Kaepernick Visits Oakland High School, Football Players Lie Down With Hands Up to Protest National Anthem | Complex
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Majority of US military opposes 1. permanent war and 2. regime change. #MilitaryTimes #Syracuse
After 15 years of war, America's military has about had it with 'nation building'
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Murder by Occupation: Tulsa 2016, Baghdad 2007
"That looks like a bad dude."
The narrators of the murder were high in the sky, circling the scene of the unfolding, racist crime in their police helicopter. Down below, a large Black man named Terence Crutcher was standing with his hands up next to his disabled car. Four Tulsa, Oklahoma cops had arrayed themselves like a firing squad; one of them, Officer Betty Shelby, was the wife of Dave Shelby, one of the cops in the helicopter. From his elevated vantage point, Officer Dave Shelby provided the voice-over to Terence Crutcher's last moments of life. "He's got his hands up there for her now," said Shelby. "This guy is still walking and following commands."
You'd think that was a good thing. But, the other cop chimes in immediately: "Time for a Taser, I think." Officer Shelby says, "I got a feeling that's about to happen." His partner clearly wants some damage done to the Black man, below. "That looks like a bad dude, too," he said. "Could be on something," he adds -- already providing some kind of drug-crazed justification for the murder that his fellow cops are about to commit. Then, with heaven and her husband Dave watching, Officer Betty Shelby blows Terence Crutcher away. The two cops in the helicopter express no surprise, no shock, no emotion whatsoever. As Terence Crutcher lays dying, the first thing out of Officer Dave Shelby's mouth was about re-routing traffic around the killing zone.
The helicopter police voice-over of Terence Crutcher's execution was a ghastly reminder of the video released by Wikileaks of a 2007 mass murder of Iraqi civilians by U.S. helicopter gun crews over Baghdad. The Americans were engaged in what I'm sure some of them called "hajji-hunting," which is the same as what the good ole boys back home call "coon-hunting" -- searching for colored folks to kill. Circling unseen way above the city, the Americans opened fire at an innocent group of unarmed men on a street corner.
Mission Unjustifiable
"Keep shootin. Keep shootin'. Keep shootin'. Keep shootin'," hollered one of the killers. "Oh, yeah, look at those dead bastards," said his partner. "Nice. Good shootin'," the other soldier complimented his accomplice in murder. But they weren't through, yet. The gunship then attacked a van driven by a father with two of his children inside. The voice of American Soldier #1 is heard saying, "Well, it's their fault for bringing their kids into a battle."
These voices over Baghdad and Tulsa speak the same language: the language of Occupation. When spoken by Americans, this language is always racist, but it also has its own, particular quality of horror. Occupations are always justified as "peace-keeping" missions. Domestic occupiers are called "peace" officers. But their mission is war against a civilian population -- to inflict preemptive terror on an entire mass of people. Since the actual mission cannot be justified, the Occupiers lie to themselves and everybody else about the real nature of their mission. In the end, the Occupied peoples have no choice but to expel their tormentors, or become as insane and morally degraded as they are. This applies just as much in Tulsa as it does in Baghdad. We need Black community control of the police, and an end to the Occupation.
For Black Agenda Radio, I'm Glen Ford. On the web, go to BlackAgendaReport.com.
BAR executive editor Glen Ford can be contacted at Glen.Ford@BlackAgendaReport.com.
http://blackagendareport.com/murder_by_occupation_tulsa_baghdad
Monday, September 26, 2016
Joe Biden: Ramming TPP through in lame duck session is “our only real shot.” (What a retrograde.)
Joe Biden: Ramming TPP Through in Lame Duck Session Is "Our Only Real Shot"
President Obama made very clear his preference for the new right-wing government of Argentina
Which Presidential Candidate is Worse for Latin America? | The World in Transition | Blogs | Publications | The Center for Economic and Policy Research
It’s time for Bernie Sanders to mobilize his supporters with mass rallies to put the heat on both candidates
Your Vote For Jill Stein Is Not A Wasted Vote
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Saturday, September 24, 2016
Post-mortem for 2016 primaries: The public pays for them, but 2 parties make the rules & game the system
After More Than 100,000 Voters Dropped In Brooklyn, City Officials Call For Action : NPR
.@SenWarren is going after the very people Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine are kinda cozy with
Sen. Elizabeth Warren rips into Wells Fargo CEO's 'gutless leadership' - LA Times
.@SenWarren could have supported a candidate who would have put John Stumpf in jail, but she chose not to :’-(
'You Should Resign': Watch Sen. Elizabeth Warren Grill Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf : The Two-Way : NPR
UN withdrew its claim that an airstrike hit its Syrian relief convoy but John Kerry didn't get the update
Another Kerry Rush to Judgment on Syria – Consortiumnews
Who's that at the DNC? Mr. Stop and Frisk himself. Pot. Kettle.
Michael Bloomberg urges Independents to vote for Clinton | Jewish Telegraphic Agency
That's not a debate: The parties, candidates & media have thoroughly corrupted the presidential debates
There's No Debate | Common Dreams
Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
"Indifferent to Yemen's Misery," Senate Approves Massive Saudi Arms Deal
Shame on @SenSherrodBrown for this disgraceful vote to continue a massacre
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/09/21/indifferent-yemens-misery-senate-approves-massive-saudi-arms-deal
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/09/21/indifferent-yemens-misery-senate-approves-massive-saudi-arms-deal
"Indifferent to Yemen's Misery," Senate Approves Massive Saudi Arms Deal
"Bipartisan" means a bigger-than-usual swindle is about to take place. ~George Carlin
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/09/21/indifferent-yemens-misery-senate-approves-massive-saudi-arms-deal
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/09/21/indifferent-yemens-misery-senate-approves-massive-saudi-arms-deal
That they're expendable: Learning what red, black & brown skinned peoples have known for centuries
Learning from the Standing Rock Sioux
Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
It's not an election. It's an auction
Two-Party Tyranny: Ralph Nader on Exclusion of Third-Party Candidates from First Presidential Debate | Democracy Now!
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Since 9/11, everything's become war and the military has become everything
War Is Never Just: The End of "Just War" Theory | Let's Try Democracy
Indiscriminate bombing overseas will only encourage more lone wolf attacks in New York
NYPD vetting Tumblr claiming to be Chelsea bomber 'manifesto' - NY Daily News
The Hidden Toll of Drug-Resistant Superbugs
Tens of thousands of Americans die every year because of infections they pick up in hospitals, but the medical community is barely keeping track.
http://www.propublica.org/podcast/item/the-hidden-toll-of-drug-resistant-superbugs/
http://www.propublica.org/podcast/item/the-hidden-toll-of-drug-resistant-superbugs/
Monday, September 19, 2016
America’s Direction: thinking it has the right to intervene anywhere, anytime, for whatever reason it chooses.
America's Worldwide Impunity | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
New twist on the prison-industrial complex: it’s become a profit center
Paying for Punishment | Boston Review
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Tony Rooke on why emergency workers and first responders need new safety procedures. @ProjectCensored
Listening to Project Censored (09.13.16)
http://projectcensored.podbean.com/e/project-censored-091316/
In recognition of the 15th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, today's guest is Tony Rooke,
producer of the recent documentary "Incontrovertible." The film focuses on the question,
why did World Trade Center Building 7 fall, when it was not struck by a plane?
"Incontrovertible" also is unique among 9/11 documentaries in that most of the individuals in the film
are emergency responders - firefighters or police.
http://projectcensored.podbean.com/e/project-censored-091316/
“Incontrovertible” is a 9/11 documentary by/for emergency worker and first responders. Tony Rooke, director
Incontrovertible - New 9/11 Documentary by Tony Rooke - YouTube
Press outlets vilify Philippines President Duterte. Here's another perspective from @BlkAgendaReport
Listening to Black Agenda Radio Commentaries (Philippines President Has U.S. Target on His Back)
"Duterte does not accept being lectured to by the United States, a country with so much Filipino blood on its hands."
Don't be surprised if Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte winds up being overthrown or murdered by his own military or national police, acting on behalf of the United States. All most Americans know about President Duterte is that he called President Obama a "son of a whore" – a term Duterte throws around a lot. Duterte later clarified his remarks, saying the object of his anger wasn't Obama, personally, but "America," in general. And, that's quite understandable, because the United States killed as many as one million Filipinos when it colonized the country back in 1898, and still treats the island nation of about 100 million people like a colony. The U.S. holds great influence with the Filipino military, which operates in close collaboration with U.S. Special Forces troops stationed in the country.
Duterte started cursing when he was told that Obama was planning to lecture him at the G-20 Summit meeting in Laos, last week. Duterte does not accept being lectured to by the United States, a country with so much Filipino blood on its hands. Obama, who has ordered the death of tens of thousands in the bombing of six countries, was preparing to criticize Duterte's policy of killing accused drug dealers on-the-spot, which has so far resulted in about 3,000 deaths. When the Philippines president found out that he was in for a scolding, he exploded:
"You must be kidding," he said. "Who is he to confront me? America has one too many to answer for the misdeeds in this country … As a matter of fact, we inherited this problem" – meaning, the drug problem – "from the United States. Why? Because they invaded this country and made us their subjugated people … Can I explain the extrajudicial killing? Can they explain the 600,000 Moro massacred in this island?" Duterte was speaking of Mindanao, where he was born.
Americans = No Peace
The U.S. troop presence inflames tensions with the local Muslim population. "The special forces, they have to go," he said. "They have to go in Mindanao, there are many whites there."
But, the Black Americans have to go, too. "For as long as we stay with America," said the Philippine president, "we will never have peace in that land."
Duterte thinks Obama has some nerve waving his finger about "human rights."
"Why are you Americans killing the black people there, shooting them down when they are already on the ground?" he asked.
Duterte is popular with his people largely because he is not a puppet of the United States. He calls himself a socialist, and has honored an extended cease fire in the nearly 50-year war with communist guerillas. Duterte says he may begin buying weapons from Russia and China, who offer "soft loans" and better terms. He said he will stop allowing joint patrols of Philippine and U.S. naval forces in the South China sea, and will "follow an independent foreign policy." And, Duterte says his country doesn't need American F-16 jets and other expensive weapons.
This is more than enough to get him killed, most likely by the Philippines military, But the hit will be commissioned by the United States, which is not about to allow a president of one of its former colonies to stand in the way of America's "pivot" to Asia and looming confrontation with the China.
For Black Agenda Radio, I'm Glen Ford. On the web, go to BlackAgendaReport.com.
BAR executive editor Glen Ford can be contacted at Glen.Ford@BlackAgendaReport.com.
http://blackagendareport.com/duterte_targeted_by_us
Saturday, September 17, 2016
Friday, September 16, 2016
After Forty-Eight Years, It’s Time Brent Musburger Apologized to John Carlos and Tommie Smith | The Nation
After forty-eight years, it's time Brent Musburger apologized to John Carlos and Tommie Smith #1968
How The NFL Sells — And Unabashedly Profits From — The Inextricable Link Between Football And War
How the NFL sells & unabashedly profits from the inextricable link between football & war #ThingsNeverSaidInStarWars
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Policy wonks pressured Obama to send arms to Kiev to counter “Russian aggression,” who refused. #ThanksObama
What's Behind Barack Obama's Ongoing Accommodation of Vladimir Putin?
Monday, September 12, 2016
Barbara Lee's Lone Vote on September 14, 2001, Was as Prescient as It Was Brave and Heroic
2001: Rep. Barbara Lee's lone, courageous vote against fear and violence is one for the centuries
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/39106-focus-barbara-lees-lone-vote-on-september-14-2001-was-as-prescient-as-it-was-brave-and-heroic
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/39106-focus-barbara-lees-lone-vote-on-september-14-2001-was-as-prescient-as-it-was-brave-and-heroic
31 years before Colin Kaepernick, there was Coach Hardy Williams of L.A. Unified
Before there was Colin Kaepernick, there was Hardy Williams - YouTube
Official Washington loves Putin-bashing because it stops a rational debate on US-Russia relations
The Existential Madness of Putin-Bashing – Consortiumnews
Saturday, September 10, 2016
Clinton supporters, please take note: Almost everyone gets Russia wrong – apart from Obama. #Election2016
Almost everyone gets Russia wrong – apart from Obama | Trevor Timm | Opinion | The Guardian
Bravo: Policy wonks united to pressure Obama to send arms to Kiev to counter “Russian aggression.” But O refused.
What's Behind Barack Obama's Ongoing Accommodation of Vladimir Putin?
Most significant claim of #Election2016: that big-money donations don’t corrupt the political process. ¡Increible!
To Protect Hillary Clinton, Democrats Wage War on Their Own Core Citizens United Argument
How Should History Measure the Obama Administration's Record on Transparency?
Sunlight Foundation: How will history measure the Obama administration re: transparency? @SunFoundation
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/37555-how-should-history-measure-the-obama-administration-s-record-on-transparency
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/37555-how-should-history-measure-the-obama-administration-s-record-on-transparency
Friday, September 9, 2016
Obama should get with public opinion, get with his own party and be a team player. #FlushTheTPP
Obama Promises Lame-Duck TPP Push Despite Uproar Over Pro-Corporate Provisions
In Photos: Northwest Canoe Tribes Arrive at Historic Gathering at Standing Rock by Sarah van Gelder — YES! Magazine
Northwest Canoe Tribes Arrive at Historic Gathering at Standing Rock #NoDAPL
http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/in-photos-northwest-canoe-tribes-arrive-at-historic-gathering-at-standing-rock-20160909?utm_source=YTW&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=20160909
http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/in-photos-northwest-canoe-tribes-arrive-at-historic-gathering-at-standing-rock-20160909?utm_source=YTW&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=20160909
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Why we’re about the see the largest prison strike in history
September 9: Why we're about the see the largest prison strike in history
Here Are the Medications Besides EpiPen That Have Jumped 100-400 Percent in Price | TheInfluence
Here are the medications besides EpiPen that have jumped 100-400% in price @dsjinspring
Is Clinton doing enough to earn the votes of progressives? If not, what more should she do?
Hillary Clinton Is Trying Really Hard to Repel Progressives
Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
Don't be surprised if Colin Kaepernick prompts students to sit or take a knee for the Pledge of Allegiance
Don't Be Surprised if Colin Kaepernick Prompts More Schoolchildren to Sit for the Pledge of Allegiance
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Who's Investing in the Dakota Access Pipeline? Meet the Banks Financing Attacks on Protesters
We continue our conversation with Hugh MacMillan on his new investigation revealing the financial institutions backing the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline project.
The investigation, published by research outlet LittleSis, names more than two dozen major banks and financial institutions helping to finance the Dakota Access pipeline. It details how Bank of America, HSBC, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and other financial institutions have, combined, extended a $3.75 billion credit line to Energy Transfer Partners, the parent company of Dakota Access.
This is Part 2 of our conversation with Hugh MacMillan, a senior researcher with Food & Water Watch. Click here to see Part 1.
http://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/6/whos_investing_in_the_dakota_access
Northwestern prof Jackie Stevens says she’s been banned from campus | Bleader | Chicago Reader
#SomedayIdLikeToSee tenured gadfly professor Jackie Stevens allowed back on campus at Northwestern
#SomedayIdLikeToSee freedom for @NabeelRajab, author of Letter From a Bahraini Jail—and soon
Letter From a Bahraini Jail - The New York Times
#SomedayIdLikeToSee Adolph Reed work the irreparable crisis of neoliberal capitalism into his argument
Vote for the Lying Neoliberal Warmonger: It's Important | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
5 Reasons to Vote Even When You Hate Everything on the Ballot by Yessenia Funes — YES! Magazine
5 reasons to vote even when you hate everyone on the ballot
http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/the-gig-economy/5-reasons-to-vote-when-you-hate-everything-on-the-ballot-20160817?utm_source=EdNews&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=20160907
http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/the-gig-economy/5-reasons-to-vote-when-you-hate-everything-on-the-ballot-20160817?utm_source=EdNews&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=20160907
Family detention (30,000) and mass deportation (1,000/day) are a stain on the Obama administration
Listening to Democracy Now! Audio (Physician Who Cares for Torture Survivors: How U.S. Detains Refugee Women and Children is a Disgrace)
We continue our conversation with Dr. Allen Keller, an expert in the evaluation and treatment of detained immigrants and asylum seekers, who was disturbed by what he saw when he visited the Berks County Residential Center in August where women and children are on hunger strike to protest their prolonged detention. We are also joined by Bridget Cambria, who represents many of the women held at Berks.
Watch Part 1: Exclusive: Migrant Mother Says She Was Pushed to End Hunger Strike to Win Release from Detention
Watch Part 2: Trauma, Then More Trauma: How Long is Too Long for Immigrant Children to Be Detained?
Watch Part 3: Activists Sit In at Sen. Kaine's Office to Demand Release of Families Detained at Berks for 1+ Year
http://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/7/physician_who_cares_for_torture_survivors
National Employment Law Project (NELP) found that low-wage jobs constitute nearly 60% of "growth" since 2008 :’-(
Lessons From James Boggs: Capitalist Automation in the 21st Century
As Dakota Access Pipeline Fight Grows, Where Are Obama and Clinton? | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
Fair but tough question: As Dakota Access Pipeline (DALP) fight grows, where Are Obama and Clinton?
The best way to oppose Trump is to demand that the NYT cease and desist with its anti-Russia, McCarthyist rhetoric
New York Times and the New McCarthyism – Consortiumnews
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Best way to oppose Trump? Call out the pundit-led effort to delegitimize all negative reporting about Clinton
The Unrelenting Pundit-Led Effort to Delegitimize All Negative Reporting About Hillary Clinton
The best way to defeat Trump is to demand that Clinton stay *to his left* on every issue. Example: TPP
How the TPP Special Court Crushes Domestic Laws and Plunders the Public | Alternet
Trump Might Call for Four-Way Debates – But Only If He Thinks He Can’t Win | Black Agenda Report
The small-d democratic way to defeat Trump is via free & fair discussion of all the issues. We demand #OpenDebates
The compassionately sound way to defeat Trump is to make tough but fair demands of Clinton *from the left*
The Deportation Machine Obama Built for President Trump | The Nation
A year after Obama's visit, Exit Glacier makes big retreat - Alaska Dispatch News
The environmentally sane (green) way to defeat Trump is to make tough but fair demands of Clinton *from the left*
Hillary Clinton Raises More Than Donald Trump From Oil Industry - WSJ
The non-corporate way to defeat Trump is to make tough but fair demands of Clinton *from the left*
#Election2016
The best way to defeat Trump is to make tough but fair demands of Clinton *from the left*
The non-corporate way to defeat Trump is to make tough but fair demands of Clinton *from the left*
The only way to defeat Trump is to make tough but fair demands of Clinton *from the left*
The lefty's way to defeat Trump is to make tough but fair demands of Clinton *from the left*
The Bernie way to defeat Trump is to make tough but fair demands of Clinton *from the left*
The best way to oppose Trump is to make tough but fair demands of Clinton *from the left*
The best way to inoculate ourselves from Trump is to make tough but fair demands of Clinton *from the left*
The best way to defeat Trumpism is to make tough but fair demands of Clinton *from the left*
The best way to defeat Trump now and the Trumpist who is to come is to make tough but fair demands of Clinton *from the left*
The best way to deliver a knock-out to Trump is to make tough but fair demands of Clinton *from the left*
The best way to defeat Trump is to level tough but fair demands of Clinton *from the left*
The best way to defeat Trump is to formulate tough but fair demands of Clinton *from the left*
The best way to defeat Trump is with tough but fair demands of Clinton *from the left*
The best way to defeat Trump? ==> Tough but fair demands of Clinton *from the left*
The best way to defeat Trump is to keep making tough but fair demands of Clinton *from the left*
Climate Blindspot: Obama can either sign the Paris Climate agreement or push the awful TPP--but not both
The TPP's Climate Blindspot
Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
Robert Reich: A Message to Working People From a Former Labor Secretary
Do not wait for politicians to take the lead. We are the leaders.
Labor Day 2016: Two-thirds of us are living paycheck to paycheck. Almost 30% of us don’t have steady employment
Robert Reich: A Message to Working People From a Former Labor Secretary
Monday, September 5, 2016
Wanting to build a middle class while hating unions is like wanting to build a house while hating hammers.
Happy Labor Day! There Has Never Been a Middle Class Without Strong Unions
Can’t have both: GOP and Democratic leadership loathe unions. Yet they also claim they want a strong US middle class
Happy Labor Day! There Has Never Been a Middle Class Without Strong Unions
The Commission for Presidential Debates makes no bones about maintaing a Republican/Democrat duopoly
Will Debates Inject Ideas Into Election Coverage? That's Debatable
Sunday, September 4, 2016
Dear Clinton campaign, the fact that hundreds of millions of people oppose the TPP has nothing to do with Putin
In Attempted Hit Piece, NYT Makes Putin Hero of Defeating TPP
Saturday, September 3, 2016
How Much Are Tax Payers Subsidizing CEO Bonuses?
Tax payers subsidizing CEO bonuses? Hard to believe, but true. We must close that loophole!
Reconsidering the Legacy of Bill Clinton: When the Democrats Turned Neoliberal
Reconsidering the Legacy of Bill Clinton: When the Democrats Turned Neoliberal
.@RbReich on the sorrows of Obamacare: Clinton’s Plan to Crack Down on Runaway Drug Prices Doesn't Go Far Enough
Robert Reich | Hillary's Plan to Crack Down on Runaway Drug Prices Doesn't Go Far Enough
DNC Chair Brazile doesn’t “see what the smoke is” re: pay-to-play corruption. I’ll tell her: Your party’s on fire!
DNC Chair Donna Brazile On Hillary's Corruption: "It's Normal!"
After putting all those Wall Street criminals in jail, this is the least Obama could do to ease crowding
If Clinton was half as worried about Trump as left twitter seems to be, she'd make a play to progressives
Robert Kagan and Other Neocons Are Backing Hillary Clinton
Dissidence is the highest form of patriotism. #KapSoBlack
Resistance as Duty: the Courage of Colin Kaepernick
Friday, September 2, 2016
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Hit piece writers: You don’t have to support Trump to acknowledge what he says about “no more armed regime change.”
Courting the Right, Smearing the Left: The Ethos of the Clinton Campaign
Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children: Taking a Stand at Standing Rock
Taking a Stand at Standing Rock - The New York Times
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