Victims blinded by a methyl isocyanate gas leak from a chemical factory in Bhopal, India, 1984 (source).by Gaius PubliusThis news brought to you by the hashtag #CultureOfCorruption. There's a fair amount to digest in the news story below, so I'll try to give you the short strokes first:
A sample of pipeline projects affecting Indigenous communities across North America. Graphic courtesy of the Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Expansion (source; click to enlarge)by Gaius PubliusI consider this momentous.
Despite the fervent best wishes of the U.S. corporate class, President Barack Obama, and other aligned politicians, it looks like the people of Europe have killed TTIP. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber; source)by Gaius PubliusCount this as a victory. It looks like the Atlantic version of TPP, called TTIP, has failed.Background: The U.S.
Part two of Elizabeth Warren's grilling of Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf. The person Warren refers to at the start is Carrie Tolstedt, the Wells Fargo senior executive who managed the scheme. by Gaius PubliusI want to revisit the testimony of John Stumpf, Wells Fargo CEO, before the Senate Banking Committee, even though it was covered in these pages here.
Chuck Schumer, your next Democratic Senate Minority Leader (source)by Gaius PubliusI want to offer a quick Senate scorecard for the upcoming election, not just races to watch and their current status, but the effect of the races on the "final score" — control of the Senate until the wipeout in 2018 puts the Republicans firmly in control.To do this, I w
Protesters opposed to murder by cop (source; click to enlarge)by Gaius PubliusThe real answer to the headline question requires a look at literally hundreds of cases of unjustified, unpunished police shootings, just a few of which have been in our faces and on our TV screens lately.
An excellent, brief video produced by Wikileaks — "The US strategy to create a new global legal and economic system: TPP, TTIP, TISA." Discusses the change from post-WWII U.S. economic dominance to adapting in a world with competitors. These three trade agreements are the U.S. attempt to recapture dominance by building a U.S. corporate-controlled legal superstructure.by Gaius PubliusIf you watched the video above (I hope you did), you learned how the triangle of new global super-agreements — TTP, TTIP, TiSA — are designed not just to re-establish U.S.
There's no better intro to what been going on in North Dakota than this fun, informative clip from Lee Camp's Redacted Tonight.by Gaius PubliusAnother piece with not many parts to keep in mind, this time about the native American protests of the DAPL pipeline in North Dakota. Here are the pieces:
Sometimes you can't have everything. Sometimes you have to choose. (Source; click to enlarge)by Gaius PubliusI want to put two ideas into your head and ask you to hold them there for a while. Later I'm going to write a deeper piece on this subject. But for now, just notice these two ideas and how they're linked.
