Can we stick together? PATRICK MAZZA FEB 27, 2023The Raven (theraven@substack.com) Separating the red and blue When Marjorie Taylor Greene recently tweeted, “We need a national divorce,” she set off a furor. “We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government. Everyone I talk to says… Continue reading
Democracy Now! • Feb 27, 2023 • Latest Shows We speak with author Malcolm Harris about his new book, Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World, in which he writes how his hometown in the heart of Silicon Valley and home to many tech billionaires has helped… Continue reading
The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway The bestselling authors of Merchants of Doubt offer a profound, startling history of one of America’s most tenacious-and destructive-false ideas: the myth of the “free market.” Merchants of Doubt exposed the origins of… Continue reading
“Economics are the method; the object is to change the heart and soul.” –Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, DStJ, PC, FRS, HonFRSC (October 13, 1925 – April 8, 2013), was a British politician and stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979… Continue reading
AR-15-style weapons have been used in some of the deadliest shootings in modern U.S. history. By Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT Published February 24, 2023 (truthout.org) Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. AHouse Republican has introduced a bill that would make the AR-15, which has… Continue reading
by Adrienne Fong Not back posting on a regular basis Please include Accessibility and ASL info in your events! And if your action is ‘child friendly’ This is a JUSTICE issue!! *** ASL interpretation – Let me know if your event needs this service .*** Please post your actions on Indybay: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12 See Indybay for… Continue reading
BECOME A MEMBER People applaud at the 2019 American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on March 26, 2019. Photo: Jose Luis Magana/AP A people-powered insurgency threatened to reshape the Democratic Party. Then came the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and its allied super… Continue reading
Çınar Oskay Feb. 26, 2023 (SFChronicle.com) Everyone in Turkey is familiar with the saying: “Earthquakes don’t kill, buildings do.” In 1999, my country was hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake near the northwestern city of Izmit. The destruction was catastrophic. Over 18,000 people lost their lives according to the official count, although… Continue reading
Dogwoof Sep 17, 2020 Watch it on Dogwoof On Demand: https://watch.dogwoof.com/film/i-am-g… The story of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is told through compelling, never-before-seen footage in this documentary following her rise to prominence and her global impact as she sparks school strikes and protests around the world.
This lefty publisher is giving out censored books for free in Florida. BY RAMENDA CYRUS FEBRUARY 20, 2023 (Prospect.org) WILFREDO LEE/AP PHOTO Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to reporters at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Florida on Feb. 15, 2023. Haymarket Books, a prominent left-wing publishing company, has… Continue reading
