Videos
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Video: U.S. covering up reality in Honduras
While State Department attempts to sell the world that the inauguration of a new president in Honduras has brought an end to the country’s crisis, the continuing assassinations of anti-coup activists and their children stands as sharp evidence to the contrary. Video includes interviews with Father Ismael “Melo” Moreno, director of Honduras’ Radio Progreso, and… Continue reading
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Activist leaders targeted in E.Jerusalem
In recent weeks, municipal police in Jerusalem have been targeting key activists who fight against the settler take-overs of Palestinian homes in Sheikh Jarrah. A neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, Sheikh Jarrah has hosted weekly protests for nearly a year by a broad coalition of Israelis and Palestinians. Saleh Abo Dayeb was among the leaders who… Continue reading
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Chris Floyd: Bitter Laugh
31 March, 2010 — Winter Patriot I haven’t been able to blog lately and I apologize for my absence. I still can’t blog much but I wish to share with you the newest music video from Chris Floyd — “Bitter Laugh” — which has entered my Top 10 list at Number One. Bitter Laugh Death… Continue reading
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Videos from Left Bloc Climate Conference
O Clima Farto de Nos? (Is the climate sick of us?) was held in Lisbon, March 26-27. It was organized by Portugal’s Left Bloc and the parties of the European Left. This important event drew left socialist and green activists from a dozen European countries, to discuss how to build a mass movement for climate… Continue reading
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Poison Bullets: Birth defects in Fallujah ‘on the rise since U.S. operation’
Poison Bullets follows doctors and experts as they voice their opposing views in the DU controversy and travels to the US, Great Britain, Jordan, Iraq and Spain, where we meet many of those who are victims of both DU-related diseases and the indifference of government officials. Continue reading
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The crisis of neoliberalism Pt.2
31 March, 2010 — The Real News Network Duménil: Neoliberal trends setting up a terrible future of inequality and exploitation for the workers View Part 1 Here http://therealnews.com/permalinkedembed/mediaplayer.swf Bio Dr. Dumnil is one of the worlds foremost theorists of neoliberalism and economic crisis and is the author of numerous influential books, many of which have… Continue reading
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The crisis of neoliberalism By GERARD DUMENIL
When we speak of neoliberalism, we speak of contemporary capitalism. Neoliberalism, it’s a new stage of capitalism which began around 1980. It began in big countries like United Kingdom and the United States. Then it was implemented in Europe, and later in Japan, and later around the world in general. So this is a new… Continue reading
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Israel has Breached Peremptory Norms of Humanitarian Law By Kawther Salam
Phil Shiner, Supervisor of Public Interest Lawyers, United Kingdom, said during the panel discussion on the Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People that the Advisory Opinion was extremely helpful as it had identified three different pre-empting norms Israel had breached, explaining that peremptory norms or jus cogens norms were actions recognized in international law… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks to release video of civilians, journalists being murdered in airstrike in Afghanistan
Whistleblower Web site WikiLeaks is planning to release a video that reveals what it’s calling a Pentagon “cover-up” of an incident in which numerous civilians and journalists were murdered in an airstrike, according to a recent media advisory. They also noted their members have recently been tailed by individuals under State Department diplomatic immunity, and… Continue reading
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Video: Myths of Progressive Zionism: Labour, Race, Gender and Colonialism
26 March 26, 2010 — Left Streamed Moderated by Herman Rosenfeld. Presentations by: * Katherine Nastovski – Graduate student, Social and Political Thought, York University; Labour for Palestine, Toronto * Dana Olwan – Assistant Professor of Gender Studies, Queen’s University; Solidarity for Palestinian Human Right (SPHR), Kingston. Organized by Not In Our Name (NION) Jewish… Continue reading
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Making A Killing: The Untold Story Of Psychotropic Drugging Pt 5
Psychotropic drugs. It’s the story of big money-drugs that fuel a $330 billion psychiatric industry, without a single cure. And the death count keeps rising. Containing more than 175 interviews with lawyers, mental health experts, the families of victims and the survivors themselves, this riveting documentary rips the mask off psychotropic drugging and exposes a… Continue reading
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Chris Hedges: War is a Force that Gives us Meaning
Veteran New York Times correspondent Chris Hedges has covered conflicts in Bosnia, El Salvador and Israel. Tune in for this thought-provoking lecture based on his best selling book that argues life is lived most intensely in times of war, often with tragic consequences. Continue reading
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Illusions versus reality: NATO and Afghan opium – By Natalia Makarova
NATO and Russia have failed to reach a consensus in a tug of war over tackling the Afghan drug problem. The alliance has rejected Moscow’s appeal to eradicate opium poppy fields in the Islamic Republic. Continue reading
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The Sacred Demise Of Industrial Civilization By Peak Moment TV
As a historian, Carolyn Baker has a keen eye for current events that are indicators of the collapse we’re seeing all around us. But she’s also a psychologist concerned about how we personally navigate the turbulence and find meaning within it. The author of Sacred Demise: Walking the Spiritual Path of Industrial Civilization’s Collapse, she… Continue reading
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Video: The Increasing Israeli Grip on Occupied Jerusalem
The following short video is a geographic presentation of Israel’s increased grip on Jerusalem since the occupation began in 1967. As the discussion of settlements and a ‘settlement freeze’ continues, it is clear than many people are unaware of the complex reality that Israel has imposed over time. In this video produced by the Palestine… Continue reading
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US panel debates drone legality
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UVA’s) or drones are remote-controlled aircraft without people onboard, which can carry and utilize missiles. It is widely suspected that the US has used drones frequently to target al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and Pakistan, although Washington has never admitted nor denied it. But in alleged UVA attacks targeting the fighters,… Continue reading
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Palestinian teens killed as tensions rise
Four Palestinian youth were killed this weekend in the West Bank. Army denied live ammo despite evidence Continue reading
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Live Israeli fire suspected in Palestinian deaths
Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinian youths on Saturday during a demonstration in their village, Iraq Burin. The Israeli army then issued a statement alleging its soldiers only used rubber-coated steel bullets in the village. But doctors and human rights organisations say their evidence disproves this account. And Al Jazeera has obtained pictures with the clear… Continue reading
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Lily Tomlin as Ernestine on Single Payer Health Care
Speaking for Controlled Healthcare Insurance Corp., the incomparable Ernestine tells a patient, “Life itself is a pre-existing condition. Our prescription for it: Don’t get sick!” Continue reading
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To rob a country, own a bank Pt4 By William Black
Ten steps to reform the finance sector – that the Administration and Congress won’t do Continue reading
