“They say it’s not the time to do this. When is the time?” The first Sunday of the National Football League’s 2016 season saw several players in multiple cities express solidarity with Colin Kaepernick‘s national anthem protest against racial injustice. Following protests at high school games across the country on Friday and Saturday, ABC News Read More…
Revolution
15 Years Later & People Are Still Waking Up To These Facts About 9/11 (And That’s OK, Better Late Than Never)
What happened on 9/11 was a horrific and unnecessary tragedy, and there are multiple reasons why many victims’ families, along with half the population of America (approximately 160,000,000 people, according to the latest polls), don’t even believe the official explanation given to them by the government. It’s called evidence, and there is an abundance of it. One example, of Read More…
Prominent Scholars Decry TPP’s “Frontal Attack” on Law and Democracy
“Today’s letter from top legal experts makes clear: ISDS undermines the American judicial system and tilts the playing field further in favor of big multinational corporations.” More than 200 legal and economic scholars—including President Barack Obama’s Harvard Law School mentor Laurence Tribe—have penned a letter to Congress warning that the pro-corporate Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) Read More…
Of Hacktivism, Hackers And Leakers: Helping Re-Set The Bar Of REAL Journalism
In a world of slanted journalism that pervades not only mainstream media offerings but also the majority of “progressive” and “alternative” media, it is the hackers and leakers of vital information that are now providing a new and desperately needed return to real journalism. Recent examples of courage and risk in pursuit of full disclosure Read More…
5 Times the National Guard Was Used (& What It Means for the Pipeline Protesters)
On Thursday, North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple called on the state’s National Guard to contain contentious protests against the Keystone pipeline, which threatens Native lands and water supplies. The decision comes after private security guards unleashed attack dogs on protesters this weekend, sparking further violence authorities predictably blamed on demonstrators. A summons of National Guard services usually Read More…
Entire NFL Team Plans Kaepernick-Style National Anthem Protest on Opening Weekend
Seattle, WA – On the NFL’s opening weekend the Seattle Seahawks are planning to become the first team to join Colin Kaepernick’s silent protest during the national anthem. Seattle wide receiver Doug Baldwin took to social media yesterday to confirm speculation that the team will be engaging in some type of unified display during the Read More…