Some Fight Back

SUBHEAD: Review of the late Joe Bageant's new book "Rainbow Pie: A Red Neck Memoir".By Michael Donnelly on 1 September 2011 in Counter Punch - (http://www.counterpunch.org/donnelly09012010.html)Image above: Joe Bageant with baseball cap and pickup truck. From (http://www.winterpatriot.com/node/580).Q: How do you know if you are rich, middle class or poor in America? A: When you go to work, if

McDonald's Sources

SOURCE: Joanne Paipona (paipona@hotmail.com)SUBHEAD: McDonald's launches new sourcing policy for palm oil, paper, beef to reduce global environmental impact.By Rhett Butler on 11 March 2011 on Mongabay.com - (http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0310-mcdonalds.html)Image above: Big Mac Meal. The cornerstone of the McDonald's menu.McDonald's announced a far-reaching sourcing policy that could

Shock Doctrine American-Style

SUBHEAD: This is a frontal Assault on American democracy, a corporate coup d’etat.By Naomi Klein on 9 March 2011 in Democracy Now -(http://www.democracynow.org/2011/3/9/naomi_klein_on_anti_union_bills)Image above: Still frame of Naomi Klein on Democacy Now! from video below.As a wave of anti-union bills are introduced across the country following the wake of Wall Street financial crisis, many

Court win for Monsanto beets

SUBHEAD: GMOs are again steamrolling their way through our legal system. Federal court overturns order to destroy GMO beets.By Sarah Novak on 5 March 2011 for Treehugger - (http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/03/california-court-overturns-order-to-destroy-gmo-beets.php)Image above: Field of GMO beets. From original article.It seems that GMOs are again steamrolling their way through our legal

An Empire of Lies

SUBHEAD: We must demand more of our corporate media and we must desert them, as is already happening, for better sources of information.By Jonathan Cook on 28 February 2011 in Information Clearing House - (http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27583.htm)Image above: Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, a.k.a. "Curveball" now lives in Karlsruhe, Germany. From (http://www.bollyn.com/

The Story of Citizens United

SUBHEAD: “Corporations have no consciences, no beliefs, no feelings, no thoughts and no desires.”By Annie Leonard on 1 March 2011 in Yes Magazine -(http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/the-story-of-citizens-united)Image above: Still frame from Annie Leonard's "The Story Citizens United vs FEC". See video below.Do you want a healthy environment, good jobs with fair wages, access to affordable

Corporations Fuel Peak Oil Crisis

SUBHEAD: Interview with Thom Hartmann. "We have to fight back against the corporate capture of government."By Kevin Gosztola on 2 March 2011 in The Nation - (http://www.thenation.com/video/158892/thom-hartmann-corporations-are-fueling-our-peak-oil-crisis)Image above: Thom Hartmann speaks at Borders in Denver August 2008. From (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnarlodious/2801262891/in/photostream/).

Richard Heinberg Interview

SUBHEAD: Unless we create parallel economic structures there’s no way that we can get out from under the more repressive political aspects of the federal government.By Lindsay Curren on 1 March 2011 in Transition Voice -(http://transitionvoice.com/2011/03/interview-richard-heinberg)Image above: Detail of photo portrait of Richard Heinberg. From (http://www.lyceumagency.com/richard+heinberg.aspx)

Walker Wrong on Unions

SUBHEAD: Destroy the unions and underfund the public sector and then try to justify wide-scale privatization.By Tom Juravich on 28 February 2011 for Bloomberg News - (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-28/u-s-recovery-might-need-public-sector-unions-commentary-by-tom-juravich.html)Image above: Wisconsin protesters against Gov. Walker's legislation. From (http://world-countries.net/archives/

Unsustainable Modern Capitalism

SUBHEAD: An interview with John Perkins, author of "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man".By Anthony Wile on 27 February 2011 in The Daily Bell -(http://www.thedailybell.com/1791/Anthony-Wile-with-John-Perkins-on-His-Best-Selling-Book-Confessions-of-an-Economic-Hit-Man-and-the-Unsustainability-of-Modern-Capitalism.html)Image above: Still from video of John Perkins interview. See below.Introduction:

End of GMOs in wildlife refuges

SUBHEAD: Fish & Wildlife Service pulls GMO crops from wildlife refuges in the U.S. Northeast.By Rachel Cernanski on 17 February 2011 for4 TreeHugger - (http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/01/fish-wildlife-service-pulls-gmo-crops-wildlife-refuges-us-northeast.php)Image above: GMO corn growing in wildlife refuge. From original article.As part of a lawsuit settlement, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife

Foreclose on the Bank!

SUBHEAD: A Philadelphia man forecloses on Wells Fargo mortgage office for no-response and won.By Yepoka Yeebo on 17 February 2011 for Huffington Post - (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/17/patrick-rodgers-forecloses-on-wells-fargo_n_824765.html)Image above: One of several broken Wells Fargo ATMs in Santa Cruz, California. From (http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/07/22/18518792.php).A

Feds lay down for GMOs

SUBHEAD: Roundup Ready alfalfa was legalized without any restrictions on January 27 after nearly five years of legal battles.By Mike Ludwig on 15 February 2011 for TruthOut.org - (http://www.truth-out.org/feds-approve-monsanto-herbicide-resistant-crops67796)Image above: Illustration of fast food America by David Dees. From (http://www.sl-webs.com/deesillustration/artwork.asp?arrowphoto=29&cat=

No seeds, no independent research

SOURCE: Ken Taylor (taylork021@Hawaii.rr.com)SUBHEAD: As GMO technology spreads more, and more complex, genetic traits will be introduced in more crops.By Doug Gurian-Sherman on 13 February 2011 for LA Times - (http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-guriansherman-seeds-20110213,0,2052370.story)Image above: Haiti vows to burn 475 tons of GMO seeds. From (http://

BofA Attack on WikiLeaks Backfires?

SUBHEAD: Bank of America said to be using private data intelligence firms against WikiLeaks.By Staff on 9 February 2011 for WikiLeaks -(http://wikileaks.ch)Image above: WikiLeaks logo.In a document titled "The WikiLeaks Threat" three data intelligence companies, Plantir Technologies, HBGary Federal and Berico Technologies, outline a plan to attack Wikileaks. They are acting upon request from

Indigenous Communities vs Corporations

SUBHEAD: Indigenous communities fighting for land rights more than ever - governments & corporations fighting back.By Rachel Cernanski on 8 Februalry 2011 for TreeHugger -(http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/02/report-indigenous-communities-fighting-for-land-rights-governments-fighting-back.php)Image above: Teacher and students laying out the community. From original article.A new report from

The Language of Tyranny

SUBHEAD: Once self-delusion no longer works it is the iron fist that speaks.By Chris Hedges on 6 February 2011 in Truthdig - (http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/recognizing_the_language_of_tyranny_20110206)Image above: A cover of George Orwell's "1984". From (http://greaterthanorequalto.net/blog/2009/08/1984).Empires communicate in two languages. One language is expressed in imperatives. It is

Culture Disease with a Cure

SUBHEAD: A new narrative - one that redefines what it means to be “a good man or woman of our kind” - is emerging.By Jan Lundgren on 27 November 2011 in Culture Change - (http://www.culturechange.org/cms/content/view/686/65/)Image above: Public Broadcasting System logo filled with private corporate logos. Mashup by Juan Wilson.When Nestlé buys mineral water companies and mass markets the "

Gutless Corporate Media

SUBHEAD: The Fourth Estate is now inhabited with fearful pundits and supplicants working for Big Business.By Ray McGovern on 14 October 2010 for AntiWar.com - (http://original.antiwar.com/mcgovern/2010/10/13/leakers-beware-the-corporate-media)[Editor's note: Even satire of corporatism requires ad revenue. Be warned this clip may be preceded with a message from the sponsor.]Video above: New live

My Dad, in 1984

SUBHEAD: “Pop? What if Mondale gets elected, and guns are outlawed and some people come to take them?” “Open fire, boy.”By Danny Showalter on 30 December 2010 in Nature Bats Last - (http://guymcpherson.com/2010/12/my-dad-in-1984)Image above: Father and son in scene from post-apocalyptic movie "The Road". From (http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/08/07/six-new-photos-from-cormac-mccarthys-the-road).I