Chris Hedges Answers “Why Are We Not Calling This Fascism?”

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with Chris Hedges
Writer, Dandelion Salad
May 22, 2013

TheBigPictureRT – May 21, 2013

Chris Hedges, Truthdig, joins Thom Hartmann. The AP scandal is just the latest example of an ongoing – and often corporate backed – assault on our most basic democratic rights.

Rise Up or Die! by Chris Hedges

by Chris Hedges
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Truthdig
May 20, 2013

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Joe Sacco and I spent two years reporting from the poorest pockets of the United States for our book “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt.” We went into our nation’s impoverished “sacrifice zones”—the first areas forced to kneel before the dictates of the marketplace—to show what happens when unfettered corporate capitalism and ceaseless economic expansion no longer have external impediments. We wanted to illustrate what unrestrained corporate exploitation does to families, communities and the natural world.

David Swanson: Are we in favor of killer flying robots over our homes and schools, or are we not?

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with David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
http://warisacrime.org
May 19, 2013

TheRealNews May 19, 2013

David Swanson: Activists succeeding in turning public opinion against drone strikes; other forms of actions on the rise.

Chris Hedges: Perpetual Rebellion

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by Chris Hedges
Writer, Dandelion Salad
May 6, 2013

AntiHasbara

Chris Hedges 4 May 2013 Convocation Hall Toronto

Noam Chomsky: Things Are Ugly—Do Something About It (2010)

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with Noam Chomsky

videonation – May 6, 2013

Post-9/11 repression pales in comparison to what Americans have had in the past, and we have more ways to make a change than people used to have. So why aren’t we doing anything with them?

Some Don’t Pay Their War Taxes by David Swanson

by David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
http://warisacrime.org
May 5, 2013

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This past Saturday morning felt like mid-winter in Asheville, North Carolina, but was actually some weeks past tax day, and dozens of people were gathered in front of a federal building to say something about what federal income taxes are used for — something much more unusual than one would expect.

Occupied Social Centers in Spain + Cooperatives, Another Mode of Production

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PressTVGlobalNews · May 4, 2013

Spanish people are giving life to many schools which have been abandoned for years, forsaken factories, foreclosed and empty buildings and many more places.

The Haymarket Riot: “It is a Subterranean Fire” by Elizabeth Schulte (repost)

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Repost

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by Elizabeth Schulte
SocialistWorker.org
April 29, 2011

ON MAY 1, 1886–125 years ago this month–hundreds of thousands of workers were taking the streets of cities around the U.S. to demand an eight-hour day.

The epicenter of this great labor struggle was Chicago, where the eight-hour movement inspired defiant protests and strikes–and inspired fear and repression from bosses and their loyal servants in law enforcement.

Power-Packed Political Songs by Rocket Kirchner

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by Rocket Kirchner
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Rocket Kirchner (blog)
Rocket Kirchner (youtube channel)
April 25, 2013

Well, here we go again. This time it is music.

1. It’s alright ma (I am only bleeding). Bob Dylan. One voice, one guitar tour de force. “The” existentialist political manifesto.

F1 Race Rage: Bahrain Police Use Teargas In Clashes With Protesters

Formula 1™ (Photo credit: LGEPR)

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TheRealNews on Apr 23, 2013

Sam Husseini interviews Said Yousif al-Muhafda, who was jailed for his twitter activism, about arrests, mass teargassing and use of shotguns to suppress peaceful protest.

Nicolas Maduro Did Not Steal the Election in Venezuela by Greg Palast + Venezuela Accuses U.S. of Plotting Coup

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by Greg Palast
Writer, Dandelion Salad
www.gregpalast.com
For Vice Magazine - Leer el artículo en español aquí
April 22, 2013

The guy in the cheap brown windbreaker walking up the dirty tenement steps to my New York office looked like a bus driver.

Nicolas Maduro, elected President of Venezuela last Sunday, did indeed drive a bus, then led the drivers’ union, then drove Chávez’ laws through the National Assembly as Venezuela’s National Assembly chief.

CISPA: Worse Than The Patriot Act + CISPA Internet Blackout April 22

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Updated April 25, 2013 and April 26, 2013

breakingtheset – Apr 19, 2013

Abby Martin talks to Michelle Richardson, Legislative Counsel with the ACLU, about the renewed push for CISPA, and how its implications could be worse than the Patriot Act.

Social Security Belongs To The Workers by Kathy Durkin

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by Kathy Durkin
Workers World
April 20, 2013

What will happen to our Social Security benefits? This question is being asked by the program’s 56 million recipients in response to the Obama administration’s proposal to cut the annual cost-of-living raise for all who receive these monthly checks, as part of his 2014 budget.

Postal Cutbacks Blocked by Melissa Rakestraw

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Postal worker Melissa Rakestraw reports on a retreat in the attack on the post office.
SocialistWorker.org
April 16, 2013

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A PLAN to eliminate Saturday mail delivery and slash postal jobs has been canceled for now, according to an April 10 statement from the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors.

Specifically, the board said Congress required the post office to continue 6-day delivery in a continuing budget resolution passed last month. The Government Accountability Office had also issued an opinion that Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe didn’t have the legal right to unilaterally end Saturday delivery.

Sandra Steingraber: The Toxic Assault on Our Children

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http://billmoyers.com
BillMoyers.com
http://vimeo.com/64370007
April 19, 2013

Biologist, mother and activist Sandra Steingraber joins Bill to explain why she was willing to go to jail — and did — for blocking access to the construction of a storage and transportation facility involved in the controversial process of fracking. Steingraber has become internationally known for building awareness about toxins she says are threatening our children’s health by contaminating our air, water and food, and talks to Bill about how we must take action stop these “toxic trespassers.”