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leftymathprof on Feb 15, 2015
Inequality, externalities, and alienation are inherent in any market economy, but they are not inherent in human nature.
Transcript at http://LeftyMathProf.org/3evils includes embedded links to related materials.
by Finian Cunningham
Writer, Dandelion Salad
East Africa
Crossposted from PressTV
Feb. 11, 2015
Hosting the German Chancellor in Washington this week, US President appears to have developed cold feet over ardent American calls to send lethal weaponry to Ukraine. He is right, too. He knows such a move would spell the end of US global power.
Sent to DS by David Gutnick, CBC radio
with Chris Hedges
CBC Radio’s Ideas
By David Gutnick
Paul Kennedy, interviewer
February 9, 2015
Chris Hedges (Photo credit: Dandelion Salad)
Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges spent decades as a war correspondent for the New York Times and other publications before the suffering he witnessed became too much to bear.
Now he is minister of social witness and prison ministry at the Second Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth, New Jersey, a popular public speaker, and an author and freelance columnist who does not shy away from controversy. Continue reading
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with Rocket Kirchner
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Rocket Kirchner (blog)
Rocket Kirchner (youtube channel)
February 8, 2015
“Past, far past magnetic fields of surveillance, Ratso’s off the Grid…”
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stimulator on Feb 6, 2015
In this sedition we look at the economic clusterfuck enveloping the globe, the mega drop in oil prices and the political party that has the left screaming like Justin Beaver fans.
http://www.submedia.tv/stimulator/2015/02/06/shitty-situation/
by Finian Cunningham
Writer, Dandelion Salad
East Africa
Crossposted from PressTV
Feb. 1, 2015
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‘I see a bad moon rising
I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lightning
I see hard times today’
— John Fogerty, Bad Moon Rising (1969)
John Fogerty’s classic rock song ‘Bad Moon Rising’, from the 1960s, could be the foreboding soundtrack for what is rumbling in America’s Midwest today.
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
Brave New Films on Jan 21, 2015 Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Corporations Really Suck, Dandelion Salad Posts News Politics and-or Videos 2, Dandelion Salad Videos, Education, Elections, Environment, Fascism, Labor, Republicans, Socialism
Tagged ALEC, Citizens United, David Cay Johnston, Keystone Pipeline, Koch, Kshama Sawant, Phyllis Bennis, Ralph Nader, Social Security, SOTU, Voter Suppression Voting Rights
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
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.
Posted in Anti-war, Capitalism, Civil Rights, Dandelion Salad Posts News Politics and-or Videos 2, Dandelion Salad Videos, History, Human Rights, Politics, Racism
Tagged apartheid, Boycott Divestment and Sanctions, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King on Dandelion Salad, South Africa, Very Important or Must-Read Posts
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Repost from Jan. 20, 2013
The Radicalization of Martin Luther King
The Real News Network ·Jan 20, 2013
Anthony Monteiro: Obama’s presidency has nothing to do with the legacy of King, it’s actually the opposite
Posted in Anti-war, Capitalism, Christianity, Civil Rights, Dandelion Salad Posts News Politics and-or Videos 2, Dandelion Salad Videos, History, Politics, Racism
Tagged Anthony Monteiro, civil disobedience, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King on Dandelion Salad, non-violence, social justice, South Africa
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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.
The Greanville Post Cyrano’s Journal Today
