Published on Saturday, February 26, 2011 by CommonDreams.org‘Mad as Hell’ in Madisonby Ralph NaderThe large demonstrations at the state Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin are driven by a middle class awakening to the spectre of its destruction by the… more »

Time to Topple Corporate DictatorsThe Wall Street crooks who looted the peoples’ pensions and savings...By Ralph Nader Global Research, February 19, 2011 nader.org - 2011-02-18 The 18 day non-violent Egyptian protests for fre… more »

As the protests continue in Egypt, coverage is spotty at times and the meaning of it all can be elusive to those of us living in western cultures, where we believe we understand both Democracy and the ways in which our foreign policies implement those id… more »

The sentiments expressed in this letter may have more meaning more for you now that the results of the mid-term elections are clear. You have seen what can happen when a number of your supporters lose their enthusiasm and stay home or do not actively participate as volunteers. more »

I have been thinking a lot lately about globalization and so-called "free-trade". And aside from all the arguments we've made against it; the loss of domestic jobs, wage suppression, corporate multi-nationalism, and all the other downsides that the elite… more »

People like Frank Luntz teach people like Sarah Palin how to use well-chosen words, expressions, analogies, metaphors and diatribes to emotionally re-characterize our understanding of a particular issue in order to sway public support to bias a particula… more »

This past Friday night on Bill Moyers Journal, I watched the most educational conversation I have heard in a single place to date on the current healthcare debate we are trying to have in this country. Personally I find many similarities between this… more »

Excerpt from DemocracyNOW on today's show: Legendary folk singer, banjo player, storyteller, and political and environmental activist [[en:Pete Seeger]] turned ninety on Sunday. More than 18,000 people packed New York’s Madison Square Garden Sunday to… more »

39 years ago today in 1970, over 20 million Americans publicly demonstrated their support for the first [[en:Earth Day]]. Founded by U.S. Senator [[en:Gaylord Nelson]] as an environmental teach-in, a nationwide grassroots demonstration on the environment… more »