April 2014 - Page 5 of 5 - Toward Freedom

Chomsky: Nuclear Weapons Won’t Keep Us Safe

Noam Chomsky April 7, 2014 Noam Chomsky

The previous article explored how security is a high priority for government planners: security, that is, for state power and its primary constituency, concentrated private power—all of which entails that official policy must be protected from public scrutiny.

In these terms, government actions fall in place as quite rational, including the rationality of collective suicide. Even instant destruction by nuclear weapons has never ranked high among the concerns of state authorities. read more

The Supreme Court Just Gave You One More Reason to Join the Clean Elections Movement

Fran Korten April 7, 2014 Fran Korten

The McCutcheon decision will boost the political power of the one percent at the expense of the rest of us. But it also adds to the urgency of the movement that's working to take back our democracy.

Rand Paul and Libertarian Politics in the United States

Immanuel Wallerstein April 7, 2014 Immanuel Wallerstein

The general elections of most countries with parliamentary systems have largely functioned in the same way. They have had some regular alternation between two parties, one ostensibly left-of-center and one ostensibly right-of-center.

Honduras: One Year of Resistance in Rio Blanco

Beverly Bell April 7, 2014 Beverly Bell

Despite U.S.-backed violence against them, indigenous communities are fighting back as multinational corporations encroach on their lands.