with Noam Chomsky

Oct 16, 2012 by Xenu

An interview with the world-renowned linguistics and political scholar, writer, and activist Noam Chomsky, discussing the financial crisis in Greece and worldwide, the global democratic deficit, and possible solutions for Greece to emerge from the crisis.

Romney’s Campaign of Inanity by Ralph Nader

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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page
June 14, 2012

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Mitt Romney’s daily dittohead assertions make one wonder what he got out of the law and business degrees he received from Harvard University. One of his regular blasts blames Barack Obama for the daily reports of bad economic indicators. Unemployment increases – blame Obama. Retail sales decline – blame Obama. Profits not rising – blame Obama. Housing crisis continues– blame Obama.

Tom Barry’s Border Wars, reviewed by Guadamour

by Guadamour
Featured Writer
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Dec. 9, 2011

In his important book, Border Wars (MIT Press, 2011) Tom Barry writes:

I found that the border security push has injected new life into the war on drugs by reconfiguring those failed policies as vital components of national security.  Immigration  control, too, has been swallowed by the security paradigm.  Instead of reforming the economic incentives that make illegal immigration inevitable, the United States has been stuffing non-threatening people into for-profit prisons.  Counter-terrorism, the ostensible purpose of these undertakings, is an excuse for sheriffs to absorb federal subsidies.  And the lack of a coherent border policy provides a vacuum in which reactionary populism and nationalism have flourished at the local, state and federal levels.

Not Made in America by Ralph Nader

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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page
Nov. 30, 2011

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“Here, look at this handsome L.L. Bean catalog and tell me what you want for Christmas,” said a relative over Thanksgiving weekend. I started leafing through the 88 page cornucopia with hundreds of clothing and household products, garnished by free gift cards and guaranteed free shipping. I wasn’t perusing it for any suggested gifts; instead, I was going through every offering to see whether they were made in the U.S.A. or in other countries.

Michael Parenti: Imperialism and the 99% Solution

with Michael Parenti
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Michael Parenti Blog
www.michaelparenti.org
Nov. 21, 2011

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by Paul Hamel
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The Communist Party of Canada and Lap Cat Productions presents Michael Parenti on 1 November 2011 for a talk entitled “Imperialism & the 99% Solution”.

Filmed at the McLeod Auditorium at the University of Toronto in part to support “The People’s Voice”.

In Mexico, a Universal Struggle Against Power and Forgetting by John Pilger

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By John Pilger
Information Clearing House
www.johnpilger.com
November 10, 2011

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Alameda Park is Mexico City’s languid space for lovers and open-air ballroom dancers: the gents in two-tone shoes, the ladies in finery and heels. The cobbled paths undulate from the great earthquake of 1985. You imagine the fairground sinking into the cobwebs of cracks, its Edwardian organ playing forlornly. Two small churches nearby totter precariously: the surreal is Mexico’s facade.

‪Noam Chomsky: The Clinton Vision – Old Wine, New Bottles (1994)‬‏

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VoteABC2011 on Jun 27, 2011

In these times, with the Obama administration in office, it is greatly important to analyse the history of the United States. It is apparent to me that the Clinton Administration has many parallels with the current administration, thus this speech is becoming more and more relevant.

Get Up and Stand Up To A Review by Guadamour

by Guadamour
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
June 19, 2011

In Get Up, Stand Up—Uniting Populists, Energizing the Defeated, And Battling The Corporate Elite, (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2011) Bruce E. Levine, a PhD clinical psychologist, doesn’t come anywhere near to living up to the over-blown, and pompous title of his well written and readable book. To Levine’s credit he gives an accurate assessment of Barack Obama before he was elected and his record which doesn’t allow for the alleged ‘Progressives’ to bemoan the fact they were lied to by now President in Corporate America, Obama.

Superpower (2008; must-see)

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Note: replaced video Dec. 30, 2011

giorgiotequila on Oct 8, 2011

Superpower illustrates how the United States has leveraged its position to ensure unilateral world domination through absolute economic and military superiority and government deception.

Keiser Report №84: Oscar León

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RussiaToday | October 07, 2010

This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, look at Larry Summers and your mom, the toxic yes votes on Tarp and a second American Revolution. In the second half of the show, Max goes to Arizona to talk to Oscar Leon, director and producer of Once Upon A Time In Arizona.

If Ralph Nader was asking questions to Supreme Court Nominee Kagan

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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page
June 29, 2010

Supreme Court nominations are a rare opportunity for millions of Americans to watch, learn and converse about what the Court, the Constitution and the Justices mean for their way of life, their freedoms and their livelihoods.

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee should consider asking Solicitor General Elena Kagan, who has been nominated to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, some or all of the following questions.

1. Do you believe that for-profit corporations should have First Amendment political speech rights identical to those of humans?

Noam Chomsky: No Mas Muertes! – No More Deaths!

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May 01, 2010 — Noam Chomsky speaks at Brown University about the racist immigration law in Arizona. Fllmed by Robert Malin; additional camera Paul Hubbard
Boycott the Arizona Diamondbacks!
Repeal SB1070!
No More Deaths!
http://www.nomoredeaths.org

Sowing The Seeds Of Violence by Bruce Gagnon

http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1091463

by Bruce Gagnon
featured writer
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Organizing Notes
April 29, 2010

by Helen Cox, used with permission

I am on the train to NYC and the wireless connection seems to come and go on this “Downeaster”.

I got an email this morning from a Tea Party list that somehow got my name. One line in particular that stands out is “Arizona is being targeted by millions of illegal aliens for race riots!”

A virtual call to arms is now being sounded by some Tea Party organizers. One of them says:

“How many more Citizens must die before Washington realizes America is under a full scale attack? TeaParty.org will NOT negotiate our values. We will NOT stand down and we will NOT go silently into the night. “
Stephen Eichler J.D. Executive Director – TeaParty.org

Chris Hedges to Poverty Scholars: US Government Lacks Legitimacy (must-see)

by Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
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April 21, 2010

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April 10, 2010 — Poverty Initiative at Union Theological Seminary brought Chris Hedges to their Poverty Scholars Strategic Dialogues on Media and Religion and he delivered a monumental address urging the poor deal effectively with the right wing’s grip on power, counter their fascistic racial targeting of Islam and other scapegoats like immigrants, gays, feminists, and lefties, by getting the public to see it’s a deliberate distraction to prevent our realizing the need to replace obsolete economic institutions, a corrupt media, and a criminal government lacking in legitimacy. Poverty Initiative convened 90 Poverty Scholars–low-income organizers, faith leaders and media makers from over 41 organizations. Check out povertyinitiative.org and help make change happen!

Chris Hedges: When America leaves reality behind

As a Socialist, I can assure you Obama is not a Socialist.  — Chris Hedges

by Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
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April 17, 2010

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Minnesota Public Radio NewsQ
04/16/2010

Pulitzer-prize winning foreign correspondent Chris Hedges argues that our country is undergoing an economic, political and moral collapse. He says most Americans “cannot differentiate between lies and truth” because they’ve abandoned literacy and print culture.