Regis Tremblay Published on Apr 6, 2012 Paul Weyrich, the founder of ALEC, The American Legislative Exchange Council, giving a speech in which he said “I don’t want people to vote….In fact, our leverage goes up as the voting populace goes down.” ALEC is made up of corporations, the super-wealthy… Continue reading
December 11, 2018 by Common Dreams Civil courage is the capacity to do what serves the common good, even if one must stand alone by Frances Moore Lappé A crowd gathers in Leipzig, Germany to commemorate the 70,000 people who courageously joined together in 1989 to peacefully demand freedom and democracy, a… Continue reading
December 12, 2018 by Common Dreams “Science has clearly told us that we need to act now to keep the planet within 1.5 degrees of warming,” the young climate activist says in calling for day of action on Friday by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, seeing little… Continue reading
gmoke Sunday December 09, 2018 · (dailykos.com) I’ve found it frustrating that the media and online commentary is more names and phrases — Yellow Vests, Green New Deal, Extinction Rebellion — ad infinitum than an actual discussion of the issues these people are demonstrating about. I had to spend some effort to find out… Continue reading
BY BREE HOOD ON DECEMBER 9, 2018 (ghionjournal.com) The general feeling expressed about the mass revolt currently taking place in France, is that the country is falling. But that assumes that France is composed of just it’s government and not composed of its people. If it is the people of… Continue reading
Police vehicles in front of Deutsche Bank headquarters in Frankfurt on Thursday. Prosecutors raided the company’s office in a case related to the Panama Papers.CreditCreditMichael Probst/Associated Press By Jack Ewing, Melissa Eddy and Amie Tsang Nov. 29, 2018 (NYTimes.com) Deutsche Bank’s efforts to escape a history of scandal, wrongdoing and mismanagement suffered a serious… Continue reading
BY DON THOMPSON AND KATHLEEN RONAYNE ASSOCIATED PRESS NOVEMBER 29, 2018 09:58 PM, UPDATED NOVEMBER 29, 2018 09:59 PM FILE – In this May 20, 2017 file photo, Eric Bauman addresses the California Democratic Party annual convention as he seeks their vote for chairman in Sacramento, Calif. Governor-elect Gavin Newsom is… Continue reading
Epikurewicz Published on May 10, 2018 On March 27th, 2018 a group of students from the after school program at Live Oak Park demonstrate at the Sproul Plaza in Berkeley bringing the message of love. Heather was a participant in Occupy Oakland. A message from Heather: if after watching this… Continue reading
December 8, 2018 The corporate economy is an impoverishment machine. When prices go up, the people who have to pay those prices get poorer. When rent levels rise, renters are impoverished. The corporate economy inherits this from capitalism. In capitalism, profit levels depended on keeping wage levels low. Today, inflation,… Continue reading
The longest-serving member in the history of Congress has a big idea. By Dylan Matthews@dylanmattdylan@vox.com Dec 4, 2018 (vox.com) All power to the House. Astrid Riecken/Getty Images John Dingell knows a thing or two about how Congress works. First elected to the US House of Representatives at age 29 in a 1955 special… Continue reading
