Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Who Will Survive America?’
“Will you survive in the heat and fire of actual change? I doubt it.” From Black poet Amiri Baraka’s 1972 album, “It’s Nation Time,” this song relies on a question-and-answer format to make a statement about who will survive a Black revolution. It opens with a bass line, and then
Journalist Yana Kunichoff Discusses ‘Fraternal Order of Propaganda’ in Chicago
In Chicago, there is a notorious individual, who is part of the city’s police union. He spreads disinformation to media by going to scenes immediately after police kill civilians and then fabricates narratives that benefit the officers involved. His name is Pat Camden. Camden comes off as someone who is
Why Not Being Friends With A War Criminal Like Henry Kissinger Matters
While questioning the US’s history of meddling in other governments, Sanders denounced Clinton for taking advice from Henry Kissinger.
After Months In Moroccan Jail, Former Guantanamo Prisoner Finally Set Free
After months of pressure by Reprieve, a human rights organization, former Guantánamo prisoner Younous Chekkouri has finally been freed from a Moroccan jail.
The Night The Establishment Pundit Class Died
Anonymous, unnamed, unidentified, and unknown sources have given us the inside scoop on what happened to several establishment pundits last night.
Obama Builds On Record Of Transparent Secrecy, Won’t Disclose Thousands Of Torture Photos
Under pressure from the ACLU & the courts, the Pentagon released 200 carefully selected torture photos, but the new photos obscure more than they reveal.
Protest Song of the Week: ‘The Revolution Has Come’
Drawing from the uprising after Michael Brown was killed by Officer Darren Wilson, Reverend Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, Jay-Marie Hill, and his band, The Holy Ghost, produced a protest album called, “The Revolution Has Come.” The album of soul and gospel music was released by Farfetched, an independent music and art
Kartemquin Films 50: ‘Marco’
In 1969, it was against the law in Chicago for fathers to be in the delivery room with mothers during childbirth. Natural childbirth was also taboo. Kartemquin Films co-founder Jerry Temaner, his wife, Barbara, and Kartemquin cameraman and co-founder Gordon Quinn created a documentary, “Marco,” that captured a beautiful experience
The Establishment’s Escalating Pressure on Women to Support Hillary Clinton
There is a sexist double standard, establishment columnists insist. Hillary Clinton can never yell about political revolution because she is a woman. Madeleine Albright wields one of her favorite lines and declares there is a “special place in hell” for women who do not help elect Clinton. Feminist icon Gloria
The Absurd Identity Politics of Establishment Pundits Critiquing Bernie Sanders
There’s something wrong with pundits increasingly relying on narrow concepts of feminism to pick apart Bernie Sanders’ campaign.