When major corporations know that their industries are unpopular they pay organizers to run Astroturf campaigns that get useful idiots on their side supporting Big Pharma, Fossil Fuels, Factory Farms or EVEN State-Sanctioned Murder — on this episode of Redacted Tonight
Manufactured Consent is still the name of the propaganda game but Chris Hedges and Matt Taibbi have some updates — on TruthDig
Two of the badasses who held the Venezuelan Embassy while the US tried to overthrow Nicolas Maduro’s government came onto VIP this week, they are the co-founders of Popular Resistance!
Midwestern farmers are fighting for the access to water they desperately need to grow food, make a living — on Dissent
Now that the DOJ have announced their charges against Julian Assange for being a journalist, several of the big names in the corporate media have had a change of heart because journalism isn’t a crime — this week on my podcast with Eleanor Goldfield, Common Censored
The ticket for 100% clean power is underneath our feet… Dope! — on Grist
Assange faces 200 years in jail from 17 charges — I discuss this and answer your comments on the Viewer Questions video clip this week
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Welcome back my friends!
I hope your nuanced takes about American wars being inhumane and unnecessary were taken well by your friends and families this Memorial Day — and I hope you had a great extended weekend for those of you whose jobs allow it.
There is a lot of terrible shit happening right now. I won’t sugarcoat it. The neocons are pushing for war with Iran and they want to increase the already horrific sanctions on Venezuela.
Climate change is still barreling down on us.
An economic collapse is on its way.
And from a by-standers perspective it looks like we’re totally unprepared to stop these crises. But that’s why we need each other and I have confidence that it’s going to be one of you that organizes a smooth path out of our apocalyptic situation. Don’t let me down! ;-)
- Lee
Assange Indicted, Facing 200 Years (plus Viewer Questions)
This week on my podcast Common Censored:
Corporate media shows a sudden and feeble concern for Assange after US empire announces extreme charges for the publisher.
As we look behind headlines and to the ties that bind our struggles, we have to remember: it's never really about the bread.
Decorated members of the military industrial complex warn against war with Iran...here's why.
The European Parliamentary Elections saw a green wave flooding the continent - now the question is, can we manifest necessary change?
Despite Arrest, Embassy Protectors Say They Aren’t Backing Down
REVEALED: Astroturf Campaign, Protest Season Erupts, Women's Rights Attacked
More News Not Allowed On Your Mainstream Media
The Mass Media Is Poisoning Us With Hate
TruthDig | Chris Hedges
In “Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media,” published in 1988, Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky exposed the techniques that the commercial media used to promote and defend the economic, social and political agendas of the ruling elites. These techniques included portraying victims as either worthy or unworthy of sympathy.
Water Democracy
Dissent | Sammy Feldblum
Farmers in New Mexico have banded together to protect scarce water resources from developments that could end their way of life. Their collective activity is a model for grassroots politics in the age of climate change.
The ticket to 100% renewable power is underneath our feet
Grist | Nathanael Johnson
Imagine if there was a carbon-free form of energy hiding in the ground beneath you. One that we could turn to anytime, even on cloudy, windless days.
There’s no need for imagination: It exists. Research suggests that geothermal energy could be the key to running the country on purely renewable power. A recent memo from the conservative clean-energy think tank ClearPath estimates that geothermal energy could supply as much as 20 percent of the country’s electricity.
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Keep fighting!
- Lee