Bernie Sanders Lays Out Bold 10-Point Plan for Democrats

NOV 23, 2018NEWS (truthdig.com) Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. (Gage Skidmore / Flickr) While affirming that he “strongly” disagrees with former Newt Gingrich, who led the GOP in the House in the mid-1990s, “on virtually every issue,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is calling on Democrats in Congress to rip a page of out the… Continue reading

Calling for ‘Corridor of Life and Culture,’ Indigenous Groups From Amazon Propose Creation of Largest Protected Area on Earth

November 21, 2018 by Common Dreams “We have come from the forest and we worry about what is happening.” by Jessica Corbett, staff writer The Xingu River flows near the area where the Belo Monte dam complex is under construction in the Amazon basin on June 15, 2012 near Altamira, Brazil. The… Continue reading

Net Neutrality Defenders Announce ‘Epic Final Protest’ to Demand Congress Repeal FCC Rollback Before Fast-Approaching Deadline

November 21, 2018 by Common Dreams “Our best chance to save #NetNeutrality is by filing the CRA before December 10th.” by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Open internet and digital rights advocacy groups are calling on the U.S. House to vote on a measure to reverse the Republican rollback of net neutrality rules… Continue reading

Climate Change 2030: The Actual Steps to Fix Global Warming in 12 Years

NOVEMBER 18, 2018 JOHN LAURITS (johnlaurits.com) With the urgent findings of last month’s IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C — an assessment of the scientific, technical, and economic research related to climate change by thousands of scientific experts — the political economy of ecological crisis has never been more crucial. Yet sadly,… Continue reading

Orange Revolution

NonviolentConflict Published on Nov 7, 2018 This film includes a minor alteration (from the original version) that directs viewers to the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict website. For more information about this film: https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/o… For more civil resistance resources in English: https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/r… FILM DESCRIPTION Presidential elections, Ukraine, 2004. One candidate… Continue reading

Bringing Down A Dictator

NonviolentConflict Published on Nov 16, 2018 This film includes a minor alteration (from the original version) that directs viewers to the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict website. For more information about this film: https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/b… For more civil resistance resources in English: https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/r… FILM DESCRIPTION: In the year 2000, in a… Continue reading