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A Brief History Of American Populism
By Jane Clayson On Point Radio (9/16/15) We’ll take a look at the history of populism in our country and how presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are carrying on that tradition. Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump … Continue reading
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What Do 800-Year-Old Magna Carta & Black Lives Matter Have In Common? A People’s Historian Explains
Democracy Now! (6/15/15) The Magna Carta turns 800 years old today. Known as the “Great Charter,” it is widely considered the foundation of parliamentary democracy, human rights and the supremacy of the law over the crown. As dignitaries including the … Continue reading
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Documentary Film Exploring Aftermath Of Killings In Indonesia Raises Questions About Our Own History Of Masacres
“Just as in Indonesia, these aging murderers live among us.” By Nick Turse The Intercept (5/25/15) Mostly I remember my heart as I headed up the front walk. I’m sure my skin was getting damp. A million scenarios were running … Continue reading
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A Very Human Invention
“All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, monopolize power and profit.” — Tom Paine
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The Gilded Age 2.0 Won’t End Until The Middle Class Rises Up Again
By Dave Zweifel The Capital Times (4/24/15) There have been tons of articles written in recent years about the ever-growing wealth gap in America — what’s causing it, what does it all mean for the future of the country, and … Continue reading
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History They Don’t Want You To Know: Stop Voting For The Evil Of The Two Lessers
“Drop the chains, then, that bind our brains. Drive the money-changers from the seats of the Cabinet and the halls of Congress. Call back some faint spirit of Jefferson and Lincoln, and when again we can hold a fair election … Continue reading
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Saturday / March 14, 2015
“Empire always overreaches itself and thus dies by its own hand victim of its own ambitions” ― rassool jibraeel snyman (See “What It’s Really About”, below.)
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Chilean Accused Of Murder & Torture Taught At American War Dept. School For 13 Years
Dictator and American ally Augusto Pinochet. (photo: unknown) “It’s shameful that at a time the U.S. prestige as a democracy is under attack, that the National Defense University could be playing footsie with a former state terrorism agent,” — Martin … Continue reading
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“I Thought I Saw Death”: Rep. John Lewis Remembers Police Attack On Selma Bridge 50 Years Ago Today
“Major, give us a moment to kneel and pray.” And the major said, “Troopers, advance!” And you saw these guys putting on their gas masks. They came toward us, beating us with nightsticks and bullwhips, trampling us with horses. … Continue reading
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Never Forget: Worker Rights Were Hard Earned At The Point Of The Bayonets Of The Corporate States
Mark L. Taylor The Daily Call (3/6/15) Photo above is from the Lawrence Textile Strike — also known as the “Bread and Roses” strike — in 1912. Every right and perk you enjoy at work from overtime pay to … Continue reading
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America’s Legacy Of Lynching: Even Worse And More Grotesque Than We Knew
A 1920 public lynching in Texas. (photo: Wikimedia Commons) On the Media (2/14/15) This week, 700 new victims were added to the tally of over 3,200 African-Americans lynched in the Jim Crow era South. Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, says we’ve got the … Continue reading
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Cenk Uygur Isn’t Letting Christians Off The Hook For Slavery — No Matter What Tucker Carlson Says
By Arturo Garcia The Raw Story (5/9/15) Young Turks host Cenk Uygur dismantled Fox News contributor Tucker Carlson’s argument that Christianity had wiped slavery out in the U.S. “The reality is, it wasn’t just the Klan after slavery,” Uygur said. “It … Continue reading
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The Fiery Cage And The Lynching Tree, Brutality’s Never Far Away … Near Or Far
Large crowd looking at the burned body of Jesse Washington, 18 year-old African-American, lynched in Waco, Texas, May 15, 1916. (Library of Congress) Washington’s body was torn apart and the pieces were sold as souvenirs. The party was over. By … Continue reading
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Let No Man Think We Can Deny Civil Liberty To Others…
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The Heroic American Sniper They Won’t Tell You About
“We can fight for a cause that will change America and the world for the better and stop these occupations.” By Carl Gibson Reader Supported News (1/27/15) One American sniper called Iraqi natives “savages,” compared them to American welfare recipients, andbragged … Continue reading
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