Let’s Call Them What They Really Are: Fascists
There is a battle raging in America today. The beacon of freedom and liberty in the world is on the edge of an abyss: in the chasm dwells an extremely intolerant society where the state and corporation are one, and the American Corporate Empire is the world’s only superpower.
Oil: A Deadly Source Of Energy
The entirely man made environmental disaster unfolding in the Gulf Of Mexico is likely to become the worst oil spill in America’s history surpassing the one of the Exxon Valdez, which occurred in Alaska 20 years ago. Despite all the promises made by our elected officials, we are still failing to address our addiction to […]
Federal Immigration Proposal Tough On Border Security
Reporting from Washington Senate Democrats officially unveiled a framework for immigration reform. The 26 page draft outlines a series of “benchmarks” that must be met before immigration status and the backlog is addressed. Here are the benchmarks: 1. Increase the number of border patrol officers. 2. Increase the number of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
Parsing McKibben: If There Be Sorrow
In Mckibben’s analysis: “ … at least part of the problem lies within environmentalism, which no longer does enough real organizing to build the pressure that could result in real change. Many of our largest environmental groups are still running on the momentum they built up in the early 1970s.”
Armenian Genocide: 95 Years Later, It Must Be Recognized
Today, on the 95TH anniversary of the genocide perpetrated against the Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire, tens of thousands of people gathered in the Armenian capital Yerevan. There were also commemorations worldwide, including in Beirut, France and the United States. In Istanbul, human rights activists organized a rally at Haydarsa train station where the […]
