Video: Charlie Chaplin’s Message to Humanity
One of the most inspirational speeches in recorded history was made by Charlie Chaplin in the movie “The Great Dictator”.
Video: Patriotic Millionaires
In Fall 2010, some of the country’s most financially successful citizens came together to urge the President to let the Bush tax cuts expire for people making more than $1 … Continue reading
The Problem with Jewish Exceptionalism
In answer to an old camp friend now living in Israel (and all of my Jewish relatives on Facebook) who asks me “So why, Jon, are you so anti-Israel?” I … Continue reading
GAZA: PRISONER VISITATION
Anyone in prison needs a visitor. I spent eight days in late April, 2012, inside the world’s “largest outdoor prison.” Gaza — the ancient meaning is ‘treasure’ — is a … Continue reading
Noam Chomsky: How to Ruin an Economy
Chomsky spoke at The Third Boston Symposium on Economics on February 10th 2014. In this video, he discusses the structural problems that prevent “willing hands” from finding a productive place … Continue reading
Jim Hightower: Wall Street thieves should be ashamed… and shamed.
When Wall Street wrongdoer Citigroup accepted what the media hailed as a whopping $7-billion penalty for defrauding its own investors and wrecking our economy, the bank’s CEO just shrugged, saying: … Continue reading
Video: Israel and Palestine — a very short introduction
A video produced by Jewish Voice for Peace.
Prison Industry Making Billions from Border Children
Despite growing evidence that the private prison industry is neither humane nor cost-effective, for-profit incarceration has increased dramatically in the past 10 years, and nowhere has the boom been more obvious than along … Continue reading
Why Democrats Should Enter the Class War
This spring, a prominent Democratic pollster sent a memo to party leaders and Democratic elected officials advising them to speak and think differently. The nation’s economy had deteriorated so drastically, … Continue reading
Video: America’s prisons are broken. Just ask John Oliver and several puppets.
America has more people in prison than any country in the history of the world. How could things have gone so wrong?
Aramark Correctional Services Creating Security Threat, Prison Officials Say
Advocates of privatizing public services promise that the magic of the free market will result in better services for fewer tax dollars, but time and again those ideological claims run … Continue reading
100 Hate-crime Murders Linked to Single Website
People charged with the murders of almost 100 people can be linked to a single far-right website, according to a report from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). The White … Continue reading
Cursed Empire: Israel’s Occupied Territories
The purpose of Israel’s current offensive in the Gaza Strip is to protect the status quo – with itself in control of the illegally occupied Palestinian territories. In 2005, it … Continue reading
Arizona Execution Takes Two Hours
The controversy engulfing the death penalty in the United States escalated on Wednesday when the state of Arizona took almost two hours to kill a prisoner using an experimental concoction … Continue reading →