Politics
Marijuana propaganda: Stupid as ever, never to improve by Dr. Zombie
This is just a quick rant regarding the the unmitigated, relentless and inexcusable stupidity of keeping marijuana illegal and lying about it nonstop with taxpayer money, not that many taxpayer's mind, since many still actually believe the shit.
Well, of course you're right - lots of taxpayers DON'T believe it. They are good Americans who simply put up with abjectly stupid shit because that's what Americans are used to.
Finance Superstars Talk About the Massive Fraud in Our Economic System
Last Wednesday, I attended a conference initiated by the Roosevelt Institute on the financial mess, called Make Markets Be Markets.
Altruism at the Oscars: Legitimizing racism, inequality and imperial design by Mitu Sengupta
The unusually lengthy list of nominees for this year's Best Picture Oscar features a slew of do-gooder films about the suffering of others. Most are about people who are at a considerable cultural distance from the white, middle-class Americans that are the primary consumers of these films.
Calling All Rebels by Chris Hedges
There are no constraints left to halt America’s slide into a totalitarian capitalism. Electoral politics are a sham. The media have been debased and defanged by corporate owners. The working class has been impoverished and is now being plunged into profound despair. The legal system has been corrupted to serve corporate interests. Popular institutions, from labor unions to political parties, have been destroyed or emasculated by corporate power.
Israel and apartheid: A fair comparison? by Edward C. Corrigan
There is a controversy raging in North America over Israeli Apartheid Week (March 1 to 7, 2010). A resolution was passed in the Ontario Provincial Parliament, which was unanimously supported (though only 30 MPPs voted), declared the comparison of Israel's treatment of the Palestinians to apartheid as "odious."
To quote an article in The Toronto Star, Canada's largest circulation paper:
Economists: Another Financial Crisis on the Way by Matthew Jaffe
Even as many Americans still struggle to recover from the country's worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, another crisis -- one that will be even worse than the current one -- is looming, according to a new report from a group of leading economists, financiers, and former federal regulators.
BBC America Tonight: Palast Hunts the Vulture by Greg Palast
Some vultures have feathers, but some have fancy offices and huge homes. Tonight, BBC investigative reporter Greg Palast follows the trail of one "vulture fund" chief, from a locked office door in New York to mud-brick houses in Africa.
Special Report for BBC World News AmericaBroadcasting TONIGHT at 7pm EST on BBC America
The Saddest Story by David Swanson
One of the most unusual books and far-and-away the saddest I have ever read is James Douglass's "JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters." This is the best documented account ever produced of why and how the CIA assassinated John F. Kennedy.
Olympics can't mask country's human rights record on indigenous peoples by Martin Lukacs
The opening ceremonies at the Vancouver Winter Olympiad were flush with aboriginal motifs: hundreds of costumed indigenous dancers, giant illuminated Salish house poles, and the broad smiles of representatives from the "Four Host First Nations."
The Great American Bank Robbery by Joseph Stiglitz
The following is Part I of a two-part excerpt from Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy by Joseph Stiglitz ( W.W. Norton & Co., 2010). Read AlterNet's recent interview with Stiglitz by Zach Carter.
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