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George Orwell explained by former KGB defector--useful idiots
Submitted by Alligator Ed on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 6:59pmWhile rummaging aroud YouTube today I came across an intriguiging video dating to the "end" of the Cold War, or so we are lead to believe. Two years ago, I would have brushed aside the critique of the U.S. body politic as a cynical, self-serving, self-aggrandizing statement by one Yuri Bezmenov
Why there needs to be an educational revolution to accompany the political revolution
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 5:54pmCurrently I am working on an essay, and researching the literature on "sustainability" in preparation. And in all likelihood you could put most of that literature into the paper shredder, and delete most of its electronic files, and in the end you would be endangering neither the planetary ecosystems nor the people who live within them one bit.
Why?
The Purpose of All Trump All the Time and why it needs to stop
Submitted by Doc on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 4:52pmIn the last few days a hack of DNC information has been posted to the web in a variety of places including 'proper mainstream media entities" such as the Washington Post as well as a variety of blogs. A good bit of the hack, known as Guccifer 2.0, was provided to wikileaks and there is huge internet musing on what it may be.
Market Capitalism is Broken: Why Adam Smith Would be Outraged by Modern Finance
Submitted by ppnortney on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 4:09pmReally interesting and informative interview with Rana Foroohar about her new book, Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and The Fall of American Business. Some highlights:
News Dump Saturday: Stateless in Haiti Edition
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 4:05pmI just want to thank everyone.
Submitted by EdMass on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 2:35pmSo glad for this site.
Intelligent discourse.
No hunter/killer groups. Feel free to disagree! What a concept.
So pleased to see those on the FP. (I did expect my posts would magically appear there. Nope. Right hand column. So be it. Those there deserve to be there. (I'm talking to you Big Al.)
Progressives need a place such as this. ToP has proven to be shills and exploiters for financial gain.
I don't know if we can succeed. But at least...
Jill Stein, Green Party POTUS candidate, needs help (donations) to get on the ballot in Illinois (deadline - June 27th) and many other states (updated)
Submitted by paradigmshift on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 1:47pmI am a long time lurker at TOS since the Dean days. Favorite writers include FishOutofWater, Pluto, Meteor Blades, and Cassiodorus. Now I come here and go to Naked Capitalism. Hoping to stir up a little interest in Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate for POTUS. In case you didn't know, Hillary has been going around saying good things about Bush I and Bush II....
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Submitted by Alyosha on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 1:45pmHow to begin a revolution? You disarm the opposition. What is the greatest tool used to control/misinform the 99%? The mainstream media. To whom do we pay a monthly fee for this suppression? The mainstream media! Ie. Comcast and others like them.
Lancet tackles worldwide lack of transgender healthcare
Submitted by Robyn on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 1:35pmDespite the recent flurry of media attention that has been directed toward transgender people, they and their health needs remain poorly understood, experts say.
Yesterday The Lancet published a series of articles on the health, social and legal conditions in which transgender people live.
Many of the health challenges faced by transgender people are exacerbated by laws and policies that deny them gender recognition.
