Democrats Were Fighting for the Rich in Opposing the GOP’s 401(k) Cut Proposal
By Dave Lindorff
If you want to understand why the Democratic Party lost to Trump and the Republicans in 2016, why they’ll probably fail to take back Congress in 2018, and why they’ll probably lose big in the next presidential election in 2020, just look at their obscene stand on the GOP’s proposal to slash the taxable employee deduction for contributions to 401(k) plans from the current $18,000 to just $2500.
Of course the GOP proposal
Tomgram: Eduardo Galeano, Monster Wanted
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I’m 73, which means that saying goodbye for the last time is increasingly a part of my life. Today, with the deepest regret, I’m bidding a final farewell at TomDispatch to one of the more remarkable writers I’ve known, Eduardo Galeano. I initially got involved with him in the early 1980s. I was a young editor at Pantheon Books and, on some strange impulse, decided
Oh Canada, Why Can’t You Shelter War Resisters?
Deb Ellis’ and Dennis Mueller’s film Peace Has No Borders tells the story of U.S. war resisters in Canada in opposition to the 2003-present war on Iraq, and the efforts of the War Resisters Support Campaign to win them the right not to be deported.
Many members of the U.S. military in recent years have deserted and moved to Canada, where they have in some cases spoken out against the U.S. war on Iraq. This film shows us a bit of some of their stories.
Jeremy Hinzman was the first.
Kimberly Rivera
Congress Members to Screen Hilarious Antiwar Film in U.S. Capitol
Congress Members Jones and Garamendi are going to screen and discuss a hilarious movie mockery of militarism. They’re going to do it in the U.S. Capitol. They’re going to go right on funding the war madness, sanctioning possible new enemies, and risking all of our lives. But for a moment, they’re going to open a window and let a bit of sanity in. And you can sign up here to join them.
Here’s my review of the film to be screened, written back on June 5th:
Brad Pitt Does Stanley McChrystal: When Netflix’ War Movie Stops Being Funny
The new movie, War Machine,
Illinois State Capitol Hit by War Disease Epidemic
The state capitol of Illinois is ground zero of a contagious outbreak of war fever. The origins, I’m afraid, may lie in part in a resolution I drafted that was passed, with various modifications, by numerous cities around the United States and by the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
The resolution did educate some people, create some good discussion, generate some attention for antiwar organizing, and bring some peace groups together in a coordinated
Tomgram: Engelhardt, Doing Bin Laden’s Bidding
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Osama Bin Laden’s America
Niger, 9/11, and Apocalyptic Humiliation
By Tom Engelhardt
Honestly, if there’s an afterlife, then the soul of Osama bin Laden, whose body was consigned to the waves by the U.S. Navy back in 2011, must be swimming happily with the dolphins and sharks. At the cost
Problems of the Super-Rich
Based on recent economic developments, the super-rich don’t have much to complain about.
A study just released by UBS, a major global financial services company, has revealed that, during 2016, the total wealth of the world’s billionaires rose by 17 percent―from $5.1 trillion to $6.0 trillion. Furthermore, the number of billionaires grew by 10 percent to 1,542, with more than a third of them located in the
Focus: The Trump Dossier – Oct 30, 2017
Hill Republicans want more answers from Wasserman Schultz, Podesta about Trump dossier money – Fox News
Trey Gowdy: No difference between Obama DOJ and Trump DOJ when it comes to dossier transparency – washingtonexaminer.com
VIDEO (and transcript): Gowdy: Did Obama Justice Department rely on Steele dossier to get FISA warrant? – RealClearPolitics
Ryan: FBI to turn over anti-Trump dossier documents to Congress this week – Washington Times
House Intelligence Committee strikes deal with Fusion GPS for firm’s bank records – washingtonexaminer.com
Trump heralds GOP “anger, unity” concerning the dossier, uranium deal and Clinton deleted emails as WSJ warns Dems “the Russian dossier dam is breaking” – Zero Hedge
Obama campaign paid $972,000 to law firm that paid Fusion GPS – thefederalist.com
Tom Fitton: Obama campaign payments to law firm raises questions – newsmax.com
VIDEO: Tom Fitton: Obama campaign payments to law firm raises questions – YouTube
According to Bloomberg, Steele dossier was not the basis for Trump-related surveillance – LawNewz
50 years ago this month: A contemporary account of the 1967 March on the Pentagon
By Dave Lindorff (as an 18-year-old anti-war protester)
… As the march moved towards the Pentagon, I was surprised and relieved to see virtually no signs of harassment, of which there was a lot at the New York march, from bystanders and from the police. There was a rather gay feeling through the march as the day got warmer.
We got across the Potomac and the Pentagon came into view. People were there already. The march began to move faster, and soon we were on the Pentagon grounds.
When we got to the North Parking Lot, the buses were already there to take us home, but many people were moving off towards the mall of the Pentagon —a sort of enormous front porch.