If you have time, I recommend listening to Meet Tyrone West , AND THEN to Chris Hedges. But importantly, listen to Hedges. Re Tyrone West http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-may-13-2015-1.3072112/police-brutality-far-from-over-in-baltimore-meet-tyrone-west-1.3072123 2. Interview with Chris Hedges: Listen 24:56 From income inequality, to police brutality, to new methods of surveillance, journalist Chris Hedges believes we are in a point […]
http://www.wnd.com/2014/01/kerry-signals-advance-of-north-american-union-plan/ by Jerome Corsi NEW YORK – It was in last year’s State of the Union address that President Obama announced an ambitious trade agreement negotiated behind closed doors with North American and Pacific Rim nations – the Trans-Pacific Partnership – that drew little attention. Now, ahead of Tuesday’s State of the Union address, […]
Alan Rusbridger is another who will go down in history. I think his actions are pretty amazing. Test your conclusions against mine: Interview with Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian newspaper, CBC Radio. (re “Keep It in the Ground”, ) Share the link. I am sending it to you, and to people who have, or […]
RELATED: 2015-04-02 This $1.2 billion news organization just pulled its money out of fossil fuels. Climate Change. The Guardian. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – […]
Fossil Free gofossilfree.org Church of England divests from dirtiest fossil fuels Amazing news! The Church of England announced yesterday that it will divest its holdings of £12m in thermal coal … Divest Fossil Fuels | We Are Power Shift www.wearepowershift.org/campaigns/divest It’s wrong to wreck the planet and it’s even worse to profit from that […]
The move follows the launch of The Guardian‘s own climate change campaign, in partnership with 350.org, to press two of the world’s largest charitable foundations to stop investing in oil, coal, and gas companies. Click here to join the call for the world’s largest charities to divest. The chairman of the Guardian Media Group called the […]
Ellen Dorsey, executive director of the Wallace Global Fund and another key figure . . . : “I think at pivotal moments in history we have seen editors and media outlets stand up and take unprecedented action. One could think of the abolition of slavery and the civil rights movement in the US and I […]
(For Next-day commentary see: 2015-05-09 The courts stood up to NSA mass surveillance. Now Congress must act . The Guardian) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/07/us-usa-security-nsa-idUSKBN0NS1IN20150507 Technology | Thu May 7, 2015 NEW YORK | By […]
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/09/the-courts-stood-up-to-nsa-mass-surveillance-now-congress-must-act The appeals court in New York found that the ‘collect it all’ policy is unlawful. On 1 June, Congress can make sure it is stopped once and for all After the Edward Snowden leaks not enough has been done to stop mass surveillance. Photograph: Patrick Semansky/AP One of the documents that Edward Snowden delivered […]
In follow-up to: 2015-04-24 Former PM Jean Chrétien to meet with Vladimir Putin in Moscow : http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/the-gargoyle-trudeau-mum-on-chretien-putin-meeting By Jesse Winter Former prime minister Jean Chrétien. CP Justin Trudeau is keeping mum about former prime minister Jean Chrétien’s recent visit to Moscow. First, Trudeau’s spokesman, Cameron Ahmad, said the leader won’t comment on whether he was […]