Category Archives: Labor
The Occupy Wall Street Library
Quote: Michael Parenti
Michael Parenti, Ph.D., (born 1933)
Political Scientist, Historian, Author, Lecturer, and Culture Critic
Conservatives are fond of telling us what a wonderful, happy, prosperous nation this is. The only thing that matches their love of country is the remarkable indifference they show toward the people who live in it.
Pulpit Perversion Sunday: The Religious Right’s Partisan Scheme To Politicize Churches
The [Alliance Defense Fund] sponsored observance has one goal: to pave the way for Religious Right leaders to forge fundamentalist churches into a disciplined voting bloc . . .
American clergy are perfectly free to address any religious, moral and political issues they wish. The only limitation is that they cannot use their tax-exempt resources to endorse or oppose political candidates . . .
“For some religious conservatives, this policy isn’t just unwise; it’s unconstitutional,” the newspaper continued. “But tax exemption isn’t a constitutional right. It’s the creation of Congress, which has the right to attach conditions to that benefit. Put another way, churches may have a 1st Amendment right to comment on elections, but they don’t have the right to a tax exemption.”
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Thom Hartmann: A Day in the Life of Joe Middle-Class Republican
America is a laughing stock, here’s why!
Religion is not the solution to our problems; religion is the problem!
The Mass Media’s Disgraceful Coverage of Occupy Wall Street
For those who believe we have a right/left divide in the mass media, coverage by FOX News and The New York Times must shatter all such delusions. Let’s be clear on this. Both conservative and “liberal” media outlets are playing for the same team . . .
In fact, it is up to the intellectuals and educated class to stand up for the poor and fight power, because people working fifteen hours a day at minimum wage do not have the time and resources to stand up for themselves and speak out against a cruel system that has destroyed their lives . . .
Before I started following politics two years ago, I never imagined that FOX News could be as evil as critics say it is. It’s worse. It truly is Nazi-style propaganda. Their coverage of the mass arrests that occurred at Union Square Saturday illustrates this perfectly.
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Eugene V. Debs: An American Revolutionary
Mark Ruffalo Reads Eugene Debs
Richard Dawkins Versus Homophobic Christians

