November 2015 - Toward Freedom

In the days after the tragic events on 13 November in Paris, everything concerning the climate talks was in limbo. A state of emergency was called. Would the summit go ahead at all? What would it mean for the mass mobilizations being planned?

The week that followed has seen the state of emergency extended for three months and the government ban all demonstrations. Not just the big demos, but any gathering of more than two people bearing a political message. The political message behind that decision is clear: the government is criminalizing social movements and supressing dissent. Christmas markets, football matches, other mass public events can take place; it’s the politics that’s the problem. read more

The Disastrous Ideology Behind the Republican Vision of the Future

Ben Turk November 25, 2015 Ben Turk

The best way to respond to the Republican debates is to look away from the distractions and instead peer through the threadbare curtain concealing the fundamentals of Republican ideology.

Legal Hangover: A Review of Crashing the Party: Legacies and Lessons from the RNC 2000

Kristian Williams November 25, 2015 Kristian Williams

Once the march is over, the blockades removed, the tear gas dissipated -- another fight is only just beginning, one that may last for years, require thousands of dollars and endless hours of work, and which may determine whether protestors go to prison or go free.

Will Obama Give Israel Even More American Weapons and Dollars To Kill Palestinians?

Ann Wright November 25, 2015 Ann Wright

More that half of the US foreign military spending for 2016 goes to Israel. As in all things, Israel gets special treatment by the US allowing Israel to spend 25% of its gift from the US to pay itself for buying weapons from its own weapons industry.

Military Intervention in Syria Is the Problem, Not the Solution

Peter Certo November 25, 2015 Peter Certo

Source: Foreign Policy in Focus

From Paris to Beirut, the Islamic State’s latest atrocities are a calculated effort to bring the war in Syria home to the countries participating in it.

A café. A stadium. A concert hall. One of the most horrifying things about the murderous attacks in Paris was the terrorists’ choice of targets.

They chose gathering places where people’s minds wander furthest from unhappy thoughts like war. And they struck on a Friday night, when many westerners take psychic refuge from the troubles of the working week. read more

Bernie Sanders: My Vision For Democratic Socialism in America

Bernie Sanders November 25, 2015 Bernie Sanders

The following is the transcript of a speech Sen. Bernie Sanders delivered at Georgetown University on November 19th outlining what the term democratic socialism means to him, as well as his plans to deal with the national security threat posed by ISIS.

In his inaugural remarks in January 1937, in the midst of the Great Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt looked out at the nation and this is what he saw.

He saw tens of millions of its citizens denied the basic necessities of life.

He saw millions of families trying to live on incomes so meager that the pall of family disaster hung over them day by day. read more

Month: November 2015

Paris: Closed to Civil Society, Open to Greenwashers

The Disastrous Ideology Behind the Republican Vision of the Future

Legal Hangover: A Review of Crashing the Party: Legacies and Lessons from the RNC 2000

Will Obama Give Israel Even More American Weapons and Dollars To Kill Palestinians?

Military Intervention in Syria Is the Problem, Not the Solution

Bernie Sanders: My Vision For Democratic Socialism in America