The Washington Post recently reported on the lies our government told — and our corporate media repeated — to justify the Afghanistan War — get this story and more on this episode of Redacted Tonight
Nicole Roussell produces one of my favorite radio shows (and podcasts): Loud & Clear. We sat down to discuss the state of the American Empire — on VIP this week
More cracks have appeared in the Syria chemical attack stories & now a journalist has quit Newsweek because they wouldn’t let him report it and Wikileaks has revealed more! — on this episode of Moment Of Clarity
The French are engaged in a long term popular resistance movement to fight against their government’s austerity measures. The US couldn’t handle a “resistance” this wild — on Common Dreams
American labor power is having a resurgence & we need more of it. A strike almost shut down the DNC primary debate last week — on The Conversation
How local newsrooms can play a role in responding to climate change — on Grist
Great last minute gift idea - Bullet Points & Punch Lines, my latest book, is now available for pre-order with a limited number of signed copies. It will ship in January — Click To Pre-Order
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I have more great content for you this week. Hindsight is 2020 - but it's time to grab the future by the horns! Let's change everything next year. I hope you'll join me!
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- Lee
Media Blackout On New Chemical Weapons Leak
Media Blackout On New Chemical Weapons Leak
Entire Afghanistan War A Fraud, Rich People Scrubbing History
Shrinking budgets, rising seas: How local newsrooms can cover climate change
Grist | Zoya Teirstein
Climate change impacts millions of Americans at a regional and local level. This year alone, drought ravaged southeast Alaska, floods destroyed crops in rural Iowa, and a bomb cyclone shut down a major highway in northern California.
150 cooks, servers and dishwashers almost shut down a Democratic debate, showing unions’ growing clout in the party
The Conversation | Ruben J. Garcia
Organized labor’s clout in the Democratic Party is growing. For evidence, look no further than the small California food services union that nearly managed to shut down a presidential debate.
Latest Bid by France's Macron to Quell Protests Over Neoliberal Pension Scheme Fails as Strikes Continue
Common Dreams | Eoin Higgins
The French president's approach has generated a resistance movement with protesters blockading streets and engaging in a general strike.
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