The People’s Bailout!
We Need The People’s Bailout! June 1st, 2020 We need a swift, inclusive bailout, by and for the people. As the COVID-19 crisis ravages the globe and impacts the health and stability of our communities, Congress has responded with a stimulus package that doesn’t satisfy the level of direct aid that...
Video: Haiti – Ten Years After the Earthquake
Recorded at Midpen Media Center, Palo Alto, CA. Ten years ago, a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti, already the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Over 100,000 people were killed and nearly 3 million people were displaced.
Video: Impeachment 101
We take a deep look at what has already occurred in the impeachment process with Jane Curry and Matthew Harrigan.
Join us this Friday for a conversation with political scientist Matt Harrigan of Santa Clara Univ. And you!
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If a nation’s economic system doesn’t care about shared sacrifice in hard times and shared prosperity in good times, why should the majority who pay the price and are denied the gains care about that economic system?
Beware Corporate Covid Propaganda
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CEOs say they’re cutting their own pay in solidarity with laid off or hurting workers — only, not really.2 days ago
Join us this Friday for a conversation with political scientist Matt Harrigan of Santa Clara Univ. And you!
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If the President refuses to concede should he lose the election, we must be ready to not cooperate. As the Filipinos, Serbians, Ukrainians, and Gambians—along with other pro-democracy movements around the globe—have demonstrated, governments are only as powerful as the willingness of people to obey them.
Is the U.S. Prepared to Resist a Coup?
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If Trump refuses to step down, we must be ready to not cooperate.3 days ago
Aren’t we in the middle of a coup ??? How can it be anything else when so many are being prevented from voting and nothing is done to prevent it
Of late, wherever there are governments critical of U.S. power (Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Iran, etc.) they are met with crushing sanctions in an attempt to destroy their ability to oppose Washington. Bolivia under Morales had already been labeled by some in the U.S. as a “narco-dictatorship.” If Arce does indeed come to rule his country, will he receive the Nicolas Maduro treatment?
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Bolivia’s Movement to Socialism (MAS) party is celebrating what appears to be a crushing, landslide victory in Sunday’s elections. Although official vote counting is far from over, exit polls show...1 week ago
The profound shock of 9/11 induced Washington to embark upon what became a series of “endless wars” that U.S. forces proved incapable of bringing to a successful conclusion. Crucially, however, no reevaluation of U.S. policy has occurred. Why is it so difficult to shed a policy paradigm that dates from Hitler’s assault on France, now a full 80 years in the past?
Even as conditions have changed, basic U.S. policy has stayed the same: high levels of military spending, a network of foreign bases, a penchant for armed intervention abroad, a sprawling “national security” apparatus, and a politically subversive arms industry. Even after the Cold War and 9/11, these remain remarkably sacrosanct.
Reframing America’s Role in the World
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While recommending a new book by Stephen Wertheim, Andrew Bacevich wonders why so many aspects of American policy abroad remain ill-considered and undiscussed.1 week ago