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Monthly Archives: August 2016
POLITICAL JOURNALISM: “Everyone Considering Voting for Donald Trump Should See This Brutal Video” / Mother Jones ☮
PERFORMING ARTS – SHORT FILM: “Post-It®” ☮
Elroy wants to be left alone, but Clara is too curious about what he carries inside his cardboard box.
PERFORMING ARTS – SHORT FILM: “Too Quick to Judge” ☮
A short-film that teaches us that we shouldn’t be too quick to judge people.
PERFORMING ARTS – SHORT FILM: “Flirt” ☮
ACTIVISM AND ADVOCACY: “Jordan Flaherty: Say No to the Savior Complex” / The Laura Flanders Show ☮
“In the real world, people don’t need heroes, they need systemic solutions to racism, patriarchy, colonialism, and capitalism.”
Journalist and author of “No More Heroes: Grassroots Challenges to the Savior Mentality” Jordan Flaherty talks about savior complexes and why they get in the way of real change.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Al Gore Warns of 3rd Party “Dangers”, Ignores Democrats’ Lack of Climate Action” / Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮
Al Gore understands just how dangerous 3rd party candidates can be in a tight election, but you can’t justify that by claiming the Democrats are any better on issues like climate change. There’s little indication that the Democrats currently in power – and the ones who could be in power in just a few months – have any real intentions of acting on climate change. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Top U.S. and World Headlines — August 23, 2016” / Democracy Now! / Amy Goodman ☮
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Rob Urie: Inside the Capitalist Labyrinth” / RT America / On Contact with Chris Hedges ☮
On this week’s episode of On Contact, Chris Hedges enters the capitalist labyrinth with Rob Urie, author of Zen Economics. Urie says the destructive way capitalism has harnessed natural resources and the political system makes it time to reimagine the way we understand and relate to the world around us, while RT correspondent Anya Parampil explores wealth disparities across the United States.
CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN BIGOTRY: “Anti-Gay Hate Group Leader Tony Perkins Learns About Irony… the Hard Way” / The Humanist Report / Mike Figueredo ☮
Always Question Authority 