Posts tagged “politics/government”
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Ted Rall on the David Pakman Show: MSNBC, Ratigan, Revolution
November 12, 2010
Ted Rall talks to David Pakman about the Dylan Ratigan MSNBC appearance and its implications for media freedom on the major networks, along with revolution and his Anti-American Manifesto. Check it out!
Tags: anti-american manifesto, david pakman, interviews, politics/government, ted rall, videos
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Ted Rall to appear on the Dylan Ratigan Show, Monday November 8
November 4, 2010
Anti-American Manifesto author Ted Rall will appear on the Dylan Ratigan Show on Monday, November 8 at 4 PM ET. Make sure to mark your calendars, and check out clips from the show on Ratigan’s site and from Seven Stories Press in the coming week!
Tags: anti-american manifesto, current events, dylan ratigan, msnbc, politics/government, ted rall, videos
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David Swanson and Ted Rall: A Debate on Violence
October 29, 2010
“I have to reject the notion that I am a “self-identified pacifist” for the simple reason that I haven’t self-identified as a pacifist. The only alternatives are not to be an advocate for war and violence or to be dead. There is another possibility: that of being a nonviolent activist.” —David Swanson
“. . . Movements that seek radical political change—the restructuring of society and/or the redistribution of wealth and power—are rarely successful when they limit themselves to nonviolent tactics. I say “rarely” because anything is possible. But I’m a student of history and I can’t think of any. ” —Ted Rall
Tags: anti-american manifesto, articles, current events, david swanson, daybreak, politics/government, ted rall
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Ted Rall talks Anti-American Manifesto to Al Jazeera
October 26, 2010
A must-see: Ted Rall talks to Al Jazeera about his Anti-American Manifesto. Take a look!
Tags: al-jazeera, anti-american manifesto, current events, interviews, politics/government, ted rall, video
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“Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!” published in China
October 13, 2010
The photo you’re looking at is a copy of Ralph Nader’s “Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!”, just last week published in China for the first time by Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House — and signed by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett — as fiction slowly becomes reality. Congratulations to Ralph Nader!
Tags: bill gates, china, fiction, only the super-rich, politics/government, ralph nader, warren buffett
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Howard Zinn’s 423-page FBI file released
July 30, 2010
Q: What is the greatest tribute an activist can be given?
A: The enmity of those in power.To that end, the FBI has today offered a great tribute to the late, great Howard Zinn, in the form of a 423-page declassified FBI file, covering Zinn’s activities from 1949 to 1974: essentially a list — vetted by America’s “best and brightest” and their faithful assistants of the period — of everything Howard Zinn did during the McCarthy Era, the Vietnam War, and all points in between to stymie the government and promote social justice and a more open society.
Happy reading — and thanks, Howard; you will be forever missed.
Tags: fbi file, history, howard zinn, politics/government, voices of a people's history, young people's history, zinn reader
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Ted Rall: Protofascism comes to America
July 22, 2010
Robert O. Paxton defined fascism as “a form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation or victimhood and by compensatory cults of unity, energy and purity, in which a mass-based party of committed nationalist militants, working in uneasy but effective collaboration with traditional elites, abandons democratic liberties and pursues with redemptive violence and without ethical or legal restraints goals of internal cleansing and external expansion.”
Typical Tea Party rants fit the classic fascist mold in several respects. America, Tea Partiers complain, is falling behind. Like Hitler, they blame leftists and liberals for a “stab in the back,” treason on the homefront. The trappings of hypernationalism—flags, bunting, etc.—are notably pervasive at Tea Party rallies, even by American standards. We see “collaboration with traditional elites”—Rush Limbaugh, Congressmen, Republican Party bigwigs (including the most recent vice presidential nominee)—to an extent that is unprecedented in recent history.
Tea Partiers haven’t called for extralegal solutions to the problems they cite—but neither did the National Socialists prior to 1933. Then again, they’re not in power yet. Wait. —Ted Rall at altweeklies.com
Tags: anti-american manifesto, articles, current events, fascism, politics/government, tea party, ted rall
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Derrick Jensen and Chris Hedges on totalitarianism and resistance
July 16, 2010
On July 5, Derrick Jensen and Chris Hedges talked with Royal University professor Michael Truscello about totalitarianism — about the point at which ordinary people start to realize that they have been deliberately and systematically disenfranchised by the systems that control them — and about what people can and must do to resist. Watch by clicking below.
Tags: chris hedges, deep green resistance, derrick jensen, dreams, environment, interviews, michael truscello, politics/government, truthdig
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David Swanson: What does $33 Billion look like?
May 12, 2010
According to the Congressional Budget Office, Congress has already approved $345 billion for war in Afghanistan, not to mention $708 billion in Iraq. According to the National Priorities Project, for that same money we could have renewable energy in 1,083,271,391 homes for a year (or every home in the country for more than 10 years), or pay 17,188,969 elementary school teachers for a year. There may be 2.6 million elementary and middle school teachers in our country now. Assuming we could use 3 million teachers, we could hire them all for five years and employ that extra $13 billion or so to give them bonuses. “Honor our brave teachers” anyone? — from TomDispatch.com
Tags: afghanistan, articles, david swanson, daybreak, obama, politics/government, tom engelhardt, tomdispatch
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Daybreak reviewed at Rusty Lime
February 11, 2010
From Kim OJ at Rusty Lime, “a collective of bloggers brought together from all over the world in the interest of bringing you original stories, news, opinions and occasional relevance”:
… After reading Daybreak, I realized that though healthcare reform and emission reductions are extremely important, securing democracy is even more fundamental. What use is good legislation if the president can just ignore it? Chose not to enforce the laws, or break them himself? What Swanson advocates in Daybreak is that Congress enforce the Constitution by impeaching ANY president who fails to uphold it. Only by enforcing the Constitution can we expect presidents and others to uphold it.
… There is no doubt that Swanson is a progressive, but the main thesis of Daybreak does not belong on the fringe of the political spectrum, but should be at home across the broad middle of political ideologies that subscribe to democracy and the rule of law.
Tags: current events, david swanson, daybreak, politics/government, reviews, rusty lime
“politics/government” Posts
- Nov 12, Ted Rall on the David Pakman Show: MSNBC, Ratigan, Revolution
- Nov 4, Ted Rall to appear on the Dylan Ratigan Show, Monday November 8
- Oct 29, David Swanson and Ted Rall: A Debate on Violence
- Oct 26, Ted Rall talks Anti-American Manifesto to Al Jazeera
- Oct 13, “Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!” published in China
- Jul 30, Howard Zinn’s 423-page FBI file released
- Jul 22, Ted Rall: Protofascism comes to America
- Jul 16, Derrick Jensen and Chris Hedges on totalitarianism and resistance
- May 12, David Swanson: What does $33 Billion look like?
- Feb 11, Daybreak reviewed at Rusty Lime
