with Michael Hudson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
michael-hudson.com
January 27, 2015
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CrossTalk: Wealth Abyss
RT on Jan 26, 2015
One percent already has half the world’s wealth under its thumb and at this rate is set to accumulate even more. As much of the world slowly recovers from severe recession, the rich are prospering and greatly so. Is the global system rigged to their advantage? CrossTalking with Max Lawson, Richard Wellings and Michael Hudson.
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Radical-leftist Syriza party wins elections in Greece – exit polls
RT on Jan 25, 2015
Greek radical-leftist party, Syriza, has won between 35.5 and 39.5 percent of the vote in the national parliamentary election, leaving the country’s ruling New Democracy party more than 10 per cent behind, the exit-polls revealed.
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Updated: Jan. 22, 2015
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Norman Finkelstein giving a talk at Suffolk University in Massachusetts (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Is Israel Unfairly Held to a Higher Standard? Norman Finkelstein on Reality Asserts Itself (1/8)
TheRealNews on Dec 24, 2014
Norman Finkelstein and Paul Jay discuss a full page ad in the NYT that says Israel is condemned by liberals for human rights violations while it defends gay rights, and less is said about the persecution of gays by Iran, Hamas and ISIS
Updated: Jan. 18, 2016; added the full video speech
I highly recommend listening to the entire speech on the audio player below or reading the entire transcript. ~ DS
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Democracy Now! on Jan 19, 2015
On Dec. 7, 1964, days before he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, King gave a major address in London on segregation, the fight for civil rights and his support for Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa. The speech was recorded by Saul Bernstein, who was working as the European correspondent for Pacifica Radio. Bernstein’s recording was recently discovered by Brian DeShazor, director of the Pacifica Radio Archives. Today is the federal holiday that honors King.
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Repost from Jan. 20, 2013
The Radicalization of Martin Luther King
The Real News Network on Jan 20, 2013
Anthony Monteiro: Obama’s presidency has nothing to do with the legacy of King, it’s actually the opposite.
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by Gareth Porter
Writer, Dandelion Salad
crossposted at Middle East Eye
Washington
January 17, 2015
US contradictions between the Obama administration’s policy in Syria and realities on the ground have become so acute that US officials began last November discussing a proposal calling for support of local ceasefires between opposition forces and the Assad regime in dozens of locations across Syria.
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Jan 14, 2015
For-profit prisons have created a “neo-slavery” in the US, according to award-winning journalist Chris Hedges. Inmates work eight hours per day for major corporations such as Chevron, Motorola, Nordstrom’s and Target, yet only have the possibility of making up [to] $1.25 an hour. In addition, companies that provide services like phone calls overcharge prisoners on even the most basic services, making hundreds of millions in profits annually. RT’s Ben Swann speaks to Hedges, who explains how this shadowy system came into existence.
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Updated: Jan. 14, 2015
with Chris Hedges
breakingtheset on Jan 12, 2015
On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin, discusses the lack of media coverage of the massacre of as many as 2,000 people in the town of Baga by Boko Haram militants. Abby then goes over the most outrageous responses to the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris and why the clash of civilizations mentality when it comes to these type of acts is so misleading. Abby then speaks with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author, Chris Hedges, about the roots of the attacks in France and the relationship between global events and the rise of radicalization.
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by Michael Hudson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
michael-hudson.com
January 11, 2015
US 2015 budget anti pension law, January 2, 2015.
On the Senate’s last day in session in December, it approved the government’s $1.1 trillion budget for coming fiscal year.
Few people realize how radical the new U.S. budget law was. Budget laws are supposed to decide simply what to fund and what to cut. A budget is not supposed to make new law, or to rewrite the law. But that is what happened, and it was radical.
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Updated: Jan. 12, 2015
Workers.org
January 10, 2015
This updated article first appeared in the Jan. 29, 1971, issue of Workers World newspaper. The writer was a founding member and chairperson of Workers World Party.
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with Chris Hedges
TheRealNews on Jan 7, 2015
Eddie Conway and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges continue their discussion about the forms of slavery and exploitation thriving in today’s U.S. prison system
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with Chris Hedges
TheRealNews on Jan 5, 2015
Eddie Conway and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges discuss the forms of slavery and exploitation thriving in today’s U.S. prison system.
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with Michael Hudson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
michael-hudson.com
January 5, 2015
TheRealNews on Jan 5, 2015
UMKC Economics Professor Michael Hudson discusses how Wall Street will profit as workers’ pensions get slashed.
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by Cindy Sheehan
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog
Jan. 4, 2015
Welcome to 2015 and to the beginning of the 7th year of Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox!
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