Wall Street Be Damned: We Are the Economy We’ve Been Waiting For
Bill Moyers observed recently that poor people haven’t “lost their voice.” Rather, he said, “They can’t afford a voice.”
Articles by Sandy Leonvest
The Magnetic Force of the Moment: Perils and Potential on the Road to Transformation
For all the head-scratching and hand-wringing in the corporate media over the “message” -- or lack of one -- as it turns out, the American people understand exactly what the Occupy Wall Street movement is talking about.
Earthquakes and the Expansion of Nuclear Power Plants
The recent east coast earthquake and the nuclear “events” that followed should remind us that, despite hopes that Fukushima would spell the end of nuclear power, the so-called “nuclear renaissance” is alive and well.
Fossil Fuel Fest: Obama and Climate Change
Only days before President Obama delivered this year’s State of the Union speech, a startlingly grim assessment of global climate change was released by the International Energy Agency which was as definitive as it was dramatic.
Stop Talkin’ Bout a Green(washed) Revolution
The most recent tally of the cost of war by the non-profit National Priorities Project (NPP) puts total military-related expenditures (through September, 2010) at a mind-numbing $1.09 trillion. That’s ‘Trillion’- with a ‘T’ -- $749.9 billion for Iraq and $337.8 billion for Afghanistan since 2001.
Consumers Are Sleeping With the Enemy
Anyone whose mission it is to 'control the masses' knows it all begins with good marketing. Public relations aficionado Edward Bernays understood that. One of the country's original PR flacks, Bernays is perhaps best known for forging the decades-long marketing alliance between the AMA and the tobacco industry. The 'Father of Spin,' as he is known, also played a major role in the marketing and selling of the First World War to the American public with his now infamous slogan, "Making the World Safe for Democracy."