Guantanamo: Obama Betrays His Promises and the Rule of Law
United States President Obama issued an executive order on Monday, March 7, 2011 setting up indefinite detention at Guantanamo. Detainee’s cases will go under a “periodic administrative review.” The Obama administration also announced that it will use military commissions for “new terrorism cases.” Some of the prisoners rotting at Guantanamo have been detained by the […]
May 1933: Hitler Abolishes Unions
On May 2nd, 1933, the day after Labor day, Nazi groups occupied union halls and labor leaders were arrested. Trade Unions were outlawed by Adolf Hitler, while collective bargaining and the right to strike was abolished. This was the beginning of a consolidation of power by the fascist regime which systematically wiped out all opposition groups, starting with unions, liberals, socialists, and communists using Himmler’s state police.
The Divided State of the Union: Americans Versus The Banks
There is no voice in government telling the banks that they are responsible for the debt they created. The current system, and your representatives, assist only in allowing you to fight amongst yourselves. You get to decide whom amongst you pays what share. None of your representatives, nothing in your political system, is fighting against those that have indebted you. They all have the same plan. They all plan to use you, and your resources, to pay off the bankers.
Sarah Palin: Wanted Down Under
“Certainly if Sarah Palin or any of those other politicians come to Australia, for whatever purpose, then we can initiate a private prosecution, and that’s what we intend to do.”
Supreme Court Versus Democracy: One Year After The Corporate Fascist Coup
Today is a sad day for the vague hope of keeping democracy alive in the United States. A year ago, Friday, the US Supreme Court gave its controversial 5-4 ruling in the case known as Citizens United. The Supreme Court ruling opened the unlimited flood of corporate money into the US electoral system, by giving […]
