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One of the tragedies of the “if it bleeds, it leads” mentality of America’s corporate-controlled media is the fact that oftentimes the greatest threats to freedom do not come from incidents that make headlines, but from those that do not.
For example, in a recent Pravda.Ru article, Banned in America (June 27, 2016), I discussed the Supreme Court’s ruling in Utah vs. Strieff—a ruling that Justice Sotomayor accurately and passionately condemned as an unwarranted (and continuing) dilution of (…)

Several decades ago, the Monty Python comedy troupe did a skit revolving around “the village idiot.” Part of the humor was that the “idiot” (in between falling off garden walls to entertain passersby) engaged the interviewer in a highly intellectual discussion about how the idiot’s role in society is to provide others with a scapegoat to ridicule and blame.
Unfortunately, real life idiocy is not so comical, because people often adopt fallacious illusions of “superiority” simply by (…)

FOOLING MOST OF THE PEOPLE MOST OF THE TIME IS WHAT AMERICAN POLITICS ARE ABOUT, EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR
John Chuckman
I read a column recently, and it was imbued with hopeful thinking about America’s political establishment dealing with its constituents concerning the now increasing threat of nuclear catastrophe.
The author said the piece was intended as "Drano" to clear the political pipes, but I am afraid that much as I sometimes enjoy the same author’s (…)

On the initiative of the Trade Union CGT (Confederation General of labour), workers and union members have made some videos in various international languages to explain the work act. There are 9 languages (Arabic, French, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Russian, Greek, English and Italian) ... The idea is one of solidarity by responding to the many messages that we received from foreign comrades and making our fight known across the international network. If you wish, you can broadcast them on (…)

With their government under the control of corporations and special interests, the People of the United States may think they have the right to vote, but, unfortunately, they do not. When the Constitution and the Bill of Rights were written, the authors intentionally omitted this very significant detail. They failed to include the right to vote, and the error has never been corrected.
Most Americans are unaware that they, unlike the citizens of most other democracies, do not have a basic (…)

July 03, 2016
Be it with the farce the US has made of democracy and humanitarianism or US manufactured terror wars and assassinations the greatest of the Fourth of July lies told globally is that the USA is a free country that liberates “others” so it’s citizens can remain “free”. In actuality, the USA is the country that mass incarcerates and kills its own citizens more than any other country while creating illusions of freedom. The American revolutionaries of the 1700’s sponsored a new (…)

In the midst of what undoubtedly will be the nastiest and most expensive presidential campaign in American history, it is important to remember that the question is not so much whether a candidate is a good or bad person, but rather what should and will be the policies, objectives, and consequences of her or his administration? What do the People of the United States really want and expect their government to do on their behalf? Who should make political policy, the People, or the (…)

6-15-16
Hollow Women of the Hegemon Part II: Atrocity Enabling Harpies
By Dr. June Terpstra
Those who have crossed With direct eyes, to death’s other Kingdom Remember us—if at all—not as lost Violent souls, but only As the hollow men The stuffed men. … This is the way the world ends From, “The Hollow Men” by T.S. Eliot
INTRODUCTION
This article is an update of the article I wrote in 2008 titled “Hollow Women of the Hegemon”. It is about the hollow women, the stuffed women, who (…)

The American Republic Manifestum book is being made into a Movie
Insiders in Hollywood are quietly negotiating with the author of the American Republic Manifestum book to make it into a film. The what if scenario of the eventual replacement of the US Government, etc. thru crafty reasoning and other covert methods will be the premise. The book has been download free for some time, and finally caught the attention of some Movie Executives that feels it has promise as a film. No other (…)

With the increasingly likelihood of a presidential contest between the generally despised Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, millions of angry U.S. voters are considering protesting the lineup by either sitting out the election or writing in alternatives. With almost one-third of all eligible voters already failing to participate in elections, a greater abdication of voting responsibility in an election between the lesser of two evils could lead to a tyranny of the minority. On the other (…)