December 22, 2018 by Common Dreams 153 US House members and 50 US Senators are millionaires by Common Dreams staff Rep-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks at a rally on October 1, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo: Scott Eisen/Getty Images) US Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Saturday called for congressional salaries to be… Continue reading
Police officers across France will take to streets but will not perform their duties except for responding to emergency calls. Source: Euronews December 18, 2018 (mod.media) In France, police plan to protest, following the “yellow vest” movement. On December 19, they will take to streets across France to stage protests… Continue reading
DECEMBER 24, 2018 JOHN LAURITS (johnlaurits.com) For readers who missed the Facebook live-stream, here is a video wherein I am interviewed by Victor Tiffany of Revolt Against Plutocracy, the group that organized 2016’s #BernieOrBust initiative, about my recent article “Journalism Is Never Objective.” In it, we unpack the ideology behind ‘journalistic objectivity’ and dig into how social class and… Continue reading
December 18, 2018 by Common Dreams Despite data to the contrary, the media continues to distort Sanders’ politics and the diversity of his supporters by Katie Halper Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks at “Workers’ Right=Civil Rights” rally in Canton, Mississippi on March 4, 2017. (Photo: Youtube/Screenshot) A recent CNN poll shows that among potential Democratic… Continue reading
December 19, 2018 by Common Dreams “We do need hope—of course, we do. But the one thing we need more than hope is action. Once we start to act, hope is everywhere.” by Jon Queally, staff writer 15-year-old Greta Thunberg of Sweden realized at a young age the enormous gap between what… Continue reading
By Mehdi Hasan December 19 2018 (theintercept.com) Sen. Bernie Sanders gives a speech at a “get out the vote” campaign event with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Christine Hallquist on Nov. 4, 2018 in Burlington, Vt. Photo: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images WHO WILL BE the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in 2020?… Continue reading
LOB’s thinks famous performance artist Déborah de Robertis may stand behind the protest staged in solidarity with “yellow vests” The Marianne protest near Paris’s Champs-Elysées. Source: LP/Philippe de Poulpiquet December 17, 2018 (moc.media) On December 15, five silver-painted women wearing red low-neck hoodies marched down the Champs-Elysées and stopped in… Continue reading
New federal Decree 349 criminalises independent cultural activity in Cuba. Artists are protesting, the government is arresting the most active protesters. The confrontation goes on Cuban activists protesting against Decree 349. Source: Artforum December 13, 2018 (mod.media) The government of Cuba tries to soothe artists by revising the most the… Continue reading
Date created : 22/12/2018 – (france24.com) Peter Kohalmi, AFP | Protesters march in downtown Budapest on December 21 during a demonstration against what opponents have the dubbed a “slave law”. The law signed by the Hungarian president on Thursday hikes the amount of overtime employers can demand. Text by:NEWS WIRES Video… Continue reading
Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is part of a group of Congress members pushing for a “Green New Deal.” (Charles Krupa / AP) By Ellen Brown December 16, 2018 (Truthdig.com) With what author and activist Naomi Klein calls “galloping momentum,” the “Green New Deal” promoted by Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., appears to be forging a… Continue reading
