Passionate Progressive started the topic Jimmy Dore Starting Soon! (6:00 p.m. +/-) in the forum Multimedia 2 hours ago
Passionate Progressive started the topic Richard Slotkin (Author: Gunfighter Nation) with Bill Moyers on the One Year Anniversary of Sandy Hook in the forum Multimedia 1 day ago
Ahead of the one year anniversary of the massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, in which Adam Lanza took the lives of 20 school children and six educators, Bill speaks with cultural historian and scholar Richard Slotkin about the role of guns in America’s national psyche. Slotkin has spent his life studying and writing about the…
Passionate Progressive replied to the topic A new revolution from the Crayola color box? in the forum Multimedia 1 day ago
MOSCOW, July 4. /TASS/. The events in the Karakalpakstan region are Uzbekistan’s domestic affair, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday.
“Uzbekistan is our ally, a friendly country and a very important partner for us. Everything that happens in Uzbekistan is this country’s domestic affair,” he pointed out, when asked if Mos…
Passionate Progressive started the topic Gerald Horne DEBUNKS July 4th 1776 and the Origins Myth of the United States in the forum Multimedia 1 day ago
Passionate Progressive replied to the topic Shooting @ 4th of July Parade: Highland Park, Ill. in the forum Latest Breaking News 1 day ago
Keep us posted and by all means stay safe…..I ‘heard’ through one source that the police are looking for a white male – (another should I say (?) surprise, surprise)
Passionate Progressive replied to the topic Shooting @ 4th of July Parade: Highland Park, Ill. in the forum Latest Breaking News 1 day ago
though not as eloquent or artistic or entertaining as your post….My thought was simply – ‘Why am I not surprised?!’
Passionate Progressive started the topic Human Rights: the United States and Western Style in the forum General Discussion 1 day ago
The United States of America and its European posse regularly make allegations of human rights abuses against any nation that opposes their policies in the world, resists their aggressive rules, and creates obstacles to their hegemony. In atrocities committed against humans and their rights in real and tangible ways, however, said horde is not…
Passionate Progressive started the topic The Intercept: How the Pentagon Uses a Secretive Program to Wage Proxy Wars in the forum General Discussion 1 day ago
Small teams of U.S. Special Operations forces are involved in a low-profile proxy war program on a far greater scale than previously known, according to exclusive documents and interviews with more than a dozen current and former government officials.
While The Intercept and other outlets have previously reported on the Pentagon’s use of the s…
Passionate Progressive started the topic Shooting @ 4th of July Parade: Highland Park, Ill. in the forum Latest Breaking News 1 day ago
This is getting more and more painful.
Five people have been killed and 16 more wounded in a shooting that hit an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, the local media reported on Monday, citing authorities.
The shooting took place about 10 minutes after the parade began at 10am local time in the Chicago suburb. Police urged…
Passionate Progressive replied to the topic A new revolution from the Crayola color box? in the forum Multimedia 1 day ago
Passionate Progressive replied to the topic Ralph Nader: How Can Dictators Control So Many Millions of People? in the forum General Discussion 1 day ago
That source is one for the files!
Passionate Progressive replied to the topic Joe Lauria: US & Britain wanted Ukraine invasion to happen in the forum Multimedia 1 day ago
Good viewing for the 4th!
Passionate Progressive started the topic Eva Bartlett: First Foreign Ship Sails From Mariupol Port, As Mariupol Starts To Rebuild in the forum Multimedia 2 days ago
For some reason, there has been difficulty linking to this story (dated 28 June) – if the youtube link doesn’t connect, I’ll provide the web address…
12,969 views Jun 28, 2022 On June 21, the first foreign ship departed from Mariupol port since Ukrainian and Azov forces were fully forced out of the Donbass city a month prior. Escorted by Russian…
Passionate Progressive replied to the topic Inside China's 'model town' for poverty alleviation in the forum Multimedia 2 days ago
I just read this article from July/August Foreign Affairs, The author specializes in Chinese-Ethiopian relations and writes…
China also tries to bolster its soft power through education. State-sponsored training programs that China offers officials in the global South present the CCP as an inspiration for fast-paced development. ‘They li…
Passionate Progressive started the topic Joe Lauria: US & Britain wanted Ukraine invasion to happen in the forum Multimedia 2 days ago
Passionate Progressive replied to the topic Ralph Nader: How Can Dictators Control So Many Millions of People? in the forum General Discussion 2 days ago
I did reread the article – here’s some thought questions that occurred…it’s rather a complex subject for such brief treatment – And here are a few even briefer problems with the Nader argument- i.e., leaves out core factors of Russian history (i.e., experience with tsars that contribute to the government’s dictatorial character and also the…[Read more]
Passionate Progressive replied to the topic Ralph Nader: How Can Dictators Control So Many Millions of People? in the forum General Discussion 2 days ago
‘how the chain of command works’ context helps. I do have a lot of respect for Nader and I’ll look at the article through that lens.
Passionate Progressive started the topic Crosstalk on NATO – Doubling Down in the forum Multimedia 2 days ago
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a peculiar thing. It claims to be a defensive military alliance, but it aggressively expands and that expansion is directed at Russia. And its client state Ukraine is losing a war that NATO actively supports. Essentially, NATO has decided to double down on failure.
CrossTalking with Scott Ritter, Ted…
Passionate Progressive replied to the topic Ralph Nader: How Can Dictators Control So Many Millions of People? in the forum General Discussion 2 days ago
than those of Nader…..
This is just a sample, Sorry to see Nader jump on the ‘democracy’ bandwagon. I suppose the most important question he fails to address is: which leader do you believe has the most support from his people, Biden, Xi, or Putin?
Passionate Progressive started the topic Swedish people protest against plan to join NATO in the forum Multimedia 3 days ago