John Pilger. Simone Weil. John Adams. The major western democracies are moving towards corporatism. Democracy has become a business plan, with a bottom line for every human activity, every dream, every decency, every hope.…
Three Years Ago This Happened. Never Forget.
Ieshia Evans shows us what truly is a hero. Evans is facing straight on a large number of heavily-armed cops at a Black Lives Matter protest in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 2016 following the…
And Doing A Bang-Up Job
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Democracy, Use It Or Lose It
This unprecedented racism, bigotry and proto-fascist agenda that Donald Trump is trying to shove down America's throat has unleashed the resistance that will dethrone him. Tom Morello
Reminder…
The Crime of Betraying One's Country
Monday Ménage and A Plus One
H.L. Mencken. George Eliot. John Kenneth Galbraith. The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins,…
“As We Sit Here”
In the 24 hours since former special counsel Robert Mueller warned lawmakers about Russia’s past, present (they’re doing it “as we sit here”), and future meddling in America’s elections, of course much has been…
Choices 2020
Hmmm… Number Four
"Reference has been made to his “unpunctuality, his erractic work routine and his failure to keep appointments - a source of much embarraassment to party officials who usually found him in the late afternoon…
Hmmm… Number Three
“In an effort to strengthen his hold on the party and to purge it of unreliable elements, Hitler established the Committee for Examination and Adjustment (Untersuchungs--und Schlichtungs-Ausschuss). This body, which came to be known…
Hmmm… Number Two
“Most of the ‘intelligentsia’, apart from the minority of intellectuals forced into emigration, needed no terror to make them fall in line with Nazi ‘Gleichschaltung’ (or ‘coordination’). Indeed, ‘self-coordination’ applied to many sections of…
Hmmm…
The whole structure of [Hitler’s] government has been aptly dubbed “authoritarian anarchy”. (more…)
Monday Ménage
Stacey Abrams. Ana Navarro. Frederick Douglass. When marginalized groups finally gained access to the ballot, it took time for them to organize around opposition to the specific forms of discrimination and mistreatment that continued…
Into The Streets
A Vigil to End Human Detention Camps On Friday 12 July 2019, Lights for Liberty, a network of activist organisations, is bringing together thousands of Americans to detention camps across the country, “into the…
Independence Day: FREEDOM FROM TYRANNY
“The means of defence against foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.” James Madison
It Must Remain The People’s 4th
Monday Ménage
Walter Cronkite. Candice Carty-Williams. C. Wright Mills. I think being a liberal, in the true sense, is being nondoctrinaire, nondogmatic, non-committed to a cause - but examining each case on its merits. Being left…
The Day The Lady Arrived, In Pieces…
On 17 June 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor. The Lady was shipped from France in 350 individual pieces. She was reassembled and dedicated in 1886. Is she being broken…
Yeah, Still Growing…
Since taking office, Donald Trump has turned lying into an art form. UPDATES: 794 Days, Over 9,179. And Growing. Latest At 801 Days 9,451... Latest At 828 Days 10,111 and Still Growing... Latest At…
History As Reminder: A Message For Our Time
While in prison, Nelson Mandela wrote a message to the people of South Africa suffering under the boot of apartheid. The message was smuggled out of Robben Island prison and made public on 10…
Thank You, All
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America In Crisis
On the day before Memorial Day, a day when we honour those who served and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice, there is no way in hell we should pay respect to this POS…
Statement Of Fact
The Trump administration’s indictment of Julian Assange under the Espionage Act of 1917 is “a fundamental threat to press freedom in the 21st century”. Freedom of the Press Foundation Executive Director Trevor Timm issued…
Texas GOP Pushing Bill To Keep Dem Voters Away From Ballot Box
It is voter suppression pure and simple A direct hit on populations that don’t have easy access to a voting location in their neighborhoods or they don’t have access to transportation (more…)
20 Tweets To Impeach
In 20 Tweets Conservative Republican From Michigan Offers Blueprint For Impeachment. Rep. Justin Amash (Verified account @justinamash) * Mueller’s report describes a consistent effort by the president to use his office to obstruct or…
When An Image Tells The Story: White House Edition
Burning Question
Robert Scheer, Editor in Chief at Truthdig.com Asks: Has Freedom of the Press Become an Illusion? Scheer, who has argued in the past that the persecution of [Julian] Assange endangers journalism as we know it, points…













