The Atlantic | (Video News Report) | – – “According to research by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the number of hate groups has been increasing rapidly since 2000. Heidi Beirich, director of the Center’s Intelligence Project, links the rise in recruitment to the 2000 census that predicted whites would be a minority by 2042. […]
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Archives for 2017
1 in 9 Deaths are from Air Pollution & Trump is making it Worse
The Tree | – – Air pollution is driving a global public health crisis. It is responsible for one in nine deaths worldwide, and touches everyone given 92% of the human race live in places that do not meet World Health Organisation guidelines. As it is also driving a climate crisis – with increasingly heavy […]
The Historical Falsehoods That Feed White Supremacy
Peter J. Hammer | ( Yes! Magazine) | – – Behind the racist slogans are historical tropes that the broader White America clings to, not just those who showed up for the “Unite the Right” protests. White supremacist racism is shaking Charlottesville and the country. It is difficult to make sense out of such nonsense. […]
Fascism in Charlottesville: Why it had a monopoly on violence & Intimidation
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In his unhinged news conference on Tuesday, Trump equated what he called the “alt-Left” (which is not a thing) with the alt-Right. He characterized the latter as good people who were just protesting removing a statue of the traitor Robert E. Lee and wondered if statues […]
Think there’s too much Trouble in the World? Now Global Heating is Kicking In
Gulrez Shah Azhar | (Project Syndicate) | – – SANTA MONICA – With India experiencing its worst drought in 140 years, Indian farmers have taken to the streets. At a protest in Madhya Pradesh this summer, police opened fire on farmers demanding debt relief and better crop prices, killing five. In Tamil Nadu, angry growers […]
Answering Trump’s Question: Who are the “Alt-Right” Among Us?
By George Michael | (The Conversation) | – – Over the past year, far-right activists – which some have labeled the “alt-right” – have gone from being an obscure, largely online subculture to a player at the very center of American politics. On August 12, an amalgamation of far-right activist groups, ranging from Vanguard America […]
Neo-Nazi Website forced on to ‘Dark Web’ as no ISP Wants Them
TeleSur | – – Web hosting firms, Sendgrid, SaaS and Zoho as well as tech firm Discord are the latest providers to dump The Daily Stormer. Citing terms of service violations, more companies have followed Go Daddy and Google’s lead by severing their business ties with The Daily Stormer. The Neo-Nazi website which helped to organize the violent gathering […]
Is it time for Trump Administration to stop Declaring War on every Problem?
By Rebecca Gordon | (Via Todmispatch.com ) | – – Since September 11, 2001, the United States has been fighting a “war on terror.” Real soldiers have been deployed to distant lands; real cluster bombs and white phosphorus have been used; real cruise missiles have been launched; the first MOAB, the largest non-nuclear bomb in […]
Why don’t People think Trump’s Denunciation sincere? B/c he Ran on Racism
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump finally came out, two days late, to denounce explicitly and by name the hate groups who organized an invasion, hundreds-strong, of little Charlottesville, VA (pop. 46,000) on Saturday. While the statement will take some of the political pressure off the president, it will be dismissed […]
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