“The clouds appeared and went away, and in a while they did not try anymore.” ~John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath Today is Monday, April 22, 2013, “Earth Day.” I am deeply concerned for my pristine home, Santa Cruz County, California; for our air, water, and soil. Society sits poised on the brink of loosing…more »
ACTION ITEM BELOW TO THANK LARRY PAGE FOR JUST ACT The Internet giant isn’t waiting for Palestinians and Israelis to settle their differences. On the first of the month, without firing off a press release, Google changed its home page in Gaza and the West Bank from “Google: Palestinian Territories” to “Google: Palestine.” It turns…more »
Translation: Français – Español – Italiano – Português – Deutsch – Dansk – Svenska – Norsk – ελληνικά – العربية – עברית On the 65th commemoration of the Nakba, the struggle continues: We have purchased Gaza’s Ark with your help, we will sail towards justice. When Palestinians and other people of conscience mark Nakba (Catastrophe)…more »
Physicist pulls out of conference hosted by president Shimon Peres in protest at treatment of Palestinians Professor Stephen Hawking is backing the academic boycott of Israel by pulling out of a conference hosted by Israeli president Shimon Peres in Jerusalem as a protest at Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. Hawking, 71, the world-renowned theoretical physicist and…more »
The civil war in Syria between rebel forces and President Bashar Assad’s Syrian army, escalated this weekend when Israel bombed Damascus, the capital of Syria. With its standard rationale familiar to Gaza residents, Israel released an official story that claimed the bombing was carried out for defensive purposes. The Reuters story in the Jerusalem Post,…more »
Experiment creates ominous sky over Santa Cruz, California. Winter Sky in Santa Cruz The following images were taken on three different days this winter from various locations in Santa Cruz County, California. They demonstrate how aircraft dispersant turns a clear day into one filled with contrail clouds, part of an international experiment according to a…more »
Prior to the start of the Iraq War on March 19, 2003, New York Times journalist Chris Hedges (right) occupied a lonely perch among major media journalists. He opposed the war. Today, Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize winner and now a columnist for the website Truthdig, continues to write with the passion of a man set…more »
“Lethal” and “unobtrusive” micro-drones are being developed by the Air force to mimic the behavior of bugs. U.S. Air Force Micro-Drones The Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdorf Tuesday highlighted a “terrifying” prospect on the military technology horizon. The U.S. Air Force are building micro-drones that are “unobtrusive, pervasive, and lethal” weapons. According to a feature in the…more »
Important news from Europe. Another country is taking a stand against the occupation. Haaretz: The Dutch government has for the first time called for retail chains in the Netherlands to state the origin of products from West Bank settlements, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. This makes the Netherlands, one of Israel’s greatest friends in…more »
Ten Years Later, U.S. Has Left Iraq with Mass Displacement & Epidemic of Birth Defects, Cancers In part two of our interview, Al Jazeera reporter Dahr Jamail discusses how the U.S. invasion of Iraq has left behind a legacy of cancer and birth defects suspected of being caused by the U.S. military’s extensive use of…more »
Petrochemical America
By Richard Misrach and Kate Orff
Time For Outrage: Indignez-vous!
By Stéphane Hessel
Death of the Liberal Class
By Chris Hedges
The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress
By Chris Hedges
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
By Chris Hedges
War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
By Chris Hedges
How to Cool the Planet: Geoengineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix Earth's Climate
By Jeff Goodell
The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America
By Peter Dale Scott
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
By Naomi Klein
Silent Spring
By Rachel Carson
The Death and Life of Monterey Bay: A Story of Revival
By Dr. Stephen R Palumbi PhD
The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine
By Miko Peled
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
By Dee Brown
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
Ilan Pappé
An Ethic for Christians and Other Aliens in a Strange Land
William Stringfellow
Resistance, Rebellion, and Death
By Albert Camus
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights
Omar Barghouti
Power and Struggle (Politics of Nonviolent Action, Part 1)
Gene Sharp
Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia
By David Vine
Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century
By Jonathan Glover
Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor
By Paul Farmer
The Seven Story Mountain: An Autobiography of Faith.
By Thomas Merton
Beyond The Green Zone: Dispatches From An Unembedded Journalist In Occupied Iraq
By Dahr Jamail
Forward by Amy Goodman
The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan
By Dahr Jamail
Forward by Chris Hedges
Empire of Illusion: The End Of Literacy And The Triumph Of Spectacle
By Chris Hedges
A People's History Of The United States: 1492-Present
By Howard Zinn
Blood And Oil: The Dangers And Consequences Of America's Growing Dependency On Imported Petroleum
By Michael T. Klare
The Goldstone Report: The Legacy Of The Landmark Investigation Of The Gaza Conflict
By Adam Horowitz, Lizzy Ratner, And Philip Weiss
Foreword By Desmond Tutu
Introduction By Naomi Klein
The Uterine Crisis
By IIya Sandra Perlin
