Prosecutors attempted to subpoena Ron Paul in connection with a 1981 scheme for a mercenary invasion of Dominica to establish a white separatist homelandâled by Paul’s supporter Don Black of the neo-Nazi Stormfornt.
The headlong rush by so-called “leftists” and “progressives” to abandon principle by jumping on the racist, xenophobic, anti-woman, laissez-faire capitalist Ron Paul bandwagon is dealt another disgraceful advance by MondoWeiss.
Glenn Greenwald and Robert Scheer join the ranks of supposed progressives to sing the praises of Ron Paulâminimizing his radical deregulationist, xenophobic, Christian-conservative and generally anti-freedom agenda.
It is a sad day indeed. The “leftist” website CounterPunch gushes enthusiasm for Ron Paulâwhile it is left to the New York Times to uphold anti-racist principles by calling him out on his hateful outbursts and support from neo-Nazis.
Despite his lukewarm disavowals of “past” ugly racism, “progressives” continue to plug Ron Paul because of his supposed anti-war credsâoblivious to the fact that he even casts his anti-war message in ugly xenophobic terms.
Ron Paul wants to privatize the national parks, abolish the EPA and open up virtually all offshore waters to BP and Exxon. Why are so-called “progressives” continuing to shill for this shill of Big Oil and the resource industries?
The Justice Department announced the findings of its three-year civil rights investigation of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, concluding there is reasonable cause to believe that MCSO engages in a pattern of violating the Constitution.
If this joker ever gets into the White House, he’ll be bringing troops back from Afghanistan, all rightâto wage a race war in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Houston. Do not fall for this fascistic demagogue.
Three inmates at Corcoran state prison’s supermax Secure Housing Unit who participated in this year’s California prisoner hunger strike issued a statement proposing “10 core demands” for the Occupy Wall Street movement.
In a day of action dubbed “Shutdown Wall Street on the Waterfront,” thousands of protesters blocked cargo trucks at West Coast ports from San Diego to Anchorage, forcing terminals in Oakland, Portland and Longview to halt operations.
Conserva-bloggers are making much of a statement by ILWU president Robert McEllrath disavowing Occupy Wall Street’s call for a general strike to shut down the West Coast ports on Monday. But the statement is not the ILWU website.
Thousands of activists attended the 21st annual protest against the US Army’s School of the Americas, while one was arrested at a nearby detention center protesting the government’s “inhumane immigration policies.”
