David Rovics - It's Legal Now

Now, this is a fuckin’ awesome song by an awesome artist on an important topic. Excellent lyrics!



”A song for the recent legalization of marijuana in my adopted home state of Oregon (and Washington, Colorado, etc.).”

— David Rovics



Lyrics:

For about a century, there was a prohibition

Which put a heck of a lot of people in a difficult position

Each year millions went to prison for planting the wrong seeds

Imprisoned for the crime of smoking weed

Imprisoned in their millions, especially those

Black or brown or wearing long hair and hippie clothes

But I stand here before you with quite a bit of pleasure

To tell you all about a successful ballot measure



It's legal now, it's legal now, take a bow, it's legal now



The politicians were useless, almost all the same

Playing the Military-Industrial-Prison-Complex game

But the regular people weren't nearly as dumb

So some folks took initiative and we passed a referendum

Now people don't have to risk arrest if they want to treat their ills

With something other than pharmaceutical pills

And if you just wanna take a hit because you like the feeling

You can safely walk the streets or just stare up at the ceiling



Now that pot's legit, at least in large parts of the west

We can get to work legalizing all the rest

The poppies and the coca leaves and all the other plants

Safer, regulated, will be the official stance

The CIA will have to find another way to operate

The FBI will need a new MO for their whole police state

When we legalize it all from the west coast to the east

Then we can say right here in the belly of the beast

Nov 29 - We #ClimateMarch

On the eve of the most important global climate meeting of our lifetime, hundreds of thousands are hitting the streets worldwide, with love and hope, to show leaders how to lead, and fight for a beautiful, equitable, post-fossil fuel 100% clean energy future.



Find your march here:

http://globalclimatemarch.org

The Fixer

Jeff Goldblum -- AKA The Fixer -- calls out Big Polluters for being garbage people :)

Paris 2015-Anonymous vs ISIS

Help War Refugees

Nearly 60 million people worldwide have been driven from their homes by war and persecution. Half of the displaced are children. For once, instead of spending billions on war, the U.S. should use their resources to provide humanitarian relief and save lives.

How the Keystone Fight Was Won

Warcraft - Official Trailer

Donald Trump Hosting Saturday Night LIVE?

Trump’s comments about immigrants led NBC to cutting ties with the racist this past summer. Now Lorne Michaels wants to bring the creep back to host NBC’s Saturday Night Live, where he would reach millions of intellectually underdeveloped viewers.



Tell NBC to #DumpTrump

Harris and Nawaz on the future of Islam

One of the best discussions on the topic of #Islamism lately - a must-see for everyone.

#Atheism #Religion

Professors in Poverty

Meet Dr. Wanda Evans-Brewer. She has been teaching for 20 years, has a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, and a PhD in Education. She is also living in poverty. This is what the for profit corporate model does in an educational system.



Carry on.

Net Neutrality Kills! - Savetheinternet.eu

Great flick explaining #netneutrality and it's attackers in a way that even the most mundane minds can grasp...

"CISA" Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act

This is #‎corruption. The U.S. Defense industry cares about profit as much as the next industry. But, their pockets are very, very deep. They've bought out politicians to do their bidding and it's convenient that U.S. Congress doesn't understand the Internet and doesn't know how to address cyber hacks, cracks and attacks.



Instead of making sure companies use good security, Congress is convinced they should install a massive surveillance law to watch for hacks. Security experts have roundly condemned the bill for its ineffectiveness, but Congress is so corrupted they don't care or don't understand that it won't work.



It doesn't matter if their reason is ignorance, corruption, incompetence or stupidity - it's probably a hell bent mess of all - they need to hear how inept they are, or they'll never stop.



#CISA

Our Kids Climate

#ourkidsclimate

Prayer Won't Stop Gun Violence - Gun Reform Will

Praying won’t end this gun violence epidemic, passing common-sense gun laws will...



#CorporateFascism

Islam and the Future of Tolerance

The panelists discussed many topics regarding #Islam in modern society, such as Islam's place in modern culture, the events leading up to the modern public perception of Islam, and Islamic #extremism. These topics were put forth with the final goal of collaborating to ensure a stable future of #tolerance in the world.

Billionaires vs Teachers: Whose Side Are You On?

The top 25 U.S. hedge fund managers make more than all kindergarten teachers in the country combined. These investors make millions - sometimes billions - of dollars investing borrowed money in hopes of realizing large capital gains. But what is most absurd is that these millionaires and billionaires pay a lower tax rate than kindergarten teachers.

Dick Cheney Belongs in Prison, NOT on TV

I'm against the death penalty.



But some criminals just go too far for me to always hold on to such a principle...



We can call it force majeure or something - this piece of lowlife scum, together with his for-profit warmongering partners in crime deserves... well, a punishment that fits the crime... so to speak...



#warcriminal #crimesagainsthumanity #corporatefascism

How Prisons Abuse People with Mental Illness • Part 2

People with mental health problems need treatment, not torture. Yet instead of being given the care they need, people are punished with solitary confinement and other forms of brutal abuse.



As long as mental health care and prisons are privatized, corporations will profit from human suffering.



#CorporateFascism

Criminalizing Mental Health • Part 1

More than half of all suspects shot and killed by police were suffering from mental illness - this is crazy.

#incompetence #ignorance

Ende Gelände: Here And No Further

Over a thousand people -- with the support of hundreds more -- entered the Garweiler open-pit coal mine in Germany and stopped the work of the world's biggest diggers in their tracks.

Unity 10 Year Anniversary Retrospective Highlight Reel

It's been ten years since the release of #Unity 1.0!



What a ride!

Why Charleston Shooter Isn't Being Called A Terrorist

Ever notice how the U.S. #racist media treats black protesters & white rioters differently?

Tito & Tarantula - After Dark

BACK INTO THE DARKNESS TOUR 2008

"…you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say."

- Edward #‎Snowden

Million Mask March 2015

Be part of the biggest global protest in the history of the world. #MMM2015 Anonymous Million Mask March 2015.

Racism Is Real

If this isn't #racism - what is?



* Something is wrong when thousands of resumes are mailed to employers with identical information and black-sounding names are 50% less likely to get a call back.



* Something is wrong when black people are charged prices roughly $700 higher than white people when buying cars.



* Something is wrong when black drivers are twice as likely to get pulled over by the police.



* Something is wrong when black male teens are 21 times more likely to be killed by cops than their white counterparts.



* Something is wrong when black people are incarcerated at nearly six times the rate of white people.

Klimatfällan

Hur skulle det se ut om klimatkrisen skulle liknas vid en privatekonomisk kris? Om oöppnade kuvert från Kronofogden var brev från framtiden, från våra barn?

Hur vet vi vad som är sant?

Förbundet Humanisternas tecknade film som presenterar den sekulära humanismens syn på kunskap och vetenskap. Berättare i filmen är Björn Ulvaeus, som också är ambassadör för Humanisterna i Sverige.

War on Whistleblowers 2015

With President Obama's commitment to transparency and the passage of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, there was hope that whistleblowers would finally have more protection and encouragement to speak up. But times have never been worse for national security whistleblowers. Obama's administration has attacked more whistleblowers under the Espionage Act than all previous administrations combined.

Koch Brothers EXPOSED: 2014

Billionaires David and Charles Koch have been handed the ability to buy U.S. democracy in the form of giant checks to the House, Senate, and soon, possibly even the Presidency.

Our Turn To Dream

When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave the "I Have a Dream" 50 years ago, he had no idea Jim Crow would be replaced with another oppressive system: mass incarceration and the drug war. It's our turn to dream. Nixon started the drug war just 8 years after King's "I have a Dream" speech. Both Reagan and Clinton continued it. In 2013 a study found that more black men were incarcerated then were enslaved in the 1850. It's our turn to dream how to end mass incarceration. If you have a felony on your record, it's harder to get a job and you also cannot get many forms of public assistance. In Dothan, Alabama, T.O.P.S. is offering support for people just getting out of jail-everything from clothes to GED. This is one way to end mass incarceration. It is important to see the links between civil rights, voting rights, and the drug war.

Outfoxed • Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

And another lil' reminder on the consequences of #Corporate #Fascism...

Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price

Well, just a reminder on what the ugly face of a #Corporate #Fascist looks like - watch and learn.



As one woman in the documentary so eloquently put it when she described the #Walmart business model: "Plantation Capitalism".

Donny Rico Episode #5: Be The Victim

"In essence, this case is an effort by Chevron to retaliate against Ecuadorian villagers, their lawyers, and their supporters for suing, bringing public pressure, and petitioning government agencies to hold Chevron accountable for violations of human rights. The district court's decision below, if allowed to stand, poses a severe threat to the rights to expression, association, political participation, and access to courts guaranteed by the First Amendment. If the vaguely defined scope and heavy penalties of RICO – enacted to support law enforcement efforts against organized crime syndicates – may be wielded by private parties against public interest groups and activists who engage in First Amendment-protected activities to seek to hold those private parties accountable, democracy itself is threatened."



— Amazon Watch, Amnesty International, and 15 other human rights and environmental NGOs



#CorporateFascism

#Corruption

#Ecocide

Songwriter's Notebook: US History Lesson Plan

Songwriter's Notebook: US History Lesson Plan



"This is the outline for what will eventually be an online course in US history, which will be written by some combination of me and an actual historian, and musically annotated by me.  I'm going to need technical help, too, in terms of interactive graphics on the web so people can interface with the course in different ways -- chronologically, geographically, etc.  Feedback welcome!"



— David Rovics

There's a Massive, Illicit Bust of Edward Snowden Stuck to a War Monumen...

This morning, free speech advocates in NYC held a press conference to demand the confiscated Snowden bust be returned to the artists.

A local gallery has already agreed to exhibit the work while the artists submit an application to legally install the sculpture through the New York City Parks Department. In other words, New York could soon have a permanent monument to the whistleblower who challenged NSA surveillance. But first we need to free the statue!

Petition by FFTF:
https://cms.fightforthefuture.org/snowden-bust/



#Snowden may still be in exile for exposing the NSA’s crimes, but we can honor his efforts to hold the US government accountable by making sure this artwork gets released.

TPP: The Dirtiest Trade Deal You've Never Heard Of

If you feel like every week there’s always another looming threat to the future of free speech on the Internet, it’s because there is.



The root of the problem is that too many decisions that impact Internet freedom are made by government bureaucrats and corporate lobbyists behind closed doors and without public input.



Right now, U.S. Congress is planning to pass a “Fast Track” bill that will make this situation even worse by ramming through secret agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership - #TPP - that could lead to more censorship and less privacy online.



We all should have a voice anytime there’s a major decision that impacts our rights. Period.









Here in the #EU we have a similar struggle with equally horrendous #TTIP…

The Chevron Tapes

Internal Chevron videos of secret "pre-inspections" of well sites during the Ecuador pollution trial show company technicians finding and then mocking the extensive oil contamination in areas of the Amazon rainforest that the oil giant had claimed in various courts had been remediated.

#CorporateFascism #Ecocide #Whistleblower

Satsa smartare, Stockholm!

Fossil Free Stockholm uppmanar Stockholms stad att divestera.



Visa att också du vill att vår huvudstad tar klimatansvar. Skriv under uppropet: http://act.350.org/sign/stockholm_divestera/







Under Global Divestment Day den 14 februari 2015 lyftes det faktum att Stockholms stad i dag har investeringar i fossilindustrin som bidrar till förödande klimatförändringar.



Dessa tillgångar skulle istället kunna placeras i hållbara alternativ som gynnar utvecklingen av förnybara energilösningar. En förflyttning av investeringar innebär en förflyttning av makt och möjligheter.



Det är dags att Stockholms stad tar klimatansvar och säljer sina fonder i kol-, olje- och gasbolag.



Om det är fel att förstöra klimatet, är det fel att finansiera den förstörelsen.



http://gofossilfree.org/se/

An Angle

Keep It In The Ground

Dags för Stockholm att lämna dinosauriefossilerna i marken!

#Stockholm kan bli världens första huvudstad att #‎divestera ur fossilindustrin - sälja fonder och aktier i kol-, olje- och gasbolag.



14 februari, Global Divestment Day, samlades stockholmare vid stadshuset för att uppmuntra staden att gå från fossilt till förnybart. Vill du också att Stockholm ska visa ledarskap?



Låt oss visa att vi ställer oss bakom att Stockholms stad tar ett beslut som ligger i tiden. Skriv under uppropet oavsett var i Sverige du bor: http://act.350.org/sign/stockholm_divestera/

Carolina Reaper Warlords of Draenor Review

Steaming Hot :)

Global Divestment Day 2015

From the Pacific Islands to South Africa, from the U.S. to Sweden, we stood up together to demand that our governments, universities and financial institutions stop investing in the rogue industries that are destroying our planet.

It was a massive turning point in the divestment movement with people across six continents joining forces to end the age of fossil fuels.

#divest

The truth behind the secret TTIP trade deal

The European Commission seems intent to open the doors to massive influence by big business and their army of bribed politicians - aka Corporate Fascists - and dismantle the tools open democracies need to function.



Here's what we learned from the latest leak. Enjoy.

Can We Avoid a Digital Apocalypse?

A Response to the 2015 Edge Question : Sam Harris



"We seem to be in the process of building a God. Now would be a good time to wonder whether it will (or even can) be a good one."

— Sam Harris



And the answer is - of course - no.

Robert Redford: Stop the Big Polluter Agenda

No one in the U.S. voted on election day to force construction of the disastrous Keystone XL tar sands pipeline ... open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling ... gouge the Pebble Mine out of the Bristol Bay wilderness ... or let power plants spew unlimited amounts of climate-destroying pollution into our atmosphere.



But the new corporate fascist leaders of the U.S. Congress, sworn into power just last week, are claiming a mandate to do all those things, and more.

2014 - YEAR OF ACTION!

Together, we defended the rainforests and its inhabitants, demanded an end to dirty energy, challenged corporate power and fought #climate change.


2014 has demonstrated people are energized and ready to take action to ensure people and planet are placed above #corporate #greed.