The Crisis of Democracy Decisions affecting social development are in the hands of private investors and state policy depends on their actions. This "politics of capital" was largely at the expense of a majority of the population, particularly wage-earners. A social consensus made possible the relative stability of liberal democracy up to the 1970s....
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 7:29AM
Speaker Pelosi Shame On You, Say Skip A.I.P.A.C. Protesters The protest of the annual lovefest between the Democrat-Republican Parties and the Zionist lobbying organization, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), is bigger and better than ever with a huge projection on the wall of the Wash. D.C. conference site stating "Speaker Pelosi, Shame On You" when she spoke today, 3/24/19, along with the rest of the Democrat & Republican Party leadership, all proud supporters of the racist, anti-women, fascist, theocratic US military base known as I...
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 8:42PM
Democrats' Anti-Russian Witchhunti is A Puff of Smoke A 2-year contrived investigation into non-existent Russian connections to Nazi Trump has reportedly turned up ZERO evidence of collusion. Meanwhile, while Democrats fiddle, our homes are burning, our medical care is lacking HR 1384, our schools are privatized charter schools not educating the workingclass, our future is non-existent....
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 3:17PM
Lawrence Ferlinghetti turns 100 See and hear Ferlinghetti take on conquerors, bullies, and xenophobes, underwear, and other subjects in the readings here from his throughout his career, including a full, 40-minute reading in 2005 at UC Berkeley, below,
https://youtu.be/CrHv6IASWQ4...
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 4:45PM
Democratic Socialists of America endorses Bernie Sanders presidential bid The Democratic Party, as a result of its right-wing policies, has lost significant support among workers, and particularly among young people. Sanders sees his role as utilizing his reputation as an “independent” to convince workers and young people not to seek an alternative....
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 9:38AM
Trump signs an executive order to protect hate speech Under the guise of promoting free speech, earlier today President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order to protect hate speech at our Universities and Colleges being promoted by right-wing pigs who want to make it unlawful for students to fight back against neo-Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan, white supremacists, and the hate speech movement being promoted on campuses across the nation!...
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 10:47PM
Reinventing Beto: How a GOP Accessory Became a Top Democratic Contender for President There’s an ominous underside to the flashy hype about Beto O’Rourke....
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 2:50PM
Protests of U.S. Puppet Theft of Venezuelan Diplomatic Bldgs The US appointed puppet tried to take over Venezuelan diplomatic buildings on 3/19/19, only to be met by Gloria LaRiva of ANSWER, Medea Benjamin of Code Pink and others to protest this theft of a foreign country's property by US puppets who promote privatization and theft of Venezuelan oil. See 2 minute video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4WR0V4YJuo...
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 3:32AM
Film Review: Dick Cheney: Revolutionary for the Super-Rich In the film, the Cheney group appears like a resolute Mafia clan that took over the levers of power in no time after the election. The vice-president hardly noticed by the public pulled the strings in all important areas: military, energy, bureaucracy, and foreign policy. "Vice" is a cynical film about a cynical era....
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 4:48AM
Why is Venezuela Demonized? Thousands of people are in Washington DC to stop the US invasion of Venezuela to privatize and steal their oil, the largest oil fields in the world. The sanctions and pending military attack are proudly supported by Republican Trump and Democrat Nancy Pelosi. We, the workers of the world, are proud that Americans stood up and said NO TO WAR!...
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 11:33AM
HUD Tenant Leaders Demand Congress Declare Trump’s 2020 Budget “Dead on Arrival” Earlier today the Elected leaders of the National Alliance of HUD Tenants demanded an immediate and total rejection by Congress of President Donald Trump’s 2020 budget request, released on March 11!...
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 3:10PM
The Inconvenient Truth of Modern Civilization’s Inevitable Collapse Climate change is gathering pace and it's beginning to take out keystone species, threatening global food supplies and the very future of mankind's existence....
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 2:32PM
House Hearing Reviews Financial Transparency Legislation The House of Representatives is holding hearings on legislative initiatives to deter corruption and secrecy in the global financial system. The Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy convenes a March 13th hearing on "Promoting Corporate Transparency: Examining Legislative Proposals to Detect and Deter Financial Crime."...
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:33AM
Joe Biden on the Relaunch Pad: He’s Worse Than You Thought` What the routine media love fest with Biden leaves out...
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 4:41PM
Kids are Fluoride-Overdosed without Water Fluoridation Water fluoridation began when it was virtually the only fluoride source. Now fluoride is in countless dental products, foods & beverages, medicines and air pollution, we are all fluoride-overdosed and it's damaging children's teeth and possibly adults' bones....
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 3:46AM
Time For Congress To Ban Brutal Iditarod Please ask the animal protection caucus of the US Congress to ban the Iditarod....
Posted: Sat Mar 9, 2019 9:11PM
H.R. 1384 Medicare for All Needs 218 CoSponsors The New Medicare for All bill, HR 1384, has 106 Co-Sponsors and needs 218 to pass. There are 236 Democrats out of 435 members in the House, yet only 106 Democrats support this litmus test bill. See https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1384/cosponsors?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22HR+1384%22%5D%7D&r=1&s=...
Posted: Thu Mar 7, 2019 12:16AM
The Big Obstacle for Bernie Isn’t DNC “Rigging” — It’s Media Trashing Some people are attached to the idea that the Democratic National Committee will “rig” the presidential nomination against Bernie Sanders. The meme encourages the belief that the Bernie 2020 campaign is futile because of powerful corporate Democrats. But such fatalism should be discarded....
Posted: Mon Mar 4, 2019 11:37AM
"Capitalism will make migrants out of all citizens" No one speaks about the right to be deeply rooted in one's country and not to be uprooted by global capitalism. In reality, the elite is demophobic. That means, it hates people and democracy. We must be populist and not elitist today, democratic and not demophobic, and defend national sovereignty and not globalization....
Posted: Mon Mar 4, 2019 3:49AM