Category Archives: Economics
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Enough is Enough” / Jonathan Pie ☮
Pie has, quite frankly, had enough of Donald Trump!
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Decline of the American Empire with Alfred McCoy” / RT America / On Contact with Chris Hedges ☮
Alfred McCoy, Harrington Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, explains the decline of the United States as a global power and the rise of the Chinese empire.
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Australia: Fair!” / Jonathan Pie ☮
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Army Lifts Ban on Recruits with Histories of Self-Harm, Depression” / Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮
In a shocking move, the US Army has announced that they will no longer be turning away recruits who have a history of mental health issues like depression or self-mutilation in an effort to help bolster their dwindling ranks. Given what we know about former military members turning violent back at home and how poorly the US cares for its veterans, this decision will almost certainly end in a tragically predictable way.
DYNASTIC CAPITALISM: “Republican Tax Bill Would Create American Dynasties” / Robert Reich ☮
CAPITALISM: “Past, Present, and Future” ☮
h/t: Thinking Art
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Meet ‘The Most Armed Man In America'” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Abby Martin Exposes Untold History of U.S. Empire” / The Jimmy Dore Show / Jimmy Dore ☮
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “The Power of Persuasion with Stuart Ewen” / RT America / On Contact with Chris Hedges ☮
Stuart Ewen, Professor and Chair of the Department of Film & Media at Hunter College and author of ‘Captains of Consciousness: Advertising and the Social Roots of the Consumer Culture’ joins Chris Hedges for a conversation on the power of mass propaganda.