environment
The Great Recycling Con video story – recently noted
Over 90% of plastic materials in consumer items and packaging end up in landfill dumps. Time for industry to take responsibility for their waste. —>> read more –>>
video-movies-podcasts
empire
Recently Noted – Overthrow: 100 Years of US Meddling & Regime Change, from Iran to Nicaragua to Hawaii to Cuba
We’ve written quite a bit about the US Empire. A key component of this US foreign policy is regime change. Here is a list of the posts here on this topic. Recently Democracy Now! ran —>> read more –>>
justice/jails
Recently Noted – more John Oliver on American justice – or not
Once again we return to our comedians for information about what is going on in the world. This time more on the fraud that is our judicial system. —>> read more –>>
economy
Recently Noted – Robert Reich: Socialism for the Rich, Capitalism for the Rest – a new video presentation
Robert Reich provides us with an accessible, brief analysis of why the rich and corporations are feasting while the rest of us experience the rigors, oppression, and discipline of the capitalist marketplace. Only a bit over 4 minutes long. —>> read more –>>
family
Evicted – the book and the exhibition
Eviction from home is a regular feature of life for the poor and working class, more so for black and brown people. The civil justice system works with the same imbalance of power as the criminal system. Based on the book Evicted by Matthew Desmond. —>> read more –>>
economy
Recently Noted – Sugar In Our Diet – the John Oliver Analysis
In our continuing effort to find varied sources to illustrate the power of marketing and the costs of unregulated capitalism we return to John Oliver’s show Last Week Tonight for his segment on sugar in —>> read more –>>
economy
Recently Noted – Robert Reich video ”The Monopolization of America”
We have written earlier (for example our article The Monopolization of America) about the increasing concentration of market power In the hands of just a few corporations. This is a phenomenon occurring throughout the —>> read more –>>
political system
Political Inequality – the other inequality
There has been focus on wealth and income inequality for years. It is a pressing problem for more than 80% of the US population. But there is an other inequality, political inequality, that is at —>> read more –>>
justice/jails
Recently Noted – Serial the Podcast – More Evidence of the Delusion of Justice –
We have written earlier about the fact that effective legal representation and trial by jury is a rarity making one of our cultural icons a complete sham. As Jed Rakoff has noted: In actuality, our —>> read more –>>
empire
President Authorizes Coup in Iran
Intervention in Iran – 65th Anniversary On August 19, 1953 President Eisenhower authorized the CIA to support British efforts to launch a coup against the popularly elected government of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh in favor of Mohammad —>> read more –>>