SUNDAY
May 26, 2013
If I had gotten 3,000 people to join me, I would have considered that a success.
'It was empowering and inspiring to see so many people, from different walks of life, put aside their differences and come together today.
'We will continue until Monsanto complies with consumer demand. They are poisoning our children, poisoning our planet. If we don’t act, who’s going to?'
March Against Monsanto founder and organizer
Tami Canal who created a Facebook page Feb. 28
calling for a rally against the company’s genetically
modified (GMO) plant practices, resulting in Saturday's
demonstrations in 52 countries and 436 cities
Washington Post
MONDAY May 27, 2013
' Only a small minority participated in the riots. But unemployment is very high here in Husby and in other suburbs. Many youths have neither jobs nor educations. They feel that they are discriminated against and harassed by the authorities as well as by the police, who frequently react in a very brutal manner. Racist insults, such as calling them "apes" or "niggers," are often used.
'... Sweden has become a country of neoliberal experimentation. Profit-oriented companies run schools, and poorly funded community schools are being replaced by religious ones. By international comparison, the Swedish educational system has dropped considerably, and the youths in our suburbs have been the victims. Social standards have been drastically cut back, and satellite communities have been particularly neglected.'
Arne Johansson, 65, the head of
"Network for Jarva's Future," a
citizens' initiative promoting social
justice in Sweden
Arne Johansson
Spiegel Online
TUESDAY May 28, 2013
What does it take to make a Wall Street banker squirm with shame? Not content with having swindled tens of millions of Americans out of their homes and life savings, the very bankers who caused the biggest economic catastrophe since the Great Depression are now subverting government regulations designed to prevent comparable disasters in the future.'
Robert Scheer
TruthDig
WEDNESDAY May 29, 2013
'In a number of EU countries, this problem has been expressed in ways that can lead to the destruction of the social fabric. When some countries are seeing 50 percent unemployment rates among the youth, some of whom are highly qualified and are losing their future chances because of a crisis they weren't responsible for, this is a problem that we should resolve now, and not in the long term.'
Martin Schulz, president of the European Parliament
Deutsche Welle
THURSDAY May 30, 2013
' In a different world, Mr. Orr* might instead consider more aggressively challenging the city’s creditors, or lobbying for the sort of federal cash infusion received by the faltering banks and auto companies. Unfortunately, such scenarios aren’t likely to come up during today’s Mackinac panel on Detroit’s turnaround — moderated by the vice chairman of a bank.'
Mark Binelli, a contributing editor
at Rolling Stone and author of
“Detroit City Is the Place to Be”
* bankruptcy lawyer Kevyn D. Orr who rules Detroit with powers
that include the ability to privatize city services, sell off municipal assets
and alter union contracts.
Mark Binelli
New York Times
FRIDAY May 31, 2013
'Like many observers, I usually read reports about political goings-on with a sort of weary cynicism. Every once in a while, however, politicians do something so wrong, substantively and morally, that cynicism just won’t cut it; it’s time to get really angry instead. So it is with the ugly, destructive war against food stamps.'
Economist Paul Krugman
New York Times
SATURDAY June 1, 2013
Republicans and Immigration
'The questions are: Is providing a pathway to citizenship (or at least permanent residency) for the 11 million people in this country illegally an act of humanity and practicality? Or is it an electoral imperative to which opposition ultimately guarantees political suicide?
'The answer probably is "yes" to both, although many Republicans seem to think the opposite.'
Columnist Charles M. Blow
New York Times
June 1, 2013
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