Another 9/11 anniversary is upon us. When one stands back in conscious awareness of the stark Truth of that day and the altered world we’re now observing, it becomes more and more surreal. That this charade can continue to be so effectively covered up and utilized for this current campaign […]
Opinion
https://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11331-chris-hedges-life-is-sacred I retreat in the summer to the mountains and coasts of Maine and New Hampshire to sever myself from the intrusion of the industrial world. It is in the woods and along the rugged Atlantic coastline, the surf thundering into the jagged rocks, that I am reminded of our […]
There will be no peace. At any given moment for the rest of our lifetimes, there will be multiple conflicts in mutating forms around the globe. Violent conflict will dominate the headlines, but cultural and economic struggles will be steadier and ultimately more decisive. The de facto role of the […]
Michael Vincent © 2012 While I share every thinking person’s growing concern over the net, and the intellectual freedom being threatened, it might be as well to highlight the recall motions that are flooding into state capitals and Washington, as I write these words. Thankfully, there are a large number of […]
Source: https://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/06-6 The Occupy Movement, which has already been hugely successful in thrusting issues of inequality and corporate power into the public discourse, faces a critical juncture. As many of the larger encampments in New York, Oakland, Philadelphia and Los Angeles are shut down by the police, activists have been […]
https://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/10/03-6 The protests that began in Wisconsin this year, and which now also fill the streets of Manhattan, Boston, Chicago, and this week, Washington D.C., have gotten the attention of the American political class. And how could they not? 2011 is becoming a remake of the 1999 Battle of Seattle, […]
by Tim Watkin Source:pundit.co.nz If John Key wants to talk about obligations and responsibilities, he should listen more to Warren Buffett and less to David Cameron. Building community is about everyone sharing those old rights and responsibilities Sometimes fragments of news from all round the world fit together into a […]
Of peace, liberty, and the truth by Justin Raimondo, August 17, 2011 https://original.antiwar.com/justin/2011/08/16/the-media-is-the-enemy/ Ron Paul is getting more publicity out of not getting publicity in the wake of his virtual tie with Bachmann in the Ames poll than he’s gotten to date. Suddenly everyone’s noticing the “mainstream” media is trying […]