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• Socialist Politician Says Bernie Sanders Helped Build Progressive Momentum For Seattle

  By konigludwig on November 7, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Kshama Sawant was re-elected to Seattle’s city council this week. Kshama Sawant, a socialist member of Seattle’s city council, said Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) presidential campaign has helped build “enormous momentum” for progressive change in the Pacific Northwest city. Sawant,… Read More ›

• Imagine if Exxon had told the truth on climate change

  By jward199 on November 6, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  by Bill McKibben Like all proper scandals, the #Exxonknew revelations have begun to spin off new dramas and lines of inquiry. Presidential candidates have begun to call for Department of Justice investigations, and company spokesmen have begun to dig themselves deeper… Read More ›

• Juvenile offender Ali Mohammed al-Nimr ‘will not be executed’ by Saudi Arabia, Philip Hammond says

  By konigludwig on October 25, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Foreign Secretary indicates news represents victory for ‘private’ British diplomacy, and says he believes British grandfather Karl Andree will also be spared from lashes Ali Mohammed al-Nimr will not be executed for crimes he committed as a child in Saudi… Read More ›

• Can a Venture Capitalist Jumpstart Illinois?

  By jward199 on October 25, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  This man is ruining the entire state just so he can bust up the unions and forfeit the pension owed to state employees.  He thinks he can force through his plan to make the rich richer.  It isn’t working, and… Read More ›

• White Savior Industrial Complex in Humanitarian Work Abroad

  By storyartist on October 23, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  A white savior is someone who attempts to “fix” the problems of struggling communities of color. Often ignorant of the social, cultural, religious, and political complexities of these communities, white saviors paternalistically claim to “rescue” the so-called suffering victims of… Read More ›

• Voices from the Palestinian uprising against Israel

  By konigludwig on October 19, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Al Jazeera asked young Palestinians whether the current violence is a precursor to a general Intifada or not. In September, Jewish settlers backed by Israeli security forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem. The event triggered widescale… Read More ›

• Bill Straub: With no real political principles, McConnell focused on one thing — winning

  By Ecantados on October 19, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  The Senate Republican Leader from Louisville has for decades been one of the staunchest defenders of the legislative tactic known as the filibuster, which essentially permits lawmakers from the minority party to coalesce and stop in its tracks legislation they… Read More ›

• Syrian Coalition and Rebel Factions Vow To Address the Russian Aggression

  By konigludwig on October 2, 2015 • ( 5 )

  

  The Syrian Coalition’s political committee met with representatives of rebel factions on Tuesday to discuss Russia’s airstrikes on Syria. They condemn the Russian aggression, calling on all military and revolutionary forces to address it as a bold aggression against the… Read More ›

• Ali Mohammed al-Nimr: Anonymous hacker group targets Saudi Arabia government over planned execution of juvenile offender

  By konigludwig on September 28, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  The group says it ‘will not stand by and watch’ as Mr al-Nimr is executed The Anonymous hacktivist network has vowed to take on the Saudi Arabian government in retaliation for the planned execution of alleged juvenile offender Ali Mohammed… Read More ›

• When Souls Part

  By Ecantados on September 26, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  walk quickly, look not behind lest you see the tears that fall at your leaving the entwined souls, mating of minds, sharing of secrets, lives cleaving long proclaimed, your love even as it diminished, crumbled to ashes, cold justifications, gaunt,… Read More ›

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