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.
"Progressive ballot initiatives passed handily across the country, even in so-called red states. "
The Progressive Victories No One’s Talking About
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Jim Hightower tells the story of the progressive ballot initiatives that passed handily across the country, even in so-called red states.17 hours ago
"Here are ten things Biden can do as soon as he takes office. Each one can set the stage for broader progressive foreign policy initiatives, which we have also outlined."
Ten Foreign Policy Fiascos Biden Can Fix On Day One - PopularResistance.Org
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Donald Trump loves executive orders as a tool of dictatorial power, avoiding the need to work through Congress. But that works both ways, making it relatively easy for President Biden to reverse many ...2 days ago
As we again plan to celebrate what US “Americans” call Thanksgiving, let us pause for a moment of reflection. Let us recognize that accounts of the first Thanksgiving are mythological, and that the holiday is actually a grotesque celebration of our arrogant ethnocentrism built on genocide.
Genocide and The Thangsgiving Myth - PopularResistance.Org
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By S. Brian Willson for Popular Resistance. As we again plan to celebrate what US "Americans" call Thanksgiving, let us pause for a moment of reflection. Let us recognize that accounts of the first Th...4 days ago
While a likely Republican-controlled Senate could limit many of the progressive domestic policies President-elect Joe Biden has promised to enact, presidents have far more leeway to advance their agenda in the realm of foreign policy. As a result, Biden — who has perhaps the most extensive background in foreign affairs of any new president in U.S. history — has the ability to make a positive difference. While he will certainly be an improvement over Donald Trump, Biden’s record is well to the right of most Democratic voters.
Most Dem Voters Are to the Left of Biden on Foreign Policy. Can He Be Moved?
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It is time to organize the necessary pressure to force the new president to adopt a less militaristic foreign policy.1 week ago
The ACA uses our public dollars to subsidize private health insurers with hundreds of billions of dollars every year. Those health insurers then pay their CEOs multi-million dollar salaries and bonuses and dividends to their stockholders. As if that wasn’t bad enough, private health insurers are taking over our public insurances, Medicaid and Medicare. Most Medicaid enrollees are in plans managed by private insurers. Over a third of seniors are in private “Medicare Advantage” plans that rip them off when they have health problems.
The Imperative To Achieve National Improved Medicare For All - PopularResistance.Org
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Biden's healthcare plan looks like a replay of the health reform process of 2009-10 when the Democrats effectively divided the movement in support of national improved Medicare for all and pushed thro...1 week ago
"Trump, for the moment, remains president, with immense executive power and an arsenal of weapons at his disposal, all managed by a circle of sycophants eager to do his bidding. If law, tradition and the popular vote prevail over the next two months, Trump will leave, or be removed from office, on January 20, 2021. Trumpism, however, will remain after he is gone, a new incarnation of the old Lost Cause of the Confederacy."
Lost Causes, from the Confederacy to Trump
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By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan President Donald Trump has embarked on a lost cause akin to that embraced by Southerners after the Confederacy was crushed.2 weeks ago