 |
Newest Blog Entries:
“Gasland” Director Josh Fox on Democracy Now – Part 1
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Friday, February 3, 2012
“Gasland” Director Josh Fox on Democracy Now – Part 2
Josh Fox: Obama’s Support for Natural Gas Drilling "A Painful Moment" for Communities Exposed to Fracking
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Friday, February 3, 2012
A Victory for the Public on Foreclosures? | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, January 29, 2012Bill Moyers – Best TV in Town
Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, January 29, 2012Truthdig – Chris Hedges and Lawrence Lessig: Getting Money Out of Politics [VIDEO]
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, January 27, 2012Gretchen Morgenson on Corporate Clout in Washington | Moyers [Video]
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, January 25, 2012Store Front in Berlin – You Tube
fascinating, thanks to Tom PiersonPosted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Bill Moyers Talks With Reagan Budget Director About “Crony Capitalism”
Coming Sunday at 6 PST on PBSPosted by Michael Butler, Saturday, January 21, 2012
Democracy Now: Journalist Chris Hedges Sues Obama Admin over Indefinite Detention of U.S. Citizens Approved in NDAA
HEDGES: Amy, one of the most sort of disturbing aspects of this is that the security establishment came out against it—the CIA, the FBI, the Attorney General, the Director of National Intelligence. None of them wanted it .. And I think we have to ask, if the security establishment did not want this bill, and the FBI Director Mueller actually goes to Congress and says publicly they don’t want it, why did it pass? What pushed it through? And I think, without question, the corporate elites understand that things, certainly economically, are about to get much worse. I think they’re worried about the Occupy movement expanding. And I think that, in the end—and this is a supposition—they don’t trust the police to protect them, and they want to be able to call in the Army. And if this bill goes into law, and it’s slated to go into law in March, they will be able to do that
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Wednesday, January 18, 2012
FDL: Colbert SuperPAC Goes on the Air in South Carolina
David Dayen @ Firedoglake (w video of Colbert and Stewart making the announcement) ..This caps off one of the most brilliant pieces of performance art in quite some time. Colbert is “running” for President now as an evolution of his show-don’t-tell critique of the Citizens United decision and what it has meant for campaign finance in America. His SuperPAC has run ads in Iowa, used candidate Buddy Roemer in spots that technically didn’t “coordinate” with the candidate because they were considered issue ads, and tried to purchase naming rights to the South Carolina primary, adding a referendum to the ballot asking voters whether corporations are people or “only people are people.” .. As satire, this goes light years beyond the March to Restore Sanity. Colbert is displaying every single problem with the Citizens United decision, and the mess of our campaign finance laws, by showing the practical application of them in the real world.. read more
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Sunday, January 15, 2012
Colbert Super PAC: Mitt the Ripper –or– Attack in B Minor for Strings
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Sunday, January 15, 2012
NYT (4): Foreign Affairs
As Gulf states back U.S. attempts to choke Iranian oil, U.S. warns Iran that closing Strait would be "red line"; Urination video goes viral, causing serious problems for U.S. in Afghanistan; U.S. restores full relations with Myanmar.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, January 13, 2012
Bill Moyers: ‘Capitalism is Out of Control Thanks, In No Small Part, to Citizen’s United’ | Common Dreams
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, January 12, 2012Occupy New Hampshire Member on His Exchange With Mitt Romney Over Support for Corporate Personhood
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Friday, January 6, 2012
Democracy Now: Year of Global Uprisings, from the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street: A Special Look Back at 2011
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The Top Ten Revolutionary Videos of 2011
from Dissident Voice ..At the end of the year, news agencies around the world.. report the ten most popular YouTube videos of the past year. The lists inevitably contain some of the most banal, irritating, or mildly amusing videos of the past year, but rarely do we see.. the startlingly powerful images of resistance and revolution. So, in honour of those who were maimed or killed in 2011 in service of a better world, here are ten of the most memorable moments of revolt in 2011.. watch videos
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Latest from the Colbert Super PAC – A referendum on Corporate Personhood in the South Carolina GOP Primary
.. and this guest editorial in the South Carolina newspaper The State
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Saturday, December 24, 2011
Take Back the Commons – D17 | Occupy Wall Street Video
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Monday, December 19, 2011
NYT (4): Int’l Affairs
Jewish settlers attack Israeli army base; Monti revises Italian austerity measures - including eliminating millionaire's tax; Yet another revelation in Murdoch hacking scandal; YouTube having a "Netflix" moment as it redesigns - and draws immediate and widespread ire.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Robert Reich: Hypocrisy and Taxes VIDEO
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, December 8, 2011Democracy Now: Mumia Abu-Jamal Spared Death Penalty After Prosecutors Drop 30-Year Bid for Execution
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Thursday, December 8, 2011
NYT Op-Eds (4)
"Filmmakers examine the history of youth in times of crisis" (Op-Video); "The Republican Party is getting the candidates it deserves" (Krugman); "Newt Gingrich’s dissertation is filled with wonkery, lacking human detail, rather than racism" (Guest Op-Ed); "Patients who are treated at home by a doctor are happier and healthier" (Guest Op-Ed)Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, December 5, 2011
Jackson Browne at OWS – “I Am a Patriot”
listen to all the songs from his performance here (c/o Firedoglake) - a really great band named Dawes played alongside Jackson - great music - mab
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Saturday, December 3, 2011
