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The Oracle Report | Tuesday, March 10, 2015
FROM WISE OWL LAWRENCE. MT. SANITAS, COLORADO
The Oracle Report – Tuesday, March 10, 2015
“Load In” – Pisces Lunar Cycle (1) 2015 – February 18 – March 19, 2015
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Disseminating Moon Phase: share, communicate
Moon in Scorpio
Wisdom Goddess: Kali (Goddess of Endings and Beginnings)
Skill: keep things as simple as possible
Positive Imprints: cooperation, personal responsibility, setting a good standard, opening up, reading a room or a situation (taking stock before acting), balancing giving and taking, seeing the best of what’s around
Catalysts for Change: self-denial, immaturity and arrested development, uncooperative, divisions (especially racial divisions), attempting to take from others
Sabian Symbol for the Lunar Month: “a crowded public marketplace” (human interchange and exchange; expressions of self)
Strong solar activity continues with three M-class flares in the past 24-hours. It is unknown at this time if coronal mass ejections accompanied any of the flares. The flares occurred yesterday at 10:33 am ET, 7:53 pm ET, and 11:23 pm ET / 2:33 pm UT, 11:53 pm UT, and 3:23 am UT.
Today’s overall energy is no less potent. Mars meets up with Uranus at the same place in the sky. In astrology this is called a conjunction. Jolts (more accurately, joules) of energy ripple through the field of consciousness (or grid of consciousness).
When the electromagnetics of these two planets meet up, shocking, surprising, and amazing things happen. Accidents are more common under this dynamic. Mars’ energy wants to move ahead and make things happen. Uranus’ energy wants to free us of whatever holds us back and get us back on our proper course.
Oftentimes, it’s a clash of the titans. Mars says, “Out of my way.” Uranus says, “Only if I say so.” Uranus always wins in this contest. He is older and wiser and has the mission of alignment with what is in our highest and best desires/interests. Uranus works at the soul’s level.
Venus starts the day at the degree of “the gate to the garden of all fulfilled desires” today, so that is a bonus for the energy of putting us where we need to be.
Later in the day, Venus will move to the degree of “a woman in pastel colors carrying a heavy and valuable, but veiled, load.” This energetic has been strongly in effect since March 2014. Today it brings the power to release or share a burden or secret and also the power to “load in” our hopes, wishes, and dreams for the future.
It’s a complicated day, and the Sun is amplifying it all. Under these conditions, we aim for keeping things as simple as possible. And we follow the course.
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Truthout Daily Digest | Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Henry A. Giroux | Higher Education and the Promise of Insurgent Public Memory
Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: Under the reign of neoliberalism, higher education appears to be increasingly decoupling itself from its historical legacy as a crucial public sphere, responsible for both educating students for the workplace and providing them with the modes of critical discourse, interpretation and experiences that deepen and expand democracy.
What Works, What Doesn’t to Counter Extremism: It’s Not More of the Same
Aura Kanegis and Kerri Kennedy, Truthout: We must prioritize peace-building in our spending as well as our rhetoric, and invest in early interventions addressing root causes of conflict long before violent extremism festers and conflict erupts.
For Peace, We Must Defeat Netanyahu on Iran Diplomacy
Robert Naiman, Truthout: If we want to defeat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the Israel-Palestine issue, we have to win on the Iran diplomacy issue. This is as much a must-win for people who are focused on justice for Palestinians as it is for people who are focused on Iran diplomacy.
Activist Ai-jen Poo: “We Owe It to Ourselves to Support People’s Living”
Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout: In her book, The Age of Dignity, Ai-jen Poo advances the idea that we can create good jobs for caregivers and allow elders and the disabled to remain in their homes, rather than be placed in more costly institutions for custodial care.
A Call for Community Review of Rikers Island Jail
Hannah K. Gold, Truthout: Amid reports of human rights abuses of prisoners at Rikers Island and plans for a new solitary confinement wing, grassroots organizing groups demand a real say by the community in changes made at the jail.
Dishonest White House Response to Warren’s Attack on Secret Panels in Trade Deals
Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism: The trade deals are coming up again for a fast-track vote, perhaps as soon as this week. Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s focus on the investor panels has the potential to raise awareness of how dangerous they are and stir more voters to press their representatives to nix fast-track authority.
“Medicare Part E”: A Framework for Universal Health Care
The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: The US already has the framework in place to make universal health care a success. That framework is called Medicare. It’s time to create “Medicare Part E,” which would cover every single US citizen.
David Petraeus Gets Hand-Slap for Leaking, Two Point Enhancement for Obstruction of Justice
Marcy Wheeler, ExposeFacts: Former CIA director David Petraeus exposed top secret materials to his mistress. As a result of a quiet plea deal, the Department of Justice gave him a slap on the wrist for covering up his crime of leaking some of the country’s most sensitive secrets.
Chicago Police Misconduct Payouts Topped $50 Million in 2014
Jonah Newman, The Chicago Reporter: The City of Chicago paid $54.2 million in settlements and verdicts for police misconduct cases last year – more than the budget for the offices of the mayor, the city treasurer, the City Council, the Council committees and the Department of Human Resources combined.
Obama’s Veto of Keystone XL Bittersweet for Texans Forced to Allow the Pipeline on Their Land
Julie Dermansky, DeSmogBlog: While the president’s veto received praise from environmentalists, it provides little consolation to those in Texas who already have the southern route of the pipeline moving Canadian tar sands under their land.
The Obama Administration, Shell and the Fate of the Arctic Ocean
Subhankar Banerjee, TomDispatch: At a moment when the planet is experiencing an oil glut, it’s possible that the Obama administration will add yet another potential source of extreme oil to the list of future sources of greenhouse warming of this planet. Drilling in the Arctic is a future catastrophe in a single, enticing package.
Farmer Cooperatives, Not Monsanto, Supply El Salvador With Seeds
Nathan Weller, EcoViva: In the face of overwhelming competition skewed by the rules of free trade, farmers in El Salvador have managed to beat the agricultural giants like Monsanto and DuPont to supply local corn seed to thousands of family farmers.
Noam Chomsky: By Opposing Iran Nuclear Deal, Israel’s Goal Isn’t Survival – It’s Regional Dominance
Amy Goodman and Aaron Maté, Democracy Now!: Both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the hawks in Congress have a common interest in ensuring that there is no regional force that can serve as any kind of deterrent to Israeli and US violence in the region, says Noam Chomsky.
Watch the Video and Read the Transcript
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Climate Change Could Wipe an Alaskan Village Off the Map, and More
In today‘s On the News segment: Thanks to warmer temperatures and higher oceans, the people of Kivalina, Alaska, must move their entire town or be wiped out by storm surge; environmental groups say that we must keep pushing to keep Keystone XL from becoming a reality; police can now generate an image of a suspect’s face using only DNA left at the scene of a crime; and more.
Watch the Video and Read the Transcript
BuzzFlash
O’Reilly Justifies Fantasies by Making Bellicose Macho Threats
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Brian Williams’ mendacious embellishments are starting to look minor compared to the surge of revelations that Bill O’Reilly lied about his experiences in danger zones.
Every Time Winter’s Extreme Cold Claims a Life, We Have Failed the Homeless
Read the Article at The Guardian
Conservative Donors Ripped Off by Conservative Scam Groups
US Democracy Is Doomed
Gas Industry’s Solution to Toxic Wastewater: Spray It on Roads
Insidious Insider Backstabbing Behind the Scenes of Scott Walker’s Casino Betrayal
Read the Article at Reverb Press
Environmentalists Link Plunge of Monarch Butterfly to Pesticide
Read the Article at Courthouse News Service
Violence by Far-Right Extremists Has Surpassed That Caused by Domestic Jihadists
Common Dreams Highlights | Tuesday, 3 March 2015
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The Oracle Report | Tuesday, February 17, 2015
FROM WISE OWL KIM
The Oracle Report – Tuesday, February 17, 2015
“Load In” – Pisces Lunar Cycle (1) 2015 – February 18 – March 19, 2015
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Balsamic Moon Phase: clear, release, dream
Moon in Aquarius
Ruling Wisdom Goddess: Matangi (Goddess of the Wind)
Skill: let a higher power reshuffle and redirect
Positive Imprints: cohesion, seeing both sides, looking beyond, emergence, breaking into components to see what is available, holding space, maintaining ground, connected with nature, reward for hard work, following intuition
Catalysts for Change: appearance over substance, disbelief, fear of change of status, playing games, breaking a trust, set in rigid rules, too much data, deception, disclosing more than is appropriate
Sabian Symbol for the Lunar Month: “an old adobe mission”
The strong Balsamic energetics are coming in fast, and as wonderful as Balsamic energy is, it is uncomfortable if we are holding on tightly to things or trying to control them. Balsamic energy floods and frees the fields of consciousness and materiality. Spirit takes the reigns and directs our course most closely, but sometimes we don’t want to let go.
This is reflected in things appearing to fall apart, fall away, break apart, or break away. The common response is a fear reaction: confusion, paralysis, anxiety, anger, and self-sabotage. We tend to clamp down when things feel like they are out of our control.
But, when we look deeper, we see that things are actually resettling into new patterns and new configurations.
When we look even deeper, we see that this process, which happens every year around this time, is much more profound (and therefore stronger) because this time around the field of consciousness is completely resetting. The world is resetting and aligning toward what is natural and upholds the goodness and value of life. (More detail in the audio “Load In” atwww.oraclereport.com.)
The “Second Renaissance” is building as a wave that will imprint with full force at the New Moon in Aries, the new astrological year, on April 18.
So this means things feel very transient because we are in transition until that time.
But it is naturally a time of visualizing and dreaming because Spirit (the source field, etc.) asks us what we want: What do we want things to be like? What kind of world do we want? What do we want to make of our lives? What do we want to bring into concrete manifestation (create)? How do we want to feel?
The energetics of this time of year clear the field so that our hopes, wishes, and desires are clear. Higher spiritual forces take whatever is inserted or imprinted and work with it. Our job is to insert intention and desire (“load in” the field) and let it go. We hand it over so that something magical can happen with it.
This perspective may help if things are chaotic, confused, changeable, uncontrollable, uncertain, or loose. We are not the energy. The energy is in place to facet our brilliance, but it is a force of nature, science, and spirit – not us. You do not need to be chaotic, confused, changeable, uncontrollable, uncertain, or coming apart. Situations and circumstances are this way because we are under transition. And it’s designed to make things better.
Stay open to streams of consciousness, streams of action, and streams of creativity. Being locked in to one thing is not going to be easy today. It will stifle everything. Following where the stream takes things is an adventure!
The question now is Can you let a higher power reshuffle and redirect your path?
Note: I will be Phoenix’s guest on Phoenix Rising Radio on the Truth Frequency Radio Network tomorrow, Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from 10:00 pm – midnight EST. The lines will be open for call in, so I hope you can join us!
http://truthfrequencyradio.com/
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Truthout Daily Digest | Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Special Report: Money and Lies in Anti-Human Trafficking NGOs
Anne Elizabeth Moore, Truthout: Anti-trafficking organizations are said to do work both progressives and conservatives agree needs doing. Yet despite enormous budgets, and the month of January being dedicated to human trafficking awareness, it’s not clear these organizations can possibly be accomplishing what they claim.
Paint the Town Red: Syriza’s Historic Victory and the Steep Road to Greek Recovery
C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout: The decisive victory of Syriza, the Coalition of the Radical Left, is a historic event for the Greek left. Still, it would be a mistake to interpret Syriza’s win as reflecting an ideological shift among Greek voters, rather than an act of desperation against austerity.
Noam Chomsky Blasts American Sniper and the Media That Glorify It
Janet Allon, AlterNet: Noam Chomsky had some choice words about the popularity of American Sniper, its glowing New York Times review and what the worship of a movie about a cold-blooded killer says about the US public. It’s not good.
Read the Article and Watch the Video
Michael Winship, Moyers & Company: Over the last few months, things have been looking good for keeping the internet open to everyone. A little too good, as far as Congress is concerned, which is why members and the corporate lobbyists who write them hefty checks have launched a last-ditch legislative effort to scuttle net neutrality.
Pardon Granted for One of 17 Women Who Miscarried in El Salvador
Danica Jorden, Truthout: A Salvadoran woman sentenced to 30 years for the alleged murder of her “unborn child” in 2007, when she was just 18, has been granted a pardon. She is one of 17 women currently imprisoned in El Salvador after having unintentionally miscarried during their pregnancies.
The Deficits Republicans Don’t Want to Talk About
The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: When Republicans whine about the US having a deficit problem, they’re right. It’s not our federal deficit that’s the problem, though. It’s the deficit in our spending on infrastructure, on education and on job creation that’s really keeping our country down.
Shannan Stoll, YES! Magazine: An app that combines the affordability of ride sharing with the reliability of taxis. Playgrounds built as sponges for reusable gray water. From Finland to California, the cities of the future are here.
Despite Obama’s Call for Cheap, Fast Internet, Many Cities Aren’t Allowed to Provide It
Leticia Miranda, ProPublica: Obama is calling on the Federal Communications Commission to challenge a wave of state laws blocking the construction of municipal broadband networks, which are high-speed internet services run by local communities. Here’s what you need to know about the president’s proposal.
Introducing Mrs. Merlin: To Prosecute Jeffrey Sterling, CIA Exposed an Asset
Marcy Wheeler, Expose Facts: The government engaged in a great deal of security theater during the Jeffrey Sterling trial, most notably by having some CIA witnesses – including ones whose identities weren’t, technically, secret – testify behind a big office divider so the general public couldn’t see the witness.
State of the Union Shows Obama Still Needs Movement Pressure on Climate
Kate Aronoff, Waging Nonviolence: As with most significant progressive reforms in US history, confronting both climate change and extraction will take the pressure of a popular movement that sees climate issues as part and parcel with economic ones.
The Collapse of Europe? The European Union May Be on the Verge of Regime Collapse
John Feffer, TomDispatch: If the European Union doesn’t come up with a better recipe for dealing with economic inequality, political extremism and social intolerance, its opponents will soon have the power to hit the rewind button on European integration.
Paul Krugman | A Regime Change in Switzerland
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: The Swiss National Bank managed a credible regime change. Unfortunately, it was a change in the wrong direction. By throwing in the towel on the peg to the euro, the bank immediately convinced markets that its previous apparent commitment to do whatever it took to avoid deflation was null and void.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: We May Have Reached a Climate Tipping Point, and More
In today‘s On the News segment: Human activity has compromised about half of the natural processes that maintain the stability of our planet; BP is being pressured by their investors; the Senate voted 98-1 that “climate change is real and is not a hoax”; and more.
Watch the Video and Read the Transcript
BuzzFlash
Black NYPD Officers Experience Racial Profiling When Off-Duty
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: It is pitifully ironic that off-duty Black officers of the New York Police Department have experienced the racial profiling policies of their own police force – but it is not surprising.
White House Backs Plan to Allow Atlantic Oil Drilling
Read the Article at The New York Times
Natural Gas Line Explodes in West Virginia
Read the Article at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
How “The Left’s Best Chance in a Generation” Won Greece Over: A Guide
Gay Legislator Threatens to Spill the Dirt on “Family Values” Colleagues
Read the Article at Crooks and Liars
Netanyahu to US Jews: Get Lost
Read the Article at Mother Jones
Obama Challenges India on Women’s Rights and Religious Tolerance
Read the Article at The Guardian
The DEA Is Spying on Millions of Cars All Over the US
Read the Article at The Atlantic
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Truthout Daily Digest | Tuesday, 13 January 2015
Dahr Jamail | The Methane Monster Roars
Dahr Jamail, Truthout: Losing Arctic sea ice due to rising global temperatures means releasing larger amounts of previously trapped methane into the atmosphere. This process will magnify the effects of climate disruption, which, scientists warn, threaten all plants, animals and humans on earth.
As Frac Sand Mining Expands, Community Activists Face Off Against Companies
Mara Kardas-Nelson, Truthout: With lax US and state government oversight of frac sand mining, a little-known industry producing a key component of fracking, it is up to cities and towns in Wisconsin to fight off powerful mining interests, and the state of Iowa is taking note.
Do Prisons and Mass Incarceration Keep Us Safe? (Part Two)
Eddie Conway, The Real News Network: Truthout’s Maya Schenwar, author of Locked Down, Locked Out, continues her discussion, this time focusing on alternatives to mass incarceration.
Watch the Video and Read the Transcript
Darius Shahtahmasebi, Truthout: As the US-led coalition continues to bomb ISIS and support rebels fighting the Syrian government, it’s only logical that Bashar al-Assad will eventually become the target of the US campaign.
Ethiopia, Seen by West as an Island of Stability, Is Guilty of State Terrorism in Ogaden
Graham Peebles, Truthout: A shining example of African economic growth, a willing ally in the “war on terror” and a strategically convenient base from which the United States launches deadly Reaper drones over Yemen and Somalia, Ethiopia is also an egregious violator of human rights.
Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism: Why did Elizabeth Warren lose her battle to stop banks from parking $7 trillion notional value of risky derivatives like the credit defaults swaps in taxpayer-backstopped depositaries? One of the less recognized reasons is that the Congressional Budget Office’s dubious analysis said it would not cost taxpayers a dime.
Four Ways the West Got the Iran Nuclear Issue Wrong
Gareth Porter, Middle East Eye: For decades, the United States and its European allies have committed one error after another in the process of creating a commonly held narrative that Iran was secretly pursuing a nuclear weapons program. The story of how suspicions of the Iranian program hardened into convictions is a cautionary tale.
How Cuba Is Using Cooperatives to Decentralize Its Economy
Cat Johnson, Care2: With the recent announcement that the United States will normalize relations with Cuba, change is in the air for the island country. Just a few years ago, Cuba began shifting its economy from state-controlled enterprises to citizen-controlled cooperatives. Will this trend continue?
Surprising New Findings Point to “Perfect Storm” Brewing in Your Financial Future
Lynn Stuart Parramore, Institute for New Economic Thinking: Groundbreaking research by economist Alan Taylor shows that today‘s advanced economies depend on private sector credit more than ever before. Do we just fasten our seat belts for a bumpy ride, or is there a way to safeguard the financial system going forward?
Seven Ways to Get Happy – Without Costing the Planet
Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine: It is true that all of us need a basic level of material security. But after that, more stuff does not bring more happiness. Research shows that sustainable happiness comes from other sources, like having meaningful work to do and having authentic relationships.
Letter to a Young Army Ranger: Why the War on Terror Shouldn’t Be Your Battle
Rory Fanning, TomDispatch: “If, by any chance, you haven’t signed that Option 40 contract yet, you don’t have to. You can be an effective counter-recruiter without being an ex-military guy. Young people across this country desperately need your energy, your desire to be the best, your pursuit of meaning.”
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Last Year Was the Hottest Year on Record, and More
In today‘s On the News segment: According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, 2014 was hotter than any other year in its 120 years of record-keeping; California has big plans for reducing its carbon footprint; scientists have discovered the most Earth-like planet ever found outside of our solar system; and more.
Watch the Video and Read the Transcript
BuzzFlash
Chaplain Employed by For-Profit Prison Accused of Whitewashing Immigrant Detention Abuses
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: As with the prison system in general, for-profit corporations that run immigrant jails are interested in filling the maximum number of beds in order to achieve increased profit.
Social Justice Quiz 2015: How Much Do You Know About Inequality?
Paris Rally for Peace: Massive Crowd Sings “Imagine” by John Lennon
The Legacy of Bill Moyers
Read the Article at The Washington Post
Elizabeth Warren Wins: Obama Treasury Pick Bows Out of Nomination Process
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
The Group Behind the United States’ Biggest Anti-Abortion March Now Says Birth Control Causes Abortions
Read the Article at Mother Jones
Protecting Your Mentally Ill Child From the Cops
Read the Article at The Daily Beast
South African Labor Leader Pitches a New Socialist Party
Read the Article at Al Jazeera America
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The Oracle Report | Tuesday, January 6, 2015
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The Oracle Report – Tuesday, January 6, 2015
“The Mass Turn” – Capricorn 2014 Lunar Cycle: December 21, 2014 – January 19, 2015
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“The Black Moon Transit of Virgo: November 27, 2014 – August 25, 2015”
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Full Moon Phase: illumination, realization, fulfillment
Moon in Leo
Ruling Wisdom Goddess: Kali
Sabian Symbol for the Lunar Month: “an Indian chief claims power from the assembled tribe” (self-empowerment, personal sovereignty)
Skill: release yourself from trying to control time
Negative Imprint: over-analysis, ignoring rules or laws, things that are unbearable, restraints, rushing, missing key things, forcing, suppression of rebellion, false claims of power and change, clandestine
Positive Imprint: objectivity, inventiveness, identifying issues, focus, practice, disinhibited, slow and steady, observation, potent healing, confidence
Full light continues to be thrown off and also throw things off this Full Moon phase. We are coming to new understandings about ourselves and this is rippling out into the field, changing it. This is how the world changes.
What is trying to be revealed to you? It may be having a harder time getting through because, even though it is a Full Moon phase right now, the Black Moon and Neptune are in opposition. The Black Moon and Neptune together tend to shroud and mystify. So if you are trying to understand, fix, improve, and integrate something and it isn’t coming quite happening, don’t try to rush or force it. Relax the tension. Take a breath. Wait for the fog to clear.
With this, it is important to understand that we may attempt to blame the hold-up or lack of clarity on ourselves. We are clearly seeing our “major malfunctions.” The solutions are what aren’t easily visible right now. We personalize this, but the nature of this energy is one of “veiling.”
The reason solutions aren’t clear is because there is re-arrangement of “the field” happening this lunar cycle – Kali the Destroyer’s cycle. Using the energetics of Uranus/Pluto and Mercury/Venus, she is putting everything in spin. Consciousness is taking a mass turn. She is refreshing the dream, re-commanding it by calling forth our inner chief to claim our power and our place.
Our inner sacred masculine continues to rise. The inner rise and outer manifestation of the sacred masculine within all of us is what is healing us and restoring us to sanity. This energy is very, very strong now because we are in the Full Moon phase (the fullest expression) of the energy that was imprinted back at the New Moon. The energy that was infused then to be time-released throughout the month is the energy that would cause an Indian chief to assume his role, his mantle of power, within his tribe. It causes him to come forward to lead.
This is why things are welling up in relationships. Power and control dynamics are responding to this shift, this mass turn, and changing things dramatically. All things are in relationship, so this weaves through everything. Kali is the master at this and her reach is great. The changes are creating strong, permanent foundations for the future.
Kali doesn’t just destroy. She re-creates.
Today, be aware of the tendency to be extra hard on ourselves and become mired in our perceived failures. This energy can create harsh confrontations with ourselves which can all too easily become projected onto others. This commonly occurs with Full Moon phases, but is intensified today.
Kali is in control of the hands of time right now, not us. There is no reason to rush or force anything. It is much more fun to release the controls and watch what happens.
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Truthout Daily Digest | Tuesday, 30 December 2014
Henry A. Giroux | Authoritarianism and the Assault on Public Education
Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: As public schools are privatized, succumbing to corporate interests, critical thought and agency are erased, and education emphasizes market values rather than democratic ideals. The emergence of larger radical social movements depends on public education maintaining its role as a democratic sphere.
Liberals, Trojan Horses and the Myth of Police-Community Relations
Josmar Trujillo, Truthout: Instead of having a conversation about how we’ve codified racism through law enforcement, we’re given a thick layer of public relations in the name of community policing. At its core, “community policing” serves as a Trojan horse for more policing and more funding of it.
Robert W. McChesney: “Capitalism as We Know It Has Got to Go”
Robert W. McChesney, Monthly Review Press: In Blowing the Roof Off the Twenty-First Century, McChesney makes an urgent and compelling argument for ending communication monopolies and building a post-capitalist democracy that serves people over corporations.
The Five Best Labor Stories of 2014
John Logan, Truthout: These stories demonstrate that despite extremely serious challenges, there’s life in the US labor movement – the last, best hope for reversing skyrocketing levels of economic inequality and restoring some measure of justice and decency to the US workplace.
It’s Time to Bring Domestic Violence Survivors Like Barbara Sheehan Home From Prison
Victoria Law, The Nation: Christmas is traditionally the time when state governors grant clemency to people in prison whose cases they find compelling – and many of the battered women behind bars have compelling cases.
The True Costs of Corporate Welfare
The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: It’s unconscionable and morally reprehensible that an employee working for the largest retailer in the United States, or for a fast food giant, isn’t making enough money to survive and provide for their family. We need to stop rewarding businesses for screwing over their employees.
Amy Goodman | The Afghan War Is Not Over: More Than 10,000 Troops Continue the Fight
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: The US-led NATO occupation has formally ended its 13-year combat mission in Afghanistan. The move leaves Afghan forces in charge of security, though more than 17,000 foreign troops will remain, including more than 10,000 US troops.
Watch the Video and Read the Transcript
Saudis Tell Shale Industry It Will Break Them, Plans to Keep Pumping Even at $20 a Barrel
Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism: Saudi Arabia made it even more clear that it is not pulling out of its game of chicken with other energy-producing nations. The Saudis will keep pumping and, by implication, will force production cuts on others.
Guatemalan Genocide Trial Set to Resume Amid Amnesty Battles
Jo-Marie Burt, North American Congress on Latin America: Under pressure from entrenched economic and military interests, Guatemala’s Constitutional Court undid its historic genocide ruling in 2013. The trial is set to resume on January 5, but faces last-ditch efforts to derail it.
Okinawa: The Small Island Trying to Block the US Military’s “Pivot to Asia”
Christine Ahn, Foreign Policy in Focus: In November, the citizens of Okinawa delivered a landslide victory to Takeshi Onaga, who ran on a gubernatorial platform opposing the construction of a new US Marine Corps base in northern Okinawa. Onaga pledged “to stop construction using every means at my disposal.”
Zombie Apocalypse and the Politics of Artificial Scarcity
Colin Jenkins, The Hampton Institute: If we are truly inclined to cooperate with one another, why is there so much division and turmoil in the world? The answer to this question may be found by assessing the creation of artificial scarcity as a means to maintain hierarchies.
Valerie Tarico, Valerie Tarico’s Blog: Fear has the power to paralyze and silence even strong, determined people, which is why threats of violence are such a potent, common and toxic presence in political discourse. Consequently, it is a wonder, and a gift to us all, when engaged citizens refuse to be silenced.
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