Media Elite Denounce Looting Even as Billionaires Reap Record Profits from Taxpayer-Funded Bailouts

A mountain of studies on wealth inequality have shown its corrosive effect on social cohesion, with the more unequal a society gets, the less likely people are to see themselves as participants in a community and view others as a threat. (By: Alan Macleod, Mintpress News) The extrajudicial killing of African-American man George Floyd by [...]

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An Open Letter to Joe Biden on Race

We need the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee to be better than Trump. But we also need him to be better than himself. Dear Mr. Vice President Joe Biden, You showed up in public on Memorial Day weekend for the first time in weeks and I breathed a sigh of relief. Your visit to the veterans memorial in [...]

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Cornel West Says ‘Neo-Fascist Gangster’ Trump and Neoliberal Democrats Expose America as ‘Failed Social Experiment’

“I thank God people are in the streets,” said the Harvard philosopher and activist. “Can you imagine this kind of lynching taking place and people are indifferent? People don’t care? People are callous?” (By: Jon Queally, Common Dreams) Harvard University philosophy professor Dr. Cornell West appeared on CNN Friday night amid nationwide protests over the police [...]

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US Senate Quietly Approves $38 Billion for Israel Amid Historic Economic Downturn

S.3176 was passed without being named, debated, or even discussed, even though it would set into law the largest such aid package in US history. This article was originally published at IAK and Mintpress News on May 22nd The Senate Foreign Relations Committee quietly passed a bill yesterday to give Israel a minimum of $38 billion over [...]

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Who Are the Secret Puppet-Masters Behind Trump’s War on Iran?

As with George W. Bush’s false WMD claims about Iraq in 2003, Trump’s real goal is not nuclear non-proliferation but regime change. (Common Dreams) On May 6th, President Trump vetoed a war powers bill specifying that he must ask Congress for authorization to use military force against Iran. Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign of deadly sanctions and threats of [...]

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Ted Cruz Wants a Criminal Investigation of Twitter for ‘Blatant and Willful’ Violation of Iran Sanctions

Cruz’ call for an investigation into Twitter is the latest in a month of political turmoil for the company. Sen. Ted Cruz, R–Texas, formally asked the federal government to investigate Twitter on Friday. Cruz alleged the social media giant violated the International Emergency and Economic Powers Act and Executive Order 13876, which restored sanctions on [...]

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Why the Neoliberal Agenda Is a Failure at Fighting Coronavirus

The utter failure of private capitalism to prepare for the coronavirus should have surprised no one. Private capitalism, as business school graduates repeat, focuses on profit. The “profit incentive,” they learn, makes private capitalism the superior, “most efficient” economic system available. That is its “bottom line” and “chief goal.” The problem is that to produce [...]

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The War Industry Threatens Humanity

(World Beyond War) I’m adding Christian Sorensen’s new book, Understanding the War Industry, to the list of books I think will convince you to help abolish war and militaries. See the list below. Wars are driven by many factors. They do not include protection, defense, benevolence, or public service. They do include inertia, political calculation, [...]

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President Trump Calls for Looters To Be Shot

Twitter put a warning on the tweet for glorifying violence, while the fight for justice continues on the streets of Minneapolis and across the United States In the wake of a cop murdering George Floyd, the streets of Minneapolis have been flooded by protestors fed up with the country’s inaction in the face of police [...]

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With Nation Focused on Pandemic, Trump Interior Dept. to Greenlight Killing of Bear Cubs and Wolf Pups in Their Dens

“Killing has no place in our National Wildlife Refuges.” (By: Julia Conley, Common Dreams) President Donald Trump’s National Park Service plans to finalize rules this week that will allow hunters in Alaska to kill bear cubs and wolf pups while they are in their dens, reversing Obama-era regulations meant to prevent destabilization of the state’s biodiversity. The National [...]

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Former Federal Reserve Governor Rebukes Central Bank for Using Covid-19 Lending Power to Bail Out ‘Dying’ Fossil Fuel Industry

“If polluters want to deny the existence of the ongoing bailout, Congress should swiftly repeal these blatant corporate tax giveaways and make fossil fuels ineligible for stimulus lending programs.” (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) A former Federal Reserve board of governors member on Thursday called on her former colleagues to stop using Covid-19 relief funds [...]

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Trump Turning Twitter Tantrum Into Executive Order

The order, if implemented, could theoretically facilitate easier lawsuits against social media companies. Years before US President Donald Trump took office, he connected with his base through Twitter. There, he became a vocal critic of former President Barack Obama, chastising him on topics ranging from golf outings to the Iranian nuclear deal. Although critics have [...]

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