All Views Articles for 2019-01-08

Tuesday, January 8, 2019
On Tuesday, India is on strike. It is likely that about 150 million workers will stay away from their workplaces. (Photo: AP) Vijay Prashad
Here’s What a Real Strike Looks Like: 150 Million Say No to Despotism in India
If a new trade union law goes into effect, India will essentially abandon any commitment to workplace democracy
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We cannot tolerate a new Democratic-controlled Congress continuing to do business as usual, with a military budget of over $700 billion and a trillion dollars projected for new nuclear weapons over the next ten years. (Photo: Alejandro Alvarez/Twitter) Medea Benjamin, Alice Slater
The New Congress Needs to Create a Green Planet at Peace
The time has come for a New Peace Deal that repudiates endless war and the threat of nuclear war which, along with catastrophic climate change, poses an existential threat to our planet
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The Combating BDS Act would attempt to give legal cover to states that enact laws penalizing businesses and individuals who participate in boycott activities against Israel and Israeli-controlled territories. (Photo: Alex Christy/Flickr) Kate Ruane
Instead of Ending the Shutdown, Senators Plan to Encourage Punishment of Israel Boycotts
While we take no position on Israel boycotts, the BDS movement or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, we do maintain that states should not be sanctioning businesses on the basis of First Amendment-protected expression and association
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The networks seek to attract viewers and increase profits, not disseminate information about political issues. (Photo: Mr. Fish / Truthdig) Chris Hedges
The Election Circus Begins
“Elections are about a lot of things, but at the highest level, they’re about money.”
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Rep. Deb Haaland speaks at a reception hosted by the Congressional Native American Caucus in Washington on Jan. 3, 2019. (Photo: Brian Snyder / Reuters) Michelle Chen
Two Native Women in Congress Isn't Enough to End the Systemic Violence Native Girls Face
Every level of government has failed to protect communities from violence or support their deteriorating social infrastructure
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These days, it’s even difficult to obtain accurate manpower numbers for the military personnel in America’s war zones, let alone the number of bases in each of them. (Photo: Book cover detail/Metropolitan Press) Nick Turse
Bases, Bases, Everywhere... Except in the Pentagon’s Report
One Down, Who Knows How Many to Go?
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In a win-win-win combination, building the health of soil improves farm viability, increasing farm resiliency to extreme weather events, and improving food quality and surrounding water quality. (Photo: Public domain) Elizabeth Henderson
Why Sustainable Agriculture Should Support a Green New Deal
"De-carbonize the atmosphere, re-carbonize the soil!"
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The thing is, this president has lied so routinely that we tend to forget that some lies have consequences, and here is one that clearly does. (Photo: Donald Trump/cc/flickr) Dave Lindorff
Claiming a ‘National Emergency’ to Justify Building a $5-Billion Wall
At last! A workable reason to impeach the MF
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Thom Hartmann
It’s Time to Bring Back the Corporate Death Penalty
When big companies engage in criminal harm to the public, they deserve serious punishment
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Michael Winship
Something That Doesn’t Love a Wall. A President Who Does.
Crazed and fear-fueled ideology runs rampant over reality.
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