Do We Really Need Billionaires?

“According to numerous reports, the world’s billionaires keep increasing in number and, especially, in wealth…”

Lawrence Wittner
Published in: Daily Kos, Common Dreams, LA Progressive, Alternet, History News Network, The Sunburg News, Bainbridge Island Review, The Reader Magazine, Z Net, The Smirking Chimp, The Elizabethton Star, Counterpunch, Sentinel News, Alternet, Brewminate, Popular Resistance, South Coast Today, Critical Studies, Sierra County Prospect, The News International
Date: January 6,7,8,9,11,2019
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Preventing Brazilian Indigenous Genocide and Protecting the Amazon

“It is official. On the first of the year, Jair Bolsonaro, was inaugurated as the 38th President of Brazil. One of his first official acts as a newly inaugurated president was doing away with demarcation of indigenous territories in Brazil. All of us living on this planet should be fearful of this act…”

J.P. Linstroth
Published in: Counterpunch, The Sunburg News, Deceletaion News, Academia
Date: January 7,8,2019
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A loose cannon for peace?

“Circle the wagons! Apparently what’s under assault is war itself, or so the Establishment believes, in the wake of the shocking announcement by the president that he plans to withdraw all 2,000 U.S. troops now deployed in Syria and 7,000, or half, the U.S. troops in Afghanistan…”

Robert C. Koehler
Published in: Common Dreams, Critical Studies, Tribune Content Agency, The Sunburg News, The Sentinel Echo, Free Press, Common Wonders Blog, Popular Resistance, The Smirking Chimp, Counterpunch, Pagosa Daily Post, Sierra County Prospect, The Greeneville Sun, South Coast Today, Gilmer Free Press
Date: January 2,3,4,6,12,2019
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The United States is First in War, But Trailing in Crucial Aspects of Modern Civilization

“Maybe those delirious crowds chanting “USA, USA” have got something. When it comes to military power, the United States reigns supreme. Newsweek reported in March 2018:…”

Lawrence Wittner
Published in: The Sunburg News, Counterpunch, Daily Kos, Common Dreams, Popular Resistance, Portside, Bainbridge Island Review, Stories in the News, The Reader Magazine, Z Net, LA Progressive, The Russophile, Press & Journal, Information Clearing House
Date: December 29,30,2018, January 1,2019
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