Month: October 2019

Kings Bay plowshares seven begin arguing defense in court

Kings Bay plowshares seven begin arguing defense in court

Inside a sterile, but lavish wood paneled courtroom in Brunswick, Ga. Monday, the Kings Bay plowshares seven, formally opened their legal argument, providing hints to what Judge Lisa Godbey Wood would allow. The government, represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Karl...

From impeachment to Blackwater

From impeachment to Blackwater

The Nation's media critic Eric Alterman contextualizes the Trump-impeachment news through the lens of three new books. "In his book American Carnage, Tim Alberta, a former reporter for National Review now with Politico, tells a straightforward tale, albeit one...

The Illusion of Saving the World

The Illusion of Saving the World

CounterPunch At the end of this month, as you probably know by now, an extraordinary hoopla event will descend on Manhattan in the form of a “Climate Action Summit,” summoned by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, to get the nations of the world finally to take...

Greta Thunberg Isn’t the Only Voice of Her Generation

Greta Thunberg Isn’t the Only Voice of Her Generation

Truthdig On Friday, my 12-year-old son carried his handmade cardboard protest sign to one of the thousands of climate strikes around the world, along with five of his classmates. His sign read, “Where you gonna hide from the hell you made?” This die-hard rock ’n’ roll...