George Monbiot: Primal Thrill
Kayaking with basking sharks provides a glimpse of the wonders we could experience if our seas are rewilded. I believe we possess a ghost psyche: a set of capacities that … Continue reading
Nadia Prupis: Town Halls Become ‘Indivisible’ Epicenters as Trump Resistance Grows
With help from an activist manual written by former congressional staffers, Republicans face angry crowds in home states. Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) was confronted by angry crowds at a town … Continue reading
Chris Hedges: Make America Ungovernable
Donald Trump’s regime is rapidly reconfiguring the United States into an authoritarian state. All forms of dissent will soon be criminalized. Civil liberties will no longer exist. Corporate exploitation, through … Continue reading
Video: Do political protests make a difference?
. Millions of people across America are resisting Trump’s policies. Do our protests make a difference? Can they be translated into changes in our institutions? What are the next steps? … Continue reading
Video: Resist — How to Triumph in Trumpland
. Based on decades of her writing and research, psychologist and community activist Glenda Russell gives us a quick summary on how to use Trump’s election as a springboard to … Continue reading
Abby Zimet: The Hottest Places In Hell
The crowds of protesters turning up “loud and present” outside courthouses Tuesday to protest Supreme Court choice Neil Gorsuch were not the only people fiercely opposing the flood of atrocities … Continue reading
Chris Hedges: American Psychosis
Reality is under assault. Verbal confusion reigns. Truth and illusion have merged. Mental chaos makes it hard to fathom what is happening. We feel trapped in a hall of mirrors. … Continue reading
Bill Moyers: Donald Trump’s Demolition Derby
We’re a week into the Trump administration and it’s pretty obvious what he’s up to. First, Donald Trump is running a demolition derby: He wants to demolish everything he doesn’t … Continue reading
Video: “Snow”– Geoffrey Jones’ 1963 classic short film about men and the weather
. Nominated for an Academy Award in 1965, this short documentary directed by Geoffrey Jones uses percussive, locomotive-inspired music to portray how British Railways workers coped with the ‘Big Freeze’ … Continue reading
Video: “Packard — The Last Shift” featuring Philip Levine
. The Packard Motor Car Company and its 5-million square foot plant became a symbol of the American Dream in the heart of the Motor City. Packard left town in … Continue reading
Philip Terman: The Day After The Inauguration, I Read Some Japanese Poetry
I turn away from the news To the open book of Musō Soseki Where he writes that inside his heart He keeps three thousand prancing horses. The heater comes on … Continue reading
Nika Knight: In Call to Arms, Giant ‘Resist’ Banner Dropped Above Trump’s White House
Greenpeace activists have unfurled a 70-foot, hand-painted banner declaring “RESIST” from atop a 270-foot construction crane facing the White House, demonstrating to President Donald Trump that his anti-environment, anti-women, anti-LGBTQ, … Continue reading
Alex Kirby: Rising temperatures will lead to massive crop failures in the US, scientists say
US faces ‘abrupt and substantial’ crop losses which will increase food prices and cause problems for developing countries, says international study. LONDON, 19 January, 2017 – Harvests in the United … Continue reading
George Monbiot: Make America Wait Again
Dirty industries spend more on politics, keeping us in the fossil age. Make America Wait Again. That’s what Donald Trump’s energy policy amounts to. Stop all the clocks, put the … Continue reading
