Why Poverty? Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) presents his take on the gap between rich and poor Americans in Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream. Gibney contends that America’s richest citizens have “rigged the game in their favor,” and created unprecedented… Continue reading Watch Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream
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Peaceful Uprising
http://www.peacefuluprising.org/ Bidder 70 Tim Dechristopher
Journalist Watchlist
Activist Post. . . . . Matthieu Aikins . . . . . . . . AlterNet American Free Press Noam Chomsky Democracy Now Sibel Edmonds Pepe Escobar Freedom of the Press Foundation Juan Gonzales, N.Y. Glenn Greenwald Seymour Hersh Paul Jay David Cay Johnston Bill Moyers Allan Nairn Charles Ortel, Cinton Foundation Greg Palast… Continue reading Journalist Watchlist
Rejection of Moral Truism
Rejection of moral truism opens “Pandora’s Box,” allowing the intellectual elite to reject, among many, the principle of Universality. This is how for instance, presidents and other sovereigns place themselves above any law. This results in ‘legal’ genocides and preemptive wars, to name a few. Noam Chomsky explains it well in this early 2013 presentation,… Continue reading Rejection of Moral Truism
Georgia High Schoolers Challenge Segregrated Prom
Race segregation alive and well in the USA in 2013, but a group of high school students in Georgia are making headlines around the world for challenging the segregation of their high school prom. In a statement announcing their funding goal has been reached, the quartet told supporters: “You have confirmed our belief in the… Continue reading Georgia High Schoolers Challenge Segregrated Prom
Federal Judge Strikes Down Age Limit on Morning-After Pill
April 5, 2013, Judge Edward Korman ruled that the federal government’s requirement that young girls get a prescription first was “politically motivated” and “scientifically unjustified.” In a statement, the Center for Reproductive Rights, a plaintiff in the case said: “Science has finally prevailed over politics, to the benefit of millions of women across the United… Continue reading Federal Judge Strikes Down Age Limit on Morning-After Pill
Death On A Factory Farm [HBO] (2009)
Assuming you don’t want to be a vegetarian, then why not treat your food animals humanely?
Problem with the Media – Shadows of Liberty
Great movie.
War Links
Videos Body of War: Phil Donahue has not placed this in the public domain, but it can be found online. Websites World Beyond War
Inequality of Wealth in Our World
Wealth Inequality in the USA Graphically depicting Wealth Inequality in all its glory, this 8 minute video really brings home the difference between what we think it is, and what it actually is. See the The International Picture below. Normal YouTube mode: with cookie tracking (see below for privacy mode) YouTube Privacy Mode (no cookie… Continue reading Inequality of Wealth in Our World