“A Student Strike Becomes an Occupation, for 17 Years” by John Daniels

WORLD-AMERICAS June 19, 2017 (theinformer.life) MEXICO CITY — Exams are over and classrooms have gone dark as summer comes to the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the pride of the country’s public education system. But as students and professors melt away, there remains one strange and lively corner of the… Continue reading

“The Special Election In Georgia Was Stolen From Jon Ossoff And Here’s How” by Lee Camp

June 21, 2017 by Lee Camp (leecamp.com) The special election in Georgia yesterday was stolen.   The Democrats are officially Charlie Brown. Every election – every special election, every mid-term election, every general election, and every election for town dogcatcher – every election that is even remotely close, they think… Continue reading

Cities And States Prefer Public Banks To Wall Street

By Staff, www.publicbankinginstitute.org March 11th, 2017 Select LanguageAfrikaansAlbanianAmharicArabicArmenianAzerbaijaniBasqueBelarusianBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanCebuanoChichewaChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CorsicanCroatianCzechDanishDutchEsperantoEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchFrisianGalicianGeorgianGermanGreekGujaratiHaitian CreoleHausaHawaiianHebrewHindiHmongHungarianIcelandicIgboIndonesianIrishItalianJapaneseJavaneseKannadaKazakhKhmerKoreanKurdish (Kurmanji)KyrgyzLaoLatinLatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalagasyMalayMalayalamMalteseMaoriMarathiMongolianMyanmar (Burmese)NepaliNorwegianPashtoPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSamoanScots GaelicSerbianSesothoShonaSindhiSinhalaSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSundaneseSwahiliSwedishTajikTamilTeluguThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduUzbekVietnameseWelshXhosaYiddishYorubaZulu Powered by Translate   Above Photo: From publicbankinginstitute.org Alarmed by the corruption and greed of Wall Street, many US cities and states are studying the feasibility of establishing public banks. Public banks are owned by cities, states… Continue reading

“Karen Handel Has a Long History of Suppressing Votes” by Ari Berman

Vice President Mike Pence at a campaign fundraiser for Karen Handel, June 9, 2017. (AP Photo / David Goldman) She’s purged voter rolls, blocked Democratic candidates from running, and supported strict voter-ID laws. JUNE 19, 2017 (thenation.com) In early May, a federal judge extended the voter-registration deadline for the special… Continue reading

Jeremy Corbyn Is Leading the Left Out of the Wilderness and Toward Power (theintercept.com)

Mehdi Hasan THANK YOU, Jeremy Corbyn. It is no exaggeration to say that the British Labour Party leader has changed progressive politics in the UK, and perhaps the wider West too, for a generation. The bearded, 68-year-old, self-declared socialist has proved that an unashamedly, unabashedly, unapologetically left-wing offer is not… Continue reading

“Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America”

Nancy MacLean Penguin, Jun 13, 2017 – Political Science – 368 pages An explosive exposé of the right’s relentless campaign to eliminate unions, suppress voting, privatize public education, and change the Constitution. “Perhaps the best explanation to date of the roots of the political divide that threatens to irrevocably alter… Continue reading