Pitts: Time to take back OUR country
Or so people have been telling me since last week when democracy laid the biggest egg in American history. Well, here is my response: I have no interest in seeing this country heal.
Category Archives: Activism
Russia launches offensive in Syria, airstrikes hit Aleppo29 min ago
Beirut, Nov 15 : Russia announced a major air offensive in Syria today as Syrian opposition activists reported the first airstrikes in three weeks in the besieged, rebel-held part of the northern city of Aleppo. The offensive began hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President-elect Donald Trump discussed Syria over the phone and agreed on the need to combine efforts in the fight against what the Kremlin called their No 1 enemy "international terrorism and extremism."
Trump Protests Could Be the Start of a New Civil Rights Era
Social change begins in the streets with citizen activism, but it's important to realize this chapter of history is unlike any that has come before. Pranav Jandhyala had never marched in a protest before.
Carbon tax rejected, talks endure
Washington's carbon tax initiative was billed as a bipartisan approach to curbing carbon emissions, but voters rejected the measure, which drew opposition from the fossil fuel industry and environmental groups alike. The proposed tax on carbon emissions from fossil fuels such as coal and gasoline would have been the first in the U.S., and sponsors hoped it would serve as a model for actions across the country.
Naomi Klein Delivers Sydney Peace Prize Lecture Against Backdrop of Trump Win
"Economic pain is real and not going anywhere-four decades of corporate, neoliberal policies and privatization, deregulation, free trade, and austerity have made sure of that," said Naomi Klein upon accepting the Sydney Peace Prize. Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein accepted the 2016 Sydney Peace Prize in Australia on Friday, delivering a searing speech that reflected on Donald Trump's presidential victory in the United States and the factors that allowed it to happen.
Trump likely to try to reverse Obama environment initiatives
President-elect Donald Trump has not minced words about his approach to environment and energy policy: He loathes regulation and wants to increase the use of coal, offshore drilling and fracking. Trump has said he believes climate change is a hoax and that he would "cancel" U.S. involvement in the landmark Paris Agreement on global warming.
Trump win raises question about UN climate deal
The election of a U.S. president who has called global warming a "hoax" raised questions Wednesday about America's involvement in the Paris Agreement on climate change - and the future of the deal itself. As the sun rose over the Atlas mountains, news of Trump's victory was still sinking in at U.N. climate talks in Marrakech, Morocco, where delegates from almost 200 countries - including the U.S. - were meeting for the first time since the landmark deal entered force.
Lawmaker wants to make Tenn. safe for ballot selfies
Lawmaker wants to make Tenn. safe for ballot selfies He wants to make it legal for Justin Timberlake to post his voting photos to Instagram.
Journo Waging Anti-Exxon Effort Admits Central Argument Is Totally Inaccurate
Meg Bell holds a banner during a protest before the start of the Exxon Mobil Corporation Shareholders Meeting in Dallas, Texas, May 28, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Stone Exxon Mobil's decision not to disclose internal information about climate change isn't comparable to the effect the tobacco industry had on public health, according to the co-author of reports published last year trashing the oil company.
Our Views: Donna Brazile’s ethically challenged role
New Orleans native and Interim Democratic National Convention Chair Donna Brazile finishes her speech at the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. 55th Annual Session at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans, La. Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016.
Jay Faison’s Expensive, Maddening Quest to Save the Planet
Faison speaks at a panel put on by the Washington Post called "Party Platform: Energy and Environment," at Butcher and the Brewer outside the Republican National Convention. When Jay Faison, one of the Republican Party's most generous patrons, flew to Cleveland for its national convention in July, things weren't looking good for anyone concerned about the health of the planet.
An Eight Point Brief for Voting to Avoid Corporate Evil
The anarchist political observer Noam Chomsky has over the years espoused a strategy of voting for the Democrat in swing states. Recently Chomsky, with John Halle, propounded " An Eight Point Brief for LEV ."
Dakota pipeline protesters say they were detained in dog kennels; 268 …
A line of police move towards a roadblock and encampment of Native American and environmental protesters near an oil pipeline construction site, near the town of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S. October 27, 2016 Tens of thousands of people have checked in on Facebook at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in the past few days. They are expressing solidarity with protests against the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota, which have faced an increasingly brutal backlash from police.
Backers of Paris Climate Pact Play Down Trump Threat as Election Looms
Backers of a global accord to fight climate change that formally comes into force on Friday say they are confident the deal can survive any legal challenges by U.S. Republican candidate Donald Trump if he wins next week's presidential election. Trump has threatened to reject the accord negotiated by nearly 200 governments, including that of U.S. President Barack Obama.
Cuba’s U.S.-backed apartheid dictatorship arrests more than a…
On the first Sunday after being elected to a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, Cuba's apartheid dictatorship unleashed another wave of brutal repression against the island's peaceful dissidents. More than a dozen Ladies in White and other human rights and democracy activists were violently arrested yesterday as they attempted to carry out their weekly #TodosMarchamos protest march demanding the release of political prisoners.
In the trenches in Colorado: big policy victories can only happen with victory at the ballot box
One of the stories of 2016 will be the effect of the non-white vote on races up and down the ballot. All early indications are all that voters of color are highly engaged and motivated, but most of that legwork hasn't happened by accident.
US activist icon warns Trump paving way for fascism
Donald Trump's candidacy has revealed a deep racism in American society that can certainly be interpreted as the making of a fascist movement, an icon of the black civil rights struggle says. Angela Davis was one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives more than 40 years ago, and ran for vice president twice on Communist Party tickets.
For Clinton campaign chief, it was literally a day to erase from memory
Hillary Clinton's campaign manager, John Podesta, second from right, pauses while speaking with senior aide Huma Abedin aboard Clinton's campaign plane while traveling to Miami on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. On Wednesday, hackers, using information they'd gleaned from an email published by WikiLeaks, took control of his Twitter account and on Thursday wiped his iPhone and iPad clean of data.
Jack Shack Attack
You've seen them along Northeast 82nd Avenue and lining the suburban strips of Washington County. With names like Hotties, Pussy Cats and Private Rendezvous, they advertise services from fetish fulfillment and Jell-O wrestling to rubdowns and shower shows.
Review: Documentary “13th” on scourge of mass incarceration
"Selma" director Ava DuVernay's new documentary traces societal attitudes and laws from era of Jim Crow to today's "prison industrial complex." "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."