Holy cow, sounds just like us.
I was led to both the Greanville Post and this David Sirota article by a friend on Facebook. I thought both were noteworthy and brought them here to share with you. Greanville Post is a reality-based blog and Sirota is a real journalist with an actual memory.
Europe, especially the Baltic states, are terrified of Russian aggression.
Or so we've been told.
Today Latvia had an election.
As I was washing windows this week, I reflected on this column and it's origins. I started compiling these pieces a couple of years ago trying to consolidate, summarize, and make sense of the week's news. I'm just back onto the news cycle after a month away...only Kavanaugh's genitals and T-rump's trade sanctions got coverage in the main EU news. Yet somehow it all seems the same...the same old aggression, distraction, and manipulation...some things never seem to change: Many are suggesting we prepare for a coming economic crash, we are warned of the exponential growth of our climate crisis, we see ongoing war and threats of more and more. So I'm washing windows, seeking a little literal clarity while listening to some pretty interesting interviews. I hope you'll chime in with your stories and insights as well.
October 1, 2018—The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) has launched U.S. Out of Africa!: Shut Down AFRICOM, a campaign designed to end the U.S. invasion and occupation of Africa.
The neocons are back in charge in Washington, and Iran is in the cross-hairs.
Jeff Bevos to the Working Class - "I'll raise the minimum wage to fifteen dollars an hour."
Working Class to Jeff Bevos - "Fuck you, we want your corporation"
A couple days go Amazon caved under pressure from Bernie and worker activists, and gave 350,000 of their workers raises.
On Wednesday he proposed a bill to break up the big Wall Street banks.
Sunday will mark a very special anniversary.
CIA Democrats call for aggression against Russia, run pro-war campaigns in 2018 congressional races
The Democratic Party is widely favored to win control of the House of Representatives in the US midterm elections November 6, with projections that it will gain 30 to 50 seats, or even more, well above the net gain of 23 required for a majority.
On Wednesday the International Court of Justice ordered the Trump administration to lift some sanctions on humanitarian aid to Iran.
If the Democrats thought that exposing Brett Kavanaugh an as entitled jerk and unqualified for the Supreme Court (both claims appear to be true) was good politics, they were wrong.
