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May 24, 2020
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Ace, you placed an entire article in your comment. This isn’t the place to do that. Sorry.
If you would like, here is a somewhat repaired text file of Chris Hedges talk at the November 2014 Voices of Hope in a Time of Crisis symposium ….. https://www.dropbox.com/s/4dh9x739hn8qckb/Chris%20Hedges%20at%20the%20November%202014%20%20Voices%20of%20Hope%20in%20a%20Time%20of%20Crisis%20symposium%20%20..txt?dl=0
Thank you very much, Peter.
I’ll add this link to the post with the video: https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2014/11/13/chris-hedges-voices-of-hope-in-a-time-of-crisis/
From looking at the text file, it’s almost impossible to read because of the formatting. One has to continually move the horizontal scroll bar in order to read it. Anyway to set it so a vertical scroll bar could be used?
Wondering if you’re aware of the growing movement to pressure House progressives, including members of the “squad”, to withhold votes for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House unless she agrees to hold a vote for Medicare for All (specifically H.R. 1384) on the House floor:
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/12/the-case-for-forcing-a-floor-vote-on-medicare-for-all
Here’s a video featuring AOC’s previous thoughts on Medicare for All, along with the names and phone numbers of progressives to contact: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmiJ3SX2XuM
Medea Benjamin of Code Pink is on board as are many others.
Thanks for all you do.
Yes, LB. Thanks for the links. Would love for this to happen.
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one of your link needs updating:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?293027-5/monopoly-menace
Thank you so much for letting me know and giving me the correct link.
It’s for this post: https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/barry-lynn-the-monopoly-menace-must-see/
Please see name below.
Hi David/Davey. Where do we know one another: from commenting here on posts, from FB or Myspace?
Did you see this?
[edited] https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2020/04/11/chris-hedges-and-bill-binney-it-was-the-intelligence-coup-of-the-century/
NSA Whistleblower Reveals Covert Torture Program on RT America
Keep up the good work!
Louis
Yes, Louis. I replaced your link with the one posted on Dandelion Salad.
CUTE PUP, IS HE YOURS?
Thanks, Amy. Yes, he is.
The current clamour over China’s imposition of draconian security laws on Hong Kong should be compared with the situation in Palestine, where Israel continues to maintain its colonial settler regime by military and police terror.
Hong Kong was originally Chinese until the British nabbed it under the the Treaty of Nanking, settlement for the First Opium War. So, in effect, China is asserting control over its own territory, unlike Israel in Palestine.
Bizarrely, Trump has issued an Executive Order which makes it impossible for pension funds, companies and communities to boycott Israel. Twenty eight US states now require those pursuing employment and other contracts worth more than $1,000, to sign a commitment not to boycott Israel. This violates the First Ammendment, is illegal and weakens the rule of international law.
Thanks, Gareth.
Have you seen this post? https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2020/02/12/abby-martin-the-state-of-georgia-blocked-me-from-speaking-because-i-refused-to-sign-a-loyalty-pledge-to-israel/