We await the crisis. It could be economic. It could be a terrorist attack within the United States. It could be widespread devastation caused by global warming. It could be nationwide unrest as the death spiral of the American empire…
War, pestilence, even climate change, are trifles by comparison. Destroy the soil and we all starve Imagine a wonderful world, a planet on which there was no threat of climate breakdown, no loss of freshwater, no antibiotic resistance, no obesity…
Submitted by: ButtCracker — The ripple effects of the Donald Trump election victory in America continue to wash over the shoreline of public opinion, like mini-tsunamis hitting Pacific Rim countries. The seismic changes have indeed been global, and not least…
“America deserves Trump,” says one protester fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline. “America is Trump.” Back in September, many of the protesters at the Standing Rock camp cared little who won the presidential election. “Whoever wins, we’re still going to have…
Jill Stein just called to say that I am the first one to be informed that the Green Party is formally petitioning for a recount in 3 states, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Trump’s margin is less than 11,600 in Michigan, 27,200…
Hundreds of water protectors were injured at the Standing Rock encampments Sunday evening when law enforcement blasted them with water cannons in freezing temperatures. The attacks came as water protectors used a semi-truck to remove burnt military vehicles that police…
Submitted by ButtCracker — Donald Trump’s new hires should brace themselves for a full immersion in government ethics school. They’re going to need it given the president-elect’s sprawling business empire and his lack of interest in selling off his companies…
Exclusive: A pushback is coming to the Internet’s success in giving the world access to diverse opinions and dissenting information. Politicians, mainstream media and technology giants are taking aim at what they call “fake news,” reports Robert Parry. — n…
Finding the Truth behind the American Hologram Well the preprogrammed spectacle that has been the US Presidential election has finally concluded. The enormity of the result is staggering to behold, how exactly a buffoon with a third grade vocabulary can…
Submitted by ButtCracker — Donald Trump’s victory came as a shock to many, but not to renowned scholar and activist Noam Chomsky, who foresaw a similar outcome in 2010. Now Chomsky sees “one hopeful prospect” of a Trump presidency. Speaking…