Month: July 2016

Trump’s Rape Rhetoric Appeals to Male Anxiety

photo above: Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 22, 2016. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) Saturday, 30 July 2016 00:00 By Nicholas Powers, Truthout | Op-Ed an excerpt: In 1989, the same year as the Central Park Five case, Donald Trump assaulted […]

Rev. William Barber Drops the Mic at the DNC

Wow! Except for the part about Hilary Clinton, who gets a pass from him, she ultimate Warmonger and rapacious Neoliberal. meaning of “drop the mic” Please also see: Barber on Trump and Second Amendment

West Bank Home Demolitions Hit 10-year High

­ Published on July 29th, 2016 | by Guest ­ by Natasha Roth Israeli authorities have demolished more Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank thus far in 2016 than in any other calendar year in the last decade, according to data provided by Israeli human rights NGO B’Tselem Wednesday and statistics from the UN […]

Part 2: Michael Moore with Piers Morgan: Good Morning Britain

Published on Jul 5, 2016 With over one million Americans killed by guns since John Lennon, Michael Moore is in Britain and speaking with Piers Morgan about guns, Donald Trump, Brexit and the EU. Full Interview Good Morning Britain (06/24/16) Please also see this about Michael Moore’s new film, Fahrenheit 11/9, release date September 21, […]

Part 1: Michael Moore on Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and Brexit (06/10/16)

Published on Jul 5, 2016 Michael Moore was in Britain and speaking with British journalist Owen Jones (The Guardian) on June 10th, 2016. To quote Moore: ‘Trump is like the sound of dying dinosaurs’. Please also see this about Michael Moore’s new film, Fahrenheit 11/9, release date September 21, 2018:

There’s No Business Like the Arms Business

photo above: A mural near the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran. (David Holt / CC-BY-2.0) July 26, 2016 Tomgram: William Hartung, How to Arm a “Volatile” Planet Editorial by WN It is a very strange world: Michelle Obama makes a highly impassioned, brilliant speech at the Democratic National Convention – one nearly universally praised, […]

Michael Jordan: ‘I can no longer stay silent’

His statement on the shootings of African-Americans and the targeting of police officers July 25, 2016 an excerpt: “As a proud American, a father who lost his own dad in a senseless act of violence, and a black man, I have been deeply troubled by the deaths of African-Americans at the hands of law enforcement […]

Facing Down Trump’s Demagoguery: Lessons From Weimar Germany

Friday, 22 July 2016 00:00 By Charles Derber, Truthout | Op-Ed photo above: Donald Trump points to his vice presidential nominee, Mike Pence, on the final night of the Republican National Convention, at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, July 21, 2016. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) an excerpt: Donald Trump […]

Battle Over Palestine May Spill Into Democratic Convention

Thursday, 21 July 2016 09:17 By Rania Khalek, The Electronic Intifada | News Analysis photo above: destruction in Gaza by Israel – 2014 an excerpt: The Democratic primary race for president is effectively over following Bernie Sanders’ endorsement of Hillary Clinton. But the battle over Israel and Palestine within the party is just getting started […]

Donald Trump’s Acceptance Speech Reconfirmed His Fascist Authoritarianism

Friday, 22 July 2016 05:14 MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT an excerpt:   “Law and order” were the key code words for Nixon’s Southern strategy that finalized the conversion of the deep South from voting Democratic in presidential elections to voting Republican. The words sent the message that Nixon would seek to keep […]

Hatred Unlimited

Uri Avnery’s Column 09/07/16 an excerpt: By now, hatred is everywhere. Arabs and Israelis use different highways, but it is far worse than South African apartheid, because the whites there had no interest in driving the blacks out. It is also far worse than most forms of colonialism, because the imperial powers did not generally […]

The Appalling Violence of the World’s Three Superpowers

Thursday, 21 July 2016 00:00 By Lawrence S. Wittner, History News Network | Op-Ed an excerpt: This state-organized violence is often accompanied by citizen violence. In 2015, the use of firearms in the United States resulted in the deaths of 13,286 people and the wounding of another 26,819. These figures include 372 mass shootings, but […]

Canada, Do Not Follow US Into Permawar

Thursday, 02 April 2015 00:00 By Robert Fantina and David Swanson, World Beyond War | Op-Ed an excerpt: The Canadian government, like the U.S. government, uses fear-mongering to implement its war policies. But again, there is cause for some limited optimism. A recently-proposed anti-terror bill, that legal experts have decried as depriving Canada of some […]

Review: The Need for a New Economic System by John S. Avery

Posted on Feb 17, 2016 In: Just Third Way Feature | Tagged: Review by Dr. Dorothy Guyot of The Need for a New Economic System by John Scales Avery. Opening comments by CESJ President Norman Kurland: In his November 24, 2015 book The Need for a New Economic System, Dr. John Scales Avery, a scientist […]

Center for Economic and Social Justice (CESJ)

Below is information about a highly insightful and motivating website. Welcome to CESJ – Center for Economic and Social Justice Thank you for visiting the on-line library and learning center of the Center for Economic and Social Justice. CESJ is a non-profit educational organization, think tank and social action catalyst founded in 1984. We are […]

Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter Tells All

The Political Scene July 25, 2016 Issue By Jane Mayer image above: “I put lipstick on a pig,” Tony Schwartz, the ghostwriter, says. He feels “deep remorse.”  Illustration by Javier Jaén “The Art of the Deal” made America see Trump as a charmer with an unfailing knack for business. Tony Schwartz helped create that myth—and […]

Life turned upside down in Gaza

Sarah Algherbawi The Electronic Intifada 15 July 2016 photo above: Rajaa Abu Khalil and her children have lived in a makeshift shelter ever since their home was destroyed by Israeli bombing in July 2014. Ahmed Salama an excerpt: Trauma is widespread in Gaza, which has endured three major Israeli assaults since December 2008. The World […]

Lawless Drone Killings

By Stephen Lendman Global Research, October 25, 2013 Obama and his advisors are obscene serial killers – with impunity. an excerpt: It bears repeating. Drones are instruments of state terror. Killing is done extrajudicially. America bears most responsibility. Obama’s kill list decides who, where and when. Human lives don’t matter. Nor do rule of law […]

The Network

Leaked Data Reveals How the U.S. Trains Vast Numbers of Foreign Soldiers and Police With Little Oversight Douglas Gillison, Nick Turse, Moiz Syed July 13 2016, 7:00 a.m. photo above: U.S. Special Forces members advise and assist soldiers assigned to the Belize Special Assignment Group during a marksmanship range exercise near Belize City, Belize, April […]

The Most Important US Air Force Base You’ve Never Heard Of

Sunday, 17 July 2016 00:00By Norman Solomon, The Nation | News Analysis photo above: The US government’s far-flung system for extrajudicial killing uses Ramstein Air Base as a kind of digital switchboard in a process that fogs accountability and often kills bystanders. (Photo: Lucas Wirl / Flickr) an excerpt: Ramstein receives visual images from drones […]

Grace Always Bats Last

Friday, July 15, 2016 by Abby Zimet, staff writer Another savage week, from St. Paul to Nice. Because we have no words left, we turn to Canada’s Choir! Choir! Choir!, an experiment in harmony and community that has pulled crowds of strangers together to pay tribute to Prince and David Bowie, and has raised money […]

Canadian Friends of Sabeel

July 17, 2016 image above: from Sabeel website Below is representative of what you can find on the website linked here. Justice is denied to Palestinians in myriad ways by the modern state of Israel. Twelve years ago (July 9), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion at the request of the […]

Adventures in the Trump Twittersphere

Zeynep Tufekci MARCH 31, 2016 Mr. Trump’s rise is actually a symptom of the mass media’s growing weakness, especially in controlling the limits of what it is acceptable to say. an excerpt: For decades, journalists at major media organizations acted as gatekeepers who passed judgment on what ideas could be publicly discussed, and what was […]

How technology disrupted the truth

Social media has swallowed the news – threatening the funding of public-interest reporting and ushering in an era when everyone has their own facts. But the consequences go far beyond journalism. [However, it has been known since the rise of Big Corporation ownership of major news outlets, that truth disruption (“manufacturing consent” – Noam Chompsky) […]

Ex-Seattle Police Chief Condemns Systemic Police Racism Dating Back to Slave Patrols

Thursday, 14 July 2016 00:00 By Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now! | Video Interview an excerpt: On Wednesday, President Obama met at the White House with law enforcement officials and civil rights leaders. President Obama hosted the meeting one week after the fatal police shootings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and […]

Beyond Dallas and Orlando, a Global Arc of Violence

Thursday, 14 July 2016 00:00 By Michelle Chen, Truthout | Op-Ed photo above: Motorcycle officers in a motorcade escort for the coffin of Dallas police officer Lorne Ahrens, one of the five victims of the gunman-involved shooting that took place at an otherwise peaceful protest, after funeral services at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, […]

Hari Kondabolu

Mainstream American Comic by Hari Kondabolu Hari Kondabolu is a Brooklyn-based comedian and writer who the NY Times has described as “one of the most exciting political comics in stand-up today.” His new album Mainstream American Comic is a follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut Waiting for 2042, which was also released on legendary indie […]

23 Ways You Could be Killed While Being Black

The video features celebrities such as Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, and Rihanna. Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn Jul. 13, 2016 6:50 PM In the week after shootings that left two black men dead, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé and other notable celebrities have teamed up to create this powerful video on the everyday interactions that can get black people killed in […]

The Chilcot Report Fails to Speak Plain Truth: Bush Lied, So Did Blair

Sunday, 10 July 2016 00:00 By Calvin F. Exoo, Truthout | Op-Ed photo above: US President George W. Bush and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair during a news conference from the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, May 17, 2007. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times) As David Swanson’s 2011 anti-war […]

State Terrorism and Racist Violence in the Age of Disposability: Expanded Version

Sunday, 10 July 2016 00:00 By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout | Op-Ed photo above: Demonstrators record a crowd of police officers on hand in New York’s Times Square, where a large crowd protested after fatal police shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota, July 7, 2016. (Photo: Christopher Lee / The New York Times) an excerpt: Note […]

The Iraq War, Brexit and Imperial Blowback

Wednesday, 06 July 2016 00:00 By Nadine El-Enany, Truthout | Op-Ed image above: Lauren Walker / Truthout an excerpt: Brexit is not only nostalgia for empire — it is also the fruit of empire. Britain is reaping what it sowed. The legacies of British imperialism have never been addressed, including that of racism. British colonial […]

The Illusion of Security

Thursday, 07 July 2016 07:07 ROBERT C. KOEHLER FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT photo above: Gerard Van der Leun an excerpt: “We imagine a line between good and evil . . .” These are the words of Philip Zimbardo, addressing an Association of Psychological Science convention some years ago. He continued: “. . . and we like […]

Seeking False Security at Fortress Europe’s Gates

Seeking False Security at Fortress Europe’s Gates Thursday, 07 July 2016 00:00 By Michelle Chen, Truthout | Op-Ed photo above: Seeking False Security at Fortress Europe’s Gates Refugees at the former De Koepel prison, now being used as a refugee camp, in Haarlem, Netherlands, June 16, 2016. The Netherlands has repurposed prisons to house migrants […]

Trump, the Man and the Image

His words increasingly signify his confusion about who he is and what he has got himself into. Trump vs. “Trump” – The New Yorker Comment July 11 & 18, 2016 Issue By Mark Singer an excerpt: Actually, for Trump it is all a game, one in which, though this seems an odd way to characterize […]

The Seas Are Rising Around Donald Trump

He may deny global warming, but it’s still threatening to swamp his properties. image above: Trump: Helga Esteb/Shutterstock; Bear: FloridaStock/Shutterstock an excerpt: Scientists have long expected sea level rise on the southeast Florida coast to occur faster than the global average, advancing rapidly on barrier islands and beaches. The low-lying coastal areas are exposed to […]

Of Lethal Drones and Police Shootings

Friday, 08 July 2016 00:00 By Kathy Kelly, Consortium News | Op-Ed photo above: Demonstrators record a crowd of police officers on hand in New York’s Times Square, where a large crowd protested after fatal police shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota on July 7, 2016. (Christopher Lee / The New York Times) WN: Police brutality […]

The System That Killed Alton Sterling and Philando Castile Cannot Be Reformed

Friday, 08 July 2016 00:00 By Aislinn Pulley, Truthout | Op-Ed photo above: Demonstrators protest police violence after Alton Sterling was killed by Baton Rouge police officers in the parking lot of a Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 7, 2016. (William Widmer / The New York Times) an excerpt: There are […]

Bush, Blair and the Lies That Justified the Illegal Iraq War

July 6, 2016 By Robin Andersen image above: Extra!‘s cover story (7-8/05) on the Downing Street Memo an excerpt: The Chilcot report, released today by the British government, concluded what most have known for a long time: that Tony Blair took Britain to war on the basis of “flawed intelligence” before all peaceful means were […]

Modern US Wars Are Largely Fought to Ensure Our Wealth, Not Our Security

Thursday, 07 July 2016 07:42 MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT an excerpt: In the attacks of 9/11, the US government found the ideal motivating factor to pursue wars across the globe (particularly in the Middle East): fear. Yes, there were terrorist attacks in the United States. And those attacks were all the more […]

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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It Is Important to Have Perspective on Elie Wiesel’s Legacy

Wednesday, 06 July 2016 00:00 By Max Blumenthal, AlterNet | Op-Ed an excerpt: On the day of Wiesel’s death, those who took a critical view of his legacy were subjected to the same wrath as the survivors who challenged the segregationist principle he represented. Condemning his anti-Palestinian tirades was painted by right-wing and pro-Israel outlets […]

WHO ARE ALL THESE TRUMP SUPPORTERS?

At the candidate’s rallies, a new understanding of America emerges. image above: Trump’s energy flows out of him, as if channelled in thousands of micro wires, and enters the minds of his followers. ILLUSTRATION BY SEYMOUR CHWAST  AMERICAN CHRONICLES JULY 11 & 18, 2016 ISSUE By George Saunders an excerpt: From the beginning, America has […]

Electronic Monitoring Is Not the Answer

Critical reflections on a flawed alternative James Kilgore October 2015 This is a very well researched paper that applies to Canada and to the United States, and to many other countries. an excerpt: Executive Summary This report offers a critical assessment of electronic monitoring (EM) in the criminal justice system. The author, who spent a […]

What the US Can Learn From Canada’s Experiment With Electoral Reform

Monday, 04 July 2016 00:00 By Kit O’Connell, Truthout | News Analysis photo above: McGill University students take part in a “vote mob” in Montreal, Quebec, April 14, 2011. (Photo: Adam Scotti / Flickr) You will enjoy John Oliver’s take on Canada’s 2015 election. an excerpt: Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party took power with […]

Poverty Has Always Accompanied Capitalism

Sunday, 03 July 2016 00:00 By Mark Karlin, Truthout | Interview photo above: “Poverty has always accompanied capitalism (as Thomas Piketty’s work documents yet again),” says economist Richard D. Wolff. (Photo: Jeremy Brooks / Flickr) an excerpt:In this presidential election, there has been very little talk about poverty. How is poverty an inevitable by-product of […]

You Never Die Twice

MULTIPLE KILLS IN THE US DRONE PROGRAM REPRIEVE: Delivering Justice. Saving Lives 2014 And next year, Chief Executive Terrorist Obama will doubtless go on the lecture circuit telling Americans and the world that and how he kept the world safe from terrorists. The hypocrisy is utter: under Obama’s watch, many times over innocents have been […]

The Remaking of the Global Working Class

Saturday, 02 July 2016 00:00 By Beverly Silver, ROAR Magazine | News Analysis photo above: The Remaking of the Global Working Class Bangladeshi workers protest on September 13, 2007. (Photo: Clean Clothes Campaign) an excerpt: A Worldwide Upsurge of Class-Based Mobilization Indeed, it is likely that we are just at the beginnings of a new […]

In Transparent Act, Obama Administration Erases Civilian Deaths From Drone Strikes

photo above: President Barack Obama convenes a meeting in the Situation Room to discuss the latest on the San Bernardino, Calif., shootings, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. Photo by the White House on Flickr. Obama and his administration are not only outright liars: they are mass serial killers with impunity. Under either Clinton or Trump, the […]

After Brexit: Reckoning With Britain’s Racism and Xenophobia

Thursday, 30 June 2016 00:00 By Laleh Khalili, Truthout | Op-Ed photo above: A woman reacts during a referendum results party at the Lexington pub in London, June 23, 2016. (Andrew Testa / The New York Times) an excerpt: Theoretically, there was a progressive case to be made for Britain exiting the European Union via […]