Obama Endorses Use of National Guard to Suppress Protests in Ferguson. (PressTV)

NPR on Ferguson

By Gene Ogorodov

NPR recently had a piece questioning whether the militarization of police in the United States is the byproduct of military gear that has adorned forces around this country. They asked, appropriately, if a militaristic mentality encouraged the acquisition of military gear rather than the more commonly assumed reverse. 

However, they ignored the important question of cui bono? Answering that question goes beyond the chicken and the egg and get to the heart of the corruption on our system of policing. The answer to that is self evident--military contractors, the lobbyists they hire to keep the their profits in the stratosphere, and the politicians they have bought. 

Water is a Human Right: Detroit Residents Seek U.N. Intervention as City Shuts Off Taps to Thousands (Democracy Now!)

Gore Vidal "Understanding America's Terrorist Crisis."

Interview with Gore Vidal for "The Great Depression"

Not One More: Some Facts and Figures about Gun Violence

By Brandon Luper

All the reader will get by reading this short article are some facts and figures about gun violence in the United States. My hope is that, having crammed all these calculations and statistics into her brain, the reader’s picture of what America’s gun culture is really like will go from snowy screen analog to crisp, digital high definition.

 If the reader is up for such a journey, let’s get started. During the 2013-2014 school year, there were 47 school shootings in the United States.  That’s one every four school days. 31 people have been killed in these shootings, many more injured. And, despite Eliot Rodgers’ misogynistic rampage at University of California Santa Barbara on May 23, it should be noted that this is a down year.

RWW News: Bundy Ranch Speaker Promises "Civil War On A Vast Scale"

A Left-Wing Hero Speaks.

By Gene Ogorodov

Chris Hedges has finally written on the ramification of the Roberts Court's refusal to hear Hedges v. Obama, his lawsuit challenging the NDAA. His Op-Ed entitled "The Post-Constitutional Era" can be found at Truthdig.com. This article lives up to Hedges reputation as a writer and an activist. It is one of the finest critiques of Corporatistic Totalitarian Era that our country has entered that I have ever read. All Americans (and anyone interested in the United States) should read this essay. Read this essay for yourselves, share it among friends and family, but most importantly make sure the truth in this article is know in every community in the United States of America. Ubiquitous access to accurate information is essential.

Chris Hedges "Our Only Hope Will Come Through Rebellion."

Richard Sennett "The Decline of the Skills Society."

The Mickey Mouse Revolution

By Gene Ogorodov

This morning as I was browsing through the news on Truth Dig I was struck by the proliferation of articles on faux news casts from the Daily Show and the Colbert Report. Is this news? Is the sum total of reformist activity in the US comedians cracking jokes? It is a common hobby-horse among liberals to berate the mainstream media as being less than worthless, but I will add that if this what alternative media looks like then it too is a pathetic joke. People like Chris Hedges and Amy Goodman cant about changing the system, but, although I admire there work, I am forced to wonder how serious they really are in the face of this non-journalism. The United States is dying, and the liberally minded American public deserves accurate and in-depth information about the state of the country. 

Noam Chomsky "The Future of American Power"

Wage Crisis--The USA's New Underclass (Journeyman Pictures)

Gore Vidal "The State of the Union"

Chris Hedges "The Myth of Human Progress and the Collapse of Complex Societies"

Henry Giroux "On 'Zombie' Politics" (Moyers and Company)

The NSA is Coming to Town (ACLU)

This is a video produced by the ACLU to protest the invasive spying currently done by NSA and other US Government agencies. The American people are the most monitored and photographed population in the history of the world. The Global War on Terror has transformed our Republic into a totalitarian police state. Anything that the Stazi did in East Germany, the KGB in the Soviet Union, or the Gestapo in Nazi Germany has been surpassed by the CIA, FBI, NSA, and fellow acronyms. The United States is no longer a free country with free people; it is a violent and implacable fascist tyranny drunk off of the blood of its own people and the rest of the world. With a military expenditures equal to the rest of the world combined, militarized police forces, and six times the number of people incarcerated than were imprisoned in Stalin's Gulags to call the United States even a nice country to live in is delusional. I do not see how private individuals can turn back the clock and enjoy the blessings that have been so recently stolen, but we do not have to pretend that this transformation has not occurred, nor do we have to like it. 

Chris Hedges "What Does the Christian Right Want?"

Chris Hedges "Third World America."

End of the American Dream