MEDIA ROOTS — Pretext for ulterior motive is the standard operating procedure for US/NATO imperialism. Like the so-called War on Terror, the so-called War on Drugs is equally preposterous in its lack of credibility, serving only the function of justification for increasing police state control of our everyday lives, the enrichment of the ruling-class 1%, and totalitarianism. Media Roots contributor Christian … Read More
Media Roots Radio – Rand Paul the Politician, Libertarianism, Entertainment Dumb Down, Stuxnet by Media Roots MEDIA ROOTS – Abby and Robbie Martin talk about Rand Paul: catering to the GOP establishment and revealing his true political nature; Libertarianism: what aspects are good and which are bad; entertainment: the current industry dumbing down culture with movies and television; Stuxnet: US covert … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS – Being held in a solitary cell with virtually no human contact for long periods of time is tantamount to torture. Human beings are social creatures that are supposed to move and interact with other humans–being cramped in a small box and denied human contact is proven to cause massive psychological damage as well as physical deterioration. Last … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS – US Senators Mark Udall and Ron Wyden have asked the National Security Agency to reveal an estimate of how many Americans the agency has spied on through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). In 2008, FISA was expanded to allow the wiretapping of phone and e-mail communications without a warrant, and there is virtually no oversight of … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — The ‘Fair Share of the Common Heritage’ is a philosophical economic principle that every sentient being—human and non-human—has a right to a fair share of the wealth derived from the earth’s natural resources and humankind’s accumulated cultural knowledge. This includes all of the planet’s natural resources that human beings need to survive, as well as the technological … Read More
