Police Killings: Why We Must Keep Counting

Guardian Editorial The Guardian
The Counted has made up for the Obama administration’s failings, but the lack of oversight remains. So we will restart our count of people killed by police until the government does its job

Noam Chomsky Endorses Bernie Sanders

Noam Chomsky says Bernie Sanders is the only choice for President, Hillary Clinton is just another part of the establishment, and Republicans are "off the chart Right wing."

'Make America Great Again'

Dwain, from Mullets Over America, sings the anthem "Make America Great Again" 'bout the general awesomeness of Donald J Trump.

Playing for Change: 'Pemba Laka'

PFC shares their newest Song Around The World, “Pemba Laka,” a joyful song that will bring a smile to your face to begin the new year.

Friday Nite Videos -- January 1, 2016

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Playing for Change: Pemba Laka. Fewer Police Killings in 2016? 'Make America Great Again.' Why Mormons Identify With Syrian Refugees. Noam Chomsky Endorses Bernie Sanders.

'What We've Achieved So Far': an Interview with Jeremy Corbyn

Hilary Wainwright and Leo Panitch Red Pepper (UK)
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, in conversation with Hilary Wainwright and Leo Panitch, talks about the meaning of ‘new plolitics,' opening up Labour’s policymaking to the people, and creating an alternative to austerity.

Sense of the Uncanny: George Jackson in the Sun of Palestine

Abby Zimet Common Dreams
George Jackson in the Sun of Palestine is an exhibit that opened in October at the Abu Jihad Museum on the campus of Al-quds University, a Palestinian university. The exhibit demonstrates the similarity in voice and situation" between the Palestinian and African American people for whom widespread incarceration of their communities is the product of a system designed to punish them for their very presence.

10 Good Things About the Not-So-Great Year 2015

Medea Benjamin CounterPunch
Although there were many horrible developments in 2015, there were some goods ones too -- and let these encourage us to bring in the new year truly striking back at the injustices of the empire.