Tolerance of white militias exemplifies racial double standard
By Courtland Milloy
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Imagine that the inauguration of President George W. Bush had sparked an explosive rise in African American militia groups. Suppose thousands of heavily armed black men began gathering...
When you're flipping through the channels and you stumble on a movie, which movie no matter what point in the movie it is, will you stop and watch every time?
Please don't drop a whole list on us keep it to one or two and try to explain why.
I'll include mine later so as not to influence the...
`Football -- a dear friend to capitalism'
By Terry Eagleton
June 15, 2010 -- The Guardian (UK) -- If the [new British] government is bad news for those seeking radical change, the soccer World Cup is even worse. It reminds us of what is still likely to hold back such change long after the...
United States: Victory as protesters and union block Israeli ship unloading at Oakland Port
June 20, 2010 -- ANSWER -- In a historic action and unprecedented action today, more 800 worker and community activists blocked the gates of the Oakland docks in the early morning hours, prompting...
Venezuelan Land Law Reform Promises “Land for Those Who Work on It”
0 By James Suggett - Venezuelanalysis.com
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Mérida, June 17th 2010 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – The Venezuelan National Assembly passed a reform to the Land Law on Tuesday night which increases the ability...
"Americans have been “brainwashed” into believing they pay a lot of taxes, Prof. Dreier added. In fact, they are among the least-taxed people in the Western World, particularly if they’re wealthy, he said."
California on 'verge of system failure’
Barrie McKenna
Los Angeles — Globe and Mail...
How The Media Misreports on Venezuela, Even When Given Full Information
Posted by: CEPR on 06-14-2010 - 3:46 pm
Mark Weisbrot, CEPR co-director and South of the Border co-writer, responds to Stephen Sackur’s article in The Guardian (also posted on the BBC site):
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This article is...
The capitalist calculation problem posted by lenin
Explanations for the global financial and economic meltdowns generally focused on a few particulars. For the right, poor people caused the crisis through reckless borrowing, while the subsequent deficit was made worse by reckless spending on...
Lady Gaga to pose for Playboy?
Lady Gaga's having one of the weirdest weeks ever. First it was reported that Katy Perry was slamming her on Twitter, then she showed up to her sister's high school graduation looking a little confused. Now she's asking to be featured in Playboy, and finally her...
Last week's runner up:
Pusher I
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From Wed 06/09/10 to Wed 06/16/10 use this thread to nominate and vote for a movie you would like to watch and then discuss with fellow siccness members.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460791/
The Fall
iO0LYcCoeJY
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Siccness Movie of the Week for Week 1 = The Proposition
The Proposition
Written by Nick Cave
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421238/
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Most fucked up thing I've read today- "Guts" by the guy who wrote Fight Club
Guts
by Chuck Palahniuk
Printed in Playboy magazine
March 2004
Inhale.
Take in as much air as you can.
This story should last about as long as you can hold your breath, and then just a little bit longer. So listen...
http://revista-amauta.org/2010/06/the-united-states-needs-a-few-good-communists/
The United States Needs a Few Good Communists
Article published in Amauta with permission from the author
AP / Elizabeth Dalziel
by Chris Hedges
The witch hunts against communists in the United States were used to...
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From Wed 06/02/10 to Wed 06/09/10 use this thread to nominate and vote for a movie you would like to watch and then discuss with fellow siccness members.
On the 9th I’ll post up what the movie of the week selection is and make a thread dedicated to the...