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A Plan to Win

Peter Gowan Jacobin
The overriding aim of democratic socialist strategy is to weaken the power of business, before breaking with capitalism entirely.

Trump’s Expedited Drilling Threatens Ancient Native American Center

Elizabeth Miller The Guardian
The Trump Administration’s aggressive efforts to turn public lands over to the oil and gas industries threatens New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon, the epicenter of Puebloan civilization from 850 to 1250 AD. UNESCO termed the ancient urban ceremonial center “unlike anything constructed before or since.” The accelerated oil and gas development threatens the Native American connection to this sacred place and all our attempts to understand the mysteries of its way of life.

Friday Nite Videos | November 17, 2017

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John Oliver | The Trump Presidency. Janis Joplin | Down On Me. Movie: The Man Who Invented Christmas. Paradise Papers: Watch The Live Digital Premiere. Trump-Proofing America's Nukes.

The Trump Presidency

One year after the presidential election, John Oliver discusses what we've learned so far and enlists our catheter cowboy to teach Donald Trump what he hasn't.

Janis Joplin | Down On Me

"Down on Me" is a traditional freedom song from the 1920s or earlier that became popular following its remake 50 years ago (1967) by Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company. (Wikipedia)