Archives for أكتوبر 2015

Video: The War On The War On Drugs

Kevin Zeese is a well known fighter of the system and has been on the front lines of many fights – from health care to digital rights. But it all started with an internship at NORML 36 years ago. So, what did marijuana politics look like back then, where are we now and how do we keep going in this fight against senseless prohibition?

بواسطة Occupy.com

U.S.-Backed Coalition Bombs Doctors Without Borders Hospital In Yemen

MSF hospitals have been transformed into targets by the U.S. and allied forces because the group upholds neutrality in war zones.

بواسطة Kevin Gosztola
Doctors Without Borders hospital in Saada, Yemen (Photo from MSF)

Published in partnership with ShadowProof. Coalition forces, led by Saudi Arabia and backed by the United States, bombed a hospital in Yemen operated by Doctors Without Borders (MSF). It was the second MSF hospital in a war zone to be attacked this month. The attack was not the first attack on a medical facility in Yemen. MSF has reported

Analysis: To Understand The Presidential Primaries, Recognize The Impact Of Movements

Movements on the right and left are changing the political culture. Their impact can be seen in the Democratic and Republican primaries, but the media does not report it.

بواسطة Kevin Zeese
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, left, and vice presidential candidate Cheri Honkala sit at the entrance to Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y., Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, after being informed that they wouldn't be able to enter and participate in the second presidential debate. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

BALTIMORE --- Confusion reigns in the Democratic and Republican primaries. Huffington Post political reporters write, “It's Time To Admit: Nobody Knows Anything About The 2016 Campaign,” now that “the old ‘rules’ of presidential politics no longer seem to apply.” Why the confusion? Media pundits have not given credit to the popular movements on

Sean Hannity Falls For Hoax Website Claiming US Is Taking In 250,000 Syrian Refugees

Hannity said that Obama plans to bring 250,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees to America. The number is not only disconnected from anything Obama or his administration ever said, it flies in the face of any number associated with America’s refugee resettlement program.

بواسطة PolitiFact
Bob Donaldson/Post-Gazette. 20140925. Shale Insight Conference. Stephanie Ritenbaugh. Biz. Conservative commentator Sean Hannity speaks at the luncheon for the Shale Insight 2014 conference at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center Thursday. Writer: Stephanie Ritenbaugh. Story Slug: Hannity0926

Clips of Sean Hannity and Donald Trump discussing the 250,000 Syrian refugees President Barack Obama said he would allow into the United States. The waves of refugees fleeing Syria and Iraq have given the conflict there a domestic immediacy in the race for the White House. While Europe is absorbing the great majority of refugees, some are

Poll: Support For Tea Party Drops To Record Low

Only 17% of Americans say they consider themselves Tea Party supporters.

بواسطة Gallup

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans' support for the Tea Party has dropped to its lowest level since the movement emerged on the national political scene prior to the 2010 midterm elections. Seventeen percent of Americans now consider themselves Tea Party supporters, and a record 54% say they are neither supporters nor opponents. The Tea Party

United Nations Votes 191-2 To Condemn US Embargo Against Cuba

The two ‘no’ votes came from the United States and Israel, which almost always has voted with the U.S. on this issue.

بواسطة Miami Herald
Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez addresses the U.N. General Assembly, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, as U.S. Ambassador Ronald Godard listens, at right. Richard Drew AP

In the first United Nations vote on a resolution condemning the U.S. embargo against Cuba since the two countries renewed diplomatic ties in July, Cuba scored its biggest victory yet as the General Assembly voted 191-2 to adopt the resolution. The only drama was how the United States would vote after its Dec. 17 announcement of a rapprochement