MEDIA ROOTS — Earlier this month, we featured the Guns & Butter broadcast with Catherine Austin Fitts, “Unpacking Mr. Global, Part 1.” Today, we bring you “Unpacking Mr. Global, Part 2.” Last year, Washington D.C. national-security reporter, Sharon Weinberger wrote about the U.S. Military’s so-called Black Budget, “Not since the end of the Cold War has the Pentagon spent so … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS – On Thursday, November 17, 2011, Abby Martin of Media Roots spoke with Russia Today TV about the violent mass arrests by militarised platoons of local police, as they wage a coordinated national campaign to crush the Occupy Movement. Abby reminds viewers that the banks are costing the City of Oakland far more than the justified civil disobedience … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — When Naomi Klein’s seminal book The Shock Doctrine hit the scene, the U.S. political Left was forced to look beyond simply complaining about conservatives or Washington corruption and was stimulated to pay closer attention to the actions of Wall Street and the world of economics. With the introduction of concepts, such as economic hitmen and disaster capitalism, … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- Abby Martin of Media Roots discussed today the historic Occupy Oakland General Strike, rallies, and marches on KPFA’s “The Morning Mix with Project Censored.” This general strike, the first in 65 years, drew tens of thousands of supporters to shut down banks as well as the Port of Oakland, the nation’s fifth largest port. The Occupy Oakland segment … Read More
