Glenn Beck’s Demagoguery, Right Wing Extremism,
and Racism
Fox News racist Glenn Beck By Stephen Lendman September 16, 2009 At a time of 24-hour news and a proliferation of television and radio talk shows featuring hatemongers and demagogues…
September 16 is Mexican Independence Day
Father Miguel Hidalgo was a parish priest of Dolores, a small village in the state of Guanajuato. His famous "Grito de Dolores or Independencia," or call for independence to the…
Power Plant Shell Game:
San Franciscans Will Breathe Bad Air For Another Year,
For Electricity That Isn’t Needed
But last Friday, September 18, even though San Francisco’s energy demands have not increased, the ISO suddenly reversed itself and said the City now needs to keep a whopping 362…
Healthcare Reform for All? Not Quite
With Congress falling all over themselves trying to show compassion for the plight of us struggling taxpayers, it is downright diabolical how they can do so without a shred of…
UnitedHealth Lobbyist Announces Pelosi Fundraiser
As She Begins Backing Off Public Option
According to CNN, Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid "said they would support any provision that increases competition and accessibility for health insurance - whether or not it is…
A Progressive Call to Action
But this is by no means the political eulogy for one of the few grassroots progressives in the Obama administration or the progressive movement that helped elect Obama. It is,…
Son of Imprisoned Iranian Dissident
Begins 14-Day Hunger Strike in San Francisco
Poet, musician and political activist, Turaj Zaim, 33, said he is undertaking his fast to help draw international attention to the plight of his father’s imprisonment and the ongoing persecution…