Mois : juin 2016

Published on Dissident Voice, by Gary Leupp, June 9, 2016.

As the wizard Gandalf declared during the darkest hour: “There never was much hope… Just a fool’s hope.”

The narrow thread of hope now rests on the Justice Department investigation into Hillary Clinton’s illegal concealment of her emails from the State Department she headed from 2009 to 2012. If she’s hit by a true scandal between now and the Philadelphia convention in July, all bets could be off. Continuer la lecture de « Some Sober Lessons for Bernie Sanders Supporters »

… and Other Tales From Tuesday Night – Published on truthout, by William Rivers Pitt, June 8, 2016.

Thanks to The Associated Press, I was awake well past midnight on Wednesday morning watching a series of non-events come to a grateful conclusion. I wanted to see the speeches, especially Bernie’s, which came after 1:00 am; they were the one thing the « news » media couldn’t screw up. How did Tuesday’s primaries become non-events? Because The Associated Press on Monday night, straight out of the blue, declared Secretary Clinton to be the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. Continuer la lecture de « How the AP Screwed Sanders »

Published on Share the World Resources STWR, by Rajesh Makwana, June 3, 2016.

In light of the overwhelming moral imperative to share planetary resources more equitably and protect the lives of those facing humanitarian emergencies, the World Humanitarian Summit is yet another reminder of the huge gulf between government priorities and the desperate reality of the world situation … // Continuer la lecture de « No recognition of ‘One Humanity’ at the World Humanitarian Forum »