MEDIA ROOTS — In order to move from a liberal capitalist society, organised around elite interests, to a socialist political and economic system run by and for working people, the problem of false consciousness among the USA’s working-class must be confronted, argues Dr. Jeremy Cloward of Diablo Valley College in his paper entitled “The State, Class And False Consciousness Within … Read More
RT TV — One out of every 100 citizens in the US is behind bars, and most of them are minorities. The United States has 5 percent of the world’s population but holds one-quarter of the world’s prisoners. The prison industrial complex has a vested interest in keeping people locked up, and Wells Fargo is one of the companies that … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — Five years ago, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Yingling courageously asserted USA’s military generals were failing in their duty to provide policymakers with candid appraisals of war. Unfortunately, generalship has only deteriorated since then. Today, Pentagon leaders lie directly through euphemism, omission, and talk of progress. Euphemism Generals euphemize in order to shape public discourse in their favor and … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — In a tragic reflection of the Global Recession and crushing economic hardship across the USA, an eviction on Thursday, April 12, 2012 in Modesto, CA ended in tragedy and death after neighbours reported some twelve gunshots, leaving a locksmith and a cop dead during the eviction attempt and leading to a day-long standoff involving over a hundred cops … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — When you’re Julian Assange, you just can’t do right. The USA’s establishment has got it in for him now. Doubtless, they’d like to grab him like Bradley Manning. Assange says he’ll be called a traitor for interviewing radicals. Journalist Glenn Greenwald says the attacks on Assange and RT reveal as much about the critics: “The real cause … Read More
