November 2016

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25 Nov 2016

Millions Will Be Harmed by Trump’s Policies, Warns Rights Advocate in Open Letter

'As president, you will have the heavy responsibility to prevent enactment of dangerous pledges and proposals that were made in…

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24 Nov 2016

Vengeance is Love – Klaas Goverts (trans. Floris and Judith Kersloot)

WN: The brief article below so captures the absolute essence of biblical justice, biblical vengeance. See also my book review…

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24 Nov 2016

Letter to First Ministers from major business and civil society leaders

More than 60 CEOs and civil society leaders urge Prime Minister and Premiers to take bold action on clean growth…

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23 Nov 2016

No, Everything Is Not Going to Be Alright

Published on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 by Common Dreams By Ted Rall photo above: 'Trump’s fascism,' writes Rall, 'will come…

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23 Nov 2016

Pope Francis Denounces Growing ‘Demonization’ of Enemies and Outsiders

By David Gibson, Religion News Service 11-21-2016 an excerpt: “God has only sons and daughters,” the pope said. “We are the ones…

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22 Nov 2016

We Are All Deplorables

Posted on Nov 20, 2016 By Chris Hedges an excerpt: Those cast aside by the neoliberal order have an economic identity that both the liberal…

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18 Nov 2016

George Takei: They interned my family. Don’t let them do it to Muslims.

By George Takei November 18 at 6:00 AM Follow @GeorgeTakei George Takei is an actor, activist and social media maven.…

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18 Nov 2016

White, Conservative, Christian Friend—I Wish You Really Were Pro-Life

October 12, 2016 / John Pavlovitz WN: The highlighted article below is truly powerful and wise! Likewise in relation to…

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17 Nov 2016

As a Muslim, How Do I Tell My Child the New President Doesn’t Like Us?

Donald Trump’s victory has led to a surge in anti-Muslim feeling in the US. Explain that to a nine-year-old. By…

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13 Nov 2016

How could we — I — get so much so wrong? – Michael’s essay

CBC: The Sunday Edition With Michael Enright Sunday November 13, 2016 excerpts: On the morning after, an early warming sun…

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13 Nov 2016

For Abolition: Prisons and Police Are More Than Brutality, They’re State Terror

Saturday, 12 November 2016 00:00 By Frank Castro, The Hampton Institute | News Analysis photo above:

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12 Nov 2016

Rising European Fascists Welcome Trump Victory

Saturday, 12 November 2016 00:00 By Ryan Harvey, Truthout | Report photo above: Marine Le Pen, the leader of the…

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11 Nov 2016

The Republic Repeals Itself

By Andrew Sullivan WN: The article linked below is one of despair. There is no doubt this is a sentiment…

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11 Nov 2016

GLOBAL MILITARY SPEND

List of countries by military expenditures  Staggering! When will we ever learn? an excerpt: This article is a list of…

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11 Nov 2016

Israel breaching Palestine’s right to development, UN human rights expert finds

NEW YORK (27 October 2016) – Palestine’s right to development is being denied by Israel, creating an environment plagued by…

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10 Nov 2016

The world vs Donald Trump

Dear friends, The unimaginable has happened. President Trump. And worse, there are Trumps in every town. Threatening all our democracies.…

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10 Nov 2016

Hugh Hewitt Questions Ben Carson If He Was Ruthless Enough to Kill Thousands of Innocent Kids in War

December 16, 2015 Watch Full Show DemocracyNow! WN: The audience booed when conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt asked evangelical neurosurgeon…

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08 Nov 2016

HOW TRUMP TOOK HATE GROUPS MAINSTREAM

The full story of his connection with far-right extremists. Sarah Posner and David Neiwert Oct. 14, 2016 5:00 AM photo…

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07 Nov 2016

Election 2016 and the Growing Global Nuclear Threat

Playing a Game of Chicken with Nuclear Strategy By Michael T. Klare Tomgram: Michael Klare, Whose Finger on the Nuclear…

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07 Nov 2016

Will American politics survive Trump?

Sunday November 06, 2016 The Sunday Edition with Michael Enright Perhaps the most fascinating are David Frum's comments. Frum (son…

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06 Nov 2016

“The system not only failed Adam Capay. It buried him alive”

Sunday October 30, 2016 by Michael Enright Everything about the situation of Adam Capay described below could not be more…

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06 Nov 2016

United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules)

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2015 The document linked below is outstanding! It is nothing less…

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06 Nov 2016

Meditation

November 6, 2016 An excerpt from Laurence Freeman OSB, CHRISTIAN MEDITATION NEWSLETTER, Vol. 34, No. 3, October 2010, pp. 4-5.…

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06 Nov 2016

Julian Assange Speaks About Hillary Clinton, the U.S. Election and the Litany of Charges Against Him

In a 25-minute interview with John Pilger, an award-winning Australian journalist, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange summarized his analysis of emails…

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06 Nov 2016

EXCLUSIVE: Top Trump Aides’ Deeper & Linked Roles in Putin Agenda Revealed; Russian Mafia Nexus With Trump & Aides Goes Back Years

Published on November 4, 2016 by Brian Frydenborg New threads in the Team Trump/Team Putin tangled web show Manafort and…

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05 Nov 2016

Creating a National Security State “Democracy” Or How the American Political System Changed and No One Noticed

By Tom Engelhardt Tomgram: Engelhardt, Resurrecting My Parents From the Dead for Election 2016 | TomDispatch an excerpt: To say…

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05 Nov 2016

Nasty Women: Donald Trump, the Greatest Victim in the History of the World

Tomgram: Ann Jones, Donald Trump's Open Carry | TomDispatch By Ann Jones an excerpt: Donald Trump grabbed a new lifeline.…

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05 Nov 2016

Trump, America, and the Abyss

November 3, 2016 4:47 p.m. By Andrew Sullivan I have decided to post a few articles warning against Trump's America.…

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05 Nov 2016

My Journey to the Center of the Alt-Right – The Huffington Post

By Luke O'Brien Illustrations By Mariano Pascual November 3, 2016 I went to a white nationalist ethnostate in Indiana. I…

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04 Nov 2016

How Many Nuclear Warheads Does the United States Need?

Friday, 04 November 2016 00:00 By Lawrence S. Wittner The Asia-Pacific Journal | News Analysis photo above: interestingengineering.com It is…

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04 Nov 2016

Nuclear Weapons: Who Has What at a Glance

WN: President Obama meanwhile, has committed $1 trillion over 30 years to rebuild the US nuclear arsenal. So much for…

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