Change Links April 2018 (tags)
April 2018 calendar published
Video: Book Discussion on Dark Money (tags)
Jane Mayer talked about her book Dark Money. The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right in which she investigates the wealth and influence of billionaires in the American political system.
Why Should We Support the Idea of Universal Basic Income? (tags)
Work and income have already uncoupled because of automation and the digital world. The basic income will lead to guaranteeing everyone the right to work and to share socially, economically and politically in a less stressful and less authoritarian economy.
How to Listen to Killradio on Rhythmbox on Linux (tags)
It's pretty easy, but the link on the website doesn't work.
Please click on the link for important information!
The Crisis and Beyond: Thinking Outside the Box (tags)
Claude Hillinger is a professor of economics at the University of Munich.
"After all the brinkmanship and game playing over the debt limit last year, and after being ridiculed by pretty much everyone, the Republicans are back at it. In an election year and with last year’s plunge in the polls as evidence that voters just don’t agree with their tactics."
International Day for Eradication of Poverty and Chris Hedges (tags)
Since 2000, October 17 has been the United Nation's International Day for Eradication of Poverty.
The Flaw and Words Can't Magic Away the Trade Deficit (tags)
One recurring delusion in the controversy over America's free-trade-induced trade mess is the idea that our gigantic trade deficit, which fluctuates around $500 billion a year, somehow "doesn't matter." Systemic and structural contradictions are often repressed; economic problems are trivialized.
The Price of 9/11 by Tom Hayden and Joseph Stiglitz (tags)
Tom Hayden is an activist, former state senator in California and prolific author defending the rights of nature and the right to dissent. Joseph Stiglitz is the 2001 Nobel Prize winner for economics and professor at Columbia University.
Video: No US stay in Iraq beyond December (tags)
to read "The risks of the Keystone XL pipeline," an editorial from the LA Times, July 14, 2011, click on http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-ed-yellowstone-20110714,0,6833153.story
Video: Thousands protest in London against government spending cuts (tags)
This video is from www.therealnews.com,
Video: The Story of Citizens United v. FEC (tags)
Wall Street and the banksters have destroyed our economy and received trillions of our money. A general strike was called today in Madison Wisc to regain control of our democracy and repel corporate power endangering elections and the economy.
North American Basic Income Congress in New York Feb 25-27 (tags)
The 10th North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress is taking place in New York from Feb 25-27. Under the theme "Models for Social Transformation," the US Basic Income Guarantee (USBIG) network and Basic Income Canada conference will survey the debate.
Video: Cutting Public Sector Wages Will Make Recession Worse (tags)
The horse must be before the cart. The horse is economic recovery. Once jobs are created (and tax havens are dried up), the deficit will gradually be reduced (Robert Kuttner). Federal revenue sharing is the alternative to eliminating firefighters and teachers.
Video: Crisis of Capitalism (tags)
David Harvey says it's time to look beyond capitalism toward a new social order that would really allow us to live within a system that could be rational, just and humane.
VIDEO: The Revolutionary MLK (tags)
Martin Luther King Jr. stood for revolutionary transformation; he is used today to support policies that he fought against. Jared Ball is interviewed on www.therealnews.com. "Every year we are asked to forget the crimes of capitalism and the divine disatisfaction."
DOWNLOAD Carbusters #42 (tags)
Carbusters #42 June 2010-August 2010 from Prague, Czech Republic includes cartoons by Andy Singer, articles "The Traffic Hierarchy" and "High Speed Rail: Green or Mean" and a book review of "Carjacked."
Chinese Currency War a Red Herring? (tags)
In the 1930s countries tried to gain advantages by exporting more. This is happening today.
Anger as the Ship Goes Down (tags)
Obama's proposed banking reforms are likely to face insurmountable opposition from Congress, where lobby interests have become all-powerful. Worse still, writes George Blecher, the proposals themselves don't go far enough.
The True Cost of the War (tags)
To avert Republican gains in November, Obama must create jobs that pay into social security, reduce crippling state debts and end the lie that Afghanistan is a necessary and just war. Peace and resistance are part of our nature as antibodies are part of our bodies.
VIDEO: How to Get Our Democracy Back (tags)
"At the center of our government lies a bankrupt institution: Congress."
VIDEO: "Let the Pitch Forks Do Their Job" (tags)
Andrew Cockburn is an Irish journalist, author and filmmaker who has lived in the US for many years.
Mexican Drug Cartels Out of Control in the U.S. and Mexico (tags)
In many areas of the United States the cartels have entered into partnerships with local gangs, in others they have directly assumed control of local drug distribution
Mexican Authorities Covering up shootings of Americans (tags)
Laguna Journal that he and others have received word to not talk with or report any American deaths to the media.
Student March Against Racist Legislation (tags)
Student March Against Racist Legislation CLICK ON PICTURE FOR FULL RESOLUTION
Arnold's Hired Thug Petition Workers and Scare Tactics (tags)
The conduct Erica describes constitutes a violation of Penal Code Sec. 422 -- "terrorist threats" . The statute punishes threats of bodily harm which are so unequivocal and immediate as to cause the person threatened to be in sustained fear for her safety.
Adding Indymedia Headlines to Your Browser (tags)
Instructions on how to add IMC newswire headlines to your web browser, so you can keep up on the latest news.
Live radio coverage of mass arrests in NYC (tags)
IndyMedia NYC has a link to live bcasts of cops attacking protestors as I write this at 45th and 7th in NYC
Download Doc Jazz's latest song: Down Down Dubya! (tags)
Doc Jazz's latest mp3 is out, available for free download from the website at www.docjazz.com !
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Building Bridges - 1.Arab Workers in Israel 2.NYC Budget Crisis (tags)
Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report presents a 58 minute internet radio program 1,Arab Workers in Israel with Assaf Adiv Coordinator of the Workers Advice Center and The New York City Budget Crisis with David Kallack, Senior Fellow at The Fiscal Policy Institute. TO LISTEN TO THIS PROGRAM CLICK ON THE INDY MEDIA LINK
Building Bridges Internet Radio for the new Year - Wm Katz and Jesse Jackson (tags)
Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report in Exile presents this New Year's 75 min radio show with speeches from author William Loren Katz and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Building Bridges is regularly broadcast over WBAI IN EXILE www.wbix.org Tuesdays from 9-10PM est TO LISTEN NOW CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE
KUCI Subversity show on D2K Protests (tags)
Realaudio file available of interview with civil rights attorney Carol Sobel on police overreaction after Rage Against the Machine concert Monday night (August 14, 2000); highlights from Mumia March on Sunday (August 13, 2000) including talks by Mumia's son; his lawyer Leonard Weinglass, and an interview with Weinglass.