Showing posts with label SUPER RICH. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SUPER RICH. Show all posts

Friday, June 21, 2024

Make-Believe Politics

 

Make-Believe Politics


The super-rich may be just out of view, but the strings they pull are all too visible, writes Jonathan Cook. 
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WATCH: Roger Waters,
Cat Stevens Play for Gaza


Waters, Stevens and rapper Lowkey perform live on Friday for Gaza. Watch it here live on Friday, 1:30pm EDT. 
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Anti-Trump Anxiety Ignores History


Given the track record of U.S. authoritarianism, Nat Parry says it’s not surprising that Democrats’ calls for resisting the incoming Trump dictatorship ring hollow for many Americans. 
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Monday, July 18, 2022

TOP NEWS: 'Collective Action or Collective Suicide': UN Chief Pleads for Real Climate Response


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Stephen Schwarzman, co-founder and CEO of Blackstone, speaks at a summit on November 5, 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Just 27 Billionaires Have Spent $90 Million to Buy GOP Congress: Report
"They're counting on that 'small' investment in anti-tax Republicans to save them billions in taxes," said Americans for Tax Fairness, which conducted the analysis.
by Kenny Stancil



Tactical firefighters work to prevent a wildfire from spreading further as the winds change in Louchats, France on July 17, 2022.
'Collective Action or Collective Suicide': UN Chief Pleads for Real Climate Response
"We need a concrete global response that addresses the needs of the world's most vulnerable people, communities, and nations," said U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres.
by Kenny Stancil





Activists protest Sen. Joe Manchin's obstruction
Sanders Rips Manchin: He 'Represents the Very Wealthiest People in This Country'
"He's taken campaign contributions from 25 Republican billionaires. Is he interested in representing the interests of working class people in this country? I don't think he is."
by Jake Johnson
More Top News
• Just Two Weeks of Food Billionaire Wealth Gains Could Fund Anti-Hunger Effort in East Africa
• Lawmakers Answer Supreme Court Threat to LGBTQ+ Equality With Respect for Marriage Act
• 'We Need to Fight': Cori Bush, Tina Smith Unveil Bill to Bolster Access to Medication Abortion
• 'Historic Day' as Staff of 8 House Democrats File for Union Elections
• After Visit, Palestinians Say Biden Presidency Is 'Like the Trump Years With a Smile'
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The Great Crisis of the 21st Century: Hijacked Democracies, Propaganda, and Rebellions
The super-rich are the enemies of humanity.
by Jorge Majfud



Then-President Donald Trump attends an event with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
Cruelty Is Still the Point, But Will It Make a Difference in November?
The enmity of leading Republicans to even elemental forms of decency and common sense is clearly not in doubt.
by Jeffrey C. Isaac



The House January 6 panel prepares to start a hearing
The State of US 'Democracy' Is Grim. Can It Be Saved?
For a long time now, the mechanisms of our democratic system of government meant to ensure accountability have been at the edge of collapse, if not obliteration.
by Karen Greenberg



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Thursday, July 1, 2021

CC News Letter 30 June - Extreme Heat in Canada’s British Columbia and U.S. Northwest: Scores feared dead

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Extreme Heat in Canada’s British Columbia and U.S. Northwest: Scores feared dead 
by Countercurrents Collective


Extreme heatwave has hit the Canadian west coast and the northwest U.S. leading to scores of deaths. In areas, temperature rose to more than 46°C to more than 47°C. Media reports on the heat dome now covering the Pacific Northwest are telling hardship of people in the regions, melting of power cables, buckling of roads, and closure of schools, universities, restaurants, and scarcity of air conditioners and ice in stores. Convention halls and libraries have been turned in cooling centers for residents who have no air conditioners.



Environmental Ethics
by Dan Corjescu


What can be saved?
The mewing child turns up its face
at a world painted in pain
Threads unspool
Stories are told backwards
We all want to build time-machines
to take us anywhere
but here



Communist Party of China turns 100
by Harsh Thakor


On July 1st the Communist Party of China turns 100.Without doubt it’s formation was one of the greatest turning points in the history of mankind.



President Biden & Secretary of State Blinken have Failed to Confront International Terrorism
Press Release


In 2020, candidate Joe Biden promised to “rally the world” to fight “transnational terrorism.” Yet President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken have failed to confront and impose sanction/penalties upon Turkey and Azerbaijan for financing, arming, and deploying the most notorious jihadist terrorists/mercenaries.



Working for the Company
by Philip
A Farruggio


It’s the Super Rich , meaning those within a fraction of the 1% of us, who pull the strings of this horrendous puppet system. How cunning they have always been to offer us Serfs the appearance of democracy. You hear it from all the talking heads from both sides of the aisle in government, along with their counterparts in the mainstream or corporate run media. They all trumpet this facade of true representative government… a LIE!



Village chiefs endorse vaccines in Dumka’s Adivasi belt
by Rahul Singh


The district administration roped in village chiefs, self-help women’s groups, doctors and other local influencers to alleviate fear, misconceptions in Masalia Block.



Political Ego – Whether Sidhu or Yogi- Cannot Be Ignored or Pampered!
by Nilofar Suhrawardy


Intra-party power struggle does spell frustration for party members with high ambitions in both the camps, whether it is Yogi in BJP or Sidhu in Congress. But continuance of the same is least likely to spell gains for either and/or their respective parties. Be it UP or Punjab, politicking for the two parties hoping to return to power, at present, needs to be focused on not going overboard in either pampering or bruising political egos of their key members!

 





Trump's Friday Meltdown: Begging Iran, Ditching Ukraine, and Blaming Everybody But Himself – 7/31/26

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