from the Real News Network
Bill Black, author of “The Best Way To Rob a Bank is to Own One” begins a regular TRNN feature reporting on financial news
‘The Union List’
Developing Illinois’ Alternative Energy Sources
by n0madic, posted on Saturday, July 21st, 2012 at 12:55 pmfrom IllinoisCHannel TV
From Rural LaSalle County — we go on a tour looking at new solar and wind energy projects being developed in Illinois. We’ll hear about the costs, and how much these projects are contributing to the state’s electric generating capacity. We begin with an overview of the use of wind energy in Illinois, as described by Kevin Borgia, Director of the Illinois Wind Energy Coalition.
How Millennials and Students Won a Massive Victory on Loan Rates
by n0madic, posted on Friday, July 20th, 2012 at 10:06 pmfrom Rebuild the Dream
In January, nearly everyone thought the student loan interest rate was going to double — and no one could stop it. Then students stood up. They fought and they won
Roots of Correa’s Ecuador
by n0madic, posted on Friday, July 20th, 2012 at 8:38 amThe planet vs. the fossil fuel industry: Bill McKibben explains why both can’t win
by n0madic, posted on Thursday, July 19th, 2012 at 10:01 pmfrom Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer (Current TV)
Bill McKibben, environmentalist and founder of 350.org, joins “Viewpoint” host Eliot Sptizer to discuss “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math,” the Rolling Stone article he described on Twitter as “the most important thing I’ve written in many years.”
See also: “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math” by Bill McKibben, RollingStone.com, July 19, 2012 9:35 AM ET
“Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe – and that make clear who the real enemy is.”
PDA IL: John Laesch on austerity measures in Illinois
by n0madic, posted on Thursday, July 19th, 2012 at 9:51 amfrom PDA-IL
John Laesch of Northern Illinois Jobs With Justice (NIJWJ.org) speaks about austerity measures in Illinois.
PDA IL: Dr. Quentin Young on the future of single payer and building a strong progressive movement.
by n0madic, posted on Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 at 9:26 pmfrom PDA-IL
National Coordinator of Physicians for a National Health Program and newest member of Progressive Democrats of America’s Advisory Board, speaks to PDA IL on the future of single payer and building a strong progressive movement.
Jeff Faux on the Hunger Games Economy, Obama, and Romney
by n0madic, posted on Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 at 4:50 pmfrom The Real New Network
Jeff Faux: The dreams of Wall Street and the military/industrial complex are not compatible with the dreams of the American middle class
Gar Alperovitz’s Green Party Keynote: We Are Laying Groundwork for “Next Great Revolution”
by n0madic, posted on Monday, July 16th, 2012 at 8:15 pmfrom Democracy Now!
At the Green Party’s 2012 National Convention in Baltimore over the weekend, Massachusetts physician Jill Stein and anti-poverty campaigner Cheri Honkala were nominated the party’s presidential and vice-presidential contenders. We air the convention’s keynote address delivered by Gar Alperovitz, a professor of political economy at the University of Maryland and co-founder of the Democracy Collaborative. Alperovitz is the author of, “America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty, and Our Democracy.” In his remarks, Alperovitz stressed the importance of third-party politics to challenge a corporate-run society. “Systems in history are defined above all by who controls the wealth,” Alperovitz says. “The top 400 people own more wealth now than the bottom 185 million Americans taken together. That is a medieval structure.”
For more from Gar Alperovitz, click here.
Organizer, Physician Jill Stein Poised to Win Green Party’s Presidential Nomination
by n0madic, posted on Friday, July 13th, 2012 at 11:38 amfrom Democracy Now!
As the corporate media covers every move made by Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney and Democratic incumbent Barack Obama, we go to Baltimore to cover the Green Party 2012 National Convention. “We need big solutions, you know, not solutions around the margins. We really need to end unemployment, we need to put 25 million people back to work with good paying jobs,” says presumptive presidential nominee Dr. Jill Stein, who is running on a platform called “the Green New Deal” that emphasizes economic justice, tough financial regulation, the repeal of Citizens United and a transition to a “green economy.” The Green Party expects to be on the 2012 ballot in at least 45 states and plans to spend approximately $1 million on its campaign. Stein is the party’s first candidate to independently qualify for federal matching funds, a milestone for this 11-year-old third party.
