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Webバージョン  |  アップデート設定  |  登録解除 いいね ツイート 転送 http://endofsecrets.blogspot.com What Would King Say of the Obama Era? Posted by Beth on 21 January, 2013 Kevin Martin The coincidence that the presidential inauguration should fall on Martin Luther King Day provides much food for thought. Certainly, Barack Obama’s decision to use King’s Bible for his swearing-in ceremony invites progressives to make an unflattering comparison between the two—Norman Solomon did it quite well with his piece “King: I Have a Dream. Obama: I Have a Drone.” read more Our Violent Economy is Hurting Women Posted by jon on 21 January, 2013 Vandana Shiva On December 29th, the brave and courageous survivor of a fatal Delhi gang rape breathed her last. This blog is a tribute to her and other victims of violence against women. (Image via YES! Magazine)Violence against women is as old as patriarchy. read more Obama Must Tackle Criminal Justice Reform in His Second Term Posted by jon on 21 January, 2013 Kara Dansky President Obama is the first sitting president in recent history to speak out against criminal justice policies that hurt inner city and rural communities. This is a big deal. read more MLK's Vehement Condemnations of US Militarism are More Relevant Than Ever Posted by jon on 21 January, 2013 Glenn Greenwald read more At Obama's Second Inauguration, How Emancipated Are We Really? Posted by Beth on 21 January, 2013 Laura Flanders Emancipation? Sounds Great. read more Martin Luther King Was a Radical, Not a Saint Posted by jon on 21 January, 2013 Peter Dreier Today Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is viewed as something of an American saint. His birthday is a national holiday. His name adorns schools and street signs. read more A Time for ‘Sublime Madness’ Posted by jon on 21 January, 2013 Chris Hedges The planet we have assaulted will convulse with fury. The senseless greed of limitless capitalist expansion will implode the global economy. The decimation of civil liberties, carried out in the name of fighting terror, will shackle us to an interconnected security and surveillance state that stretches from Moscow to Istanbul to New York. To endure what lies ahead we will have to harness the human imagination. It was the human imagination that permitted African-Americans during slavery and the Jim Crow era to transcend their physical condition. read more MLK Injustice Index 2013: Racism, Materialism and Militarism in the US Posted by jon on 21 January, 2013 Bill Quigley “We as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values…when machines and computers, profit motives and property rights, are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism and militarism are incapable of being conquered.” – Martin Luther King, Jr., April 4, 1967 read more The Extremist Cult of Capitalism Posted by jon on 21 January, 2013 Paul Buchheit A 'cult,' according to Merriam-Webster, can be defined as "Great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work..(and)..a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion." read more Brookings' Bruce Riedel Urges Intensified US Support for Saudi Despots Posted by Craig Brown on 21 January, 2013 Glenn Greenwald When it comes to the US "foreign policy community", few if any people are more representative of it than Bruce Riedel. read more 登録変更 | 登録解除

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