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Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is no radical leftist by any definition. Personally I think he's a center-leftist at the most. But right-wing capitalists hate his guts just the same.

And the results for us will be dire. When the FDA goes around the advisory board who would not authorize the drug for release because they don't believe it works then how can anyone have any trust left that the FDA is looking our for OUR best interests while boosting profits over them?

From human suffering to political chicanery to environmental degradation, the tide of bad news, blared in headlines every day, seems overwhelming. One poet and classics scholar asks: What can be done?

Catastrophe overload? Read philosophers and poetry instead of headlines

Law and Disorder is a weekly, independent civil liberties radio program airing on more than 100 stations across the United States and podcasting on the web. Law and Disorder provides timely legal perspectives on issues concerning civil liberties, privacy, right to dissent and practices of torture exercised by the US government and private corporations. Our guests are leading authorities in their fields from around the country, and sometimes internationally. They include authors, lawyers, activists, scholars, and advocates focusing on such areas as free speech, the environment, prisoners’ rights, workers’ rights, trends in privatization, and government and corporate accountability.

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“Funding Has Been Made Possible By the Puffin Foundation”

Watching this video, it reminded me of what I'd read about early 20th Century China, as the last weak dynasty fell and waves of revolution rocked the nation. Followed by unrest and another revolution, and then another revolution, each one bloodier than the last.
Into that chaos and vacuum arose brutal gangs, that sometimes aligned with corrupt politicians. This is what we are seeing in Haiti today.

I cannot commend this article highly enough to anybody who wants to understand why and how I have been sentenced to prison.https://t.co/pW9JNfLB5p

— Craig Murray (@CraigMurrayOrg) May 11, 2021