Scott's final issue before his death was single payer healthcare. Healthcare for every American. On par with all economically developed countries in the world. Scott did not live to see it in his lifetime. But what he did see was that the potential is real. As our colleague, friend, and contributor Bill Simpich said, "Scott, Rest in Power."
Scott Galindez, Peace Activist, Teacher, Dead at 52
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The Cosmic Story: Aries/Libra Full Moon 2017
How can find meaning in our chaotic age? Astrology offers an explanation if you're open to this ancient science/art. Pluto is moving through Capricorn, the sign of government, society and financial systems. Pluto says, 'let what is dead, die' and if it won't die, I will bring it up for consideration.' The US is closing in on its 1st Pluto return, so we're at the end of a cycle of power (Pluto). What will we choose to do?
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Bernie Sanders opens a new foreign-policy debate
Sanders's speech opened a new debate. It doesn't close it. It is an invitation for others to join in elaborating alternative vision and policy. The most popular politician in America has now taken on the failed establishment consensus on national security as well as establishment domestic policy. It is vital that activists, policy analysts, and political leaders join in building that challenge.
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The NRA's Latest Terrorist Attack on U.S. Soil
Gun sales tend to go up after the big massacres. Gun owners stock up in anticipation of new restrictions that never come. People become new gun owners in response to dangers they now perceive in bolder relief than before. The Armed Madhouse (Greg Palast's description of the U.S.) that is 21st century America gets even more armed and nuttier than before.
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Trump Wants $1.6 Billion for the Border Wall. That Covers Just 74 Miles.
Besides being wildly expensive, this Trumpian folly isn't needed and won't work. It stifles the border economy, tramples on property rights, destroys sensitive environments, and autocratically separates millions of families and communities. It's an insult not only to the people of Mexico, but also to our own people's democratic values.
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Daily Inspiration --- Animal Day
I used to think that we have enough to do getting people to treat other people with kindness, justice, and decency. I used to think that I didn't have time to advocate for animal rights. Schopenhauer and Gandhi changed my mind.
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Daily Inspiration - From paradox, inspiration
"Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity."
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Fear, the NRA and Gun Industry's Deadliest Weapon
The NRA and gun lobby aggressively push psychologically-potent appeals because they know nothing sells guns like fear -- including the fear of not having a gun.
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Guns, Rights & Public Safety
Looking at the politics of gun control through an educational lens.
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Trump Pressures Colombia to Reinstate Aerial Spraying Program
A number of subtle geopolitical factors are driving America's drug war.
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The Truth on Khan Sheikhoun Exposed by Bellingcat's Methods
A detailed examination of Khan-Sheikhoun incident showed the conclusion of the 'human rights' activists' conclusions are premature, unconvincing and extremely dangerous for foreign public opinion in the West.
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Emerging Scenarios in Af-Pak-India Relations
This article describes Pakistan's security compulsions and emerging scenarios in relation to the Indian presence in Afghanistan.
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How to Fund a Universal Basic Income Without Increasing Taxes or Inflation
The policy of guaranteeing every citizen a universal basic income is gaining support around the world, as automation increasingly makes jobs obsolete. But can it be funded without raising taxes or triggering hyperinflation? In a panel I was on at the NexusEarth cryptocurrency conference in Aspen September 21-23rd, most participants said no. This is my rebuttal.
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Las Vegas Shooting
I don't know if the Las Vegas Shooting was a false flag attack, and if so, by who or for what purpose. I don't expect to ever know. A story is set in place by officials and media. The only way to ever know is to personally investigate. We would have to do the job that in former times would have been done by the press, but no more.
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Tomgram: Nick Turse, A Disappearance, a Body, and What It Takes to Make the News
We were already roaring down the road when the young man called to me over his shoulder. There was a woman seated between us on the motorbike and with the distance, his accent, the rushing air, and the engine noise, it took a moment for me to decipher what he had just said: We might have enough gas to get to Bamurye and back.
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As battle rages in UK Labour Party, Moshe Machover expelled after asserting "Anti-Zionism does not equal anti-Semitism"
Over the past 18 months the British Labour party has been beset by a moral panic. According to pro-Israel activists in Labour, there has been a surge of anti-semitism in the party since Jeremy Corbyn became leader two years ago. Corbyn has broken with decades of party policy by placing a much stronger emphasis on the need to end Israel's oppression of the Palestinians.
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Dylan's Alembic: Against the Zeitgeist of Violence and Bluster
Across a full three albums, there are none of the withering put-downs that Dylan is famous for: no hoodoo women, no backstabbers, no soul-stealers, no Miss Lonely getting her righteous comeuppance from Napoleon in rags. There's just a series of ordinary men in ordinary life, hoping to be worthy of the woman they love or long for, or else ruminating -- not raging, not ranting -- about a wonderful, beguiling woman they've lost.
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NRA Blinks
It looks like the NRA has blinked. NRA CEO issued a statement, ""The NRA believes that devices designed to allow semi-automatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations."
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Hugh Hefner Said His Critics Were Prudes and Puritans. The Negative Obits Prove Him Right.
Hugh Hefner's death didn't move me. Penthouse was my print media stimulus of choice. I only read Playboy after the magazine's late delightful cartoons director Michelle Urry commissioned some samples during her campaign to update the magazine's hoary cartoon section with edgier, more political work. (Alas, those weird Marxist sex cartoons are lost to history.)
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The Fight Ahead: 13 Questions about the Origins, Objectives and War on BDS
Several wars have been waged against Palestinians, especially in Gaza, killing thousands and maiming thousands more. With no serious pressure on Israel, thanks to US backing of Israel at the UN, not a single Israeli was ever held accountable for what was repeatedly recognized by UN investigators as war crimes against Palestinians.
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