The grass-roots progressive activism of the past two years has been inspiring. But it’s still a shadow of what the country needs. This opinion column by David Leonhardt appeared in the New York Times on January 20th, 2019. The grass-roots progressive movement known as the resistance has had a very good two years. It beat back attempts [...]
This article by John Thomason appeared in The Intercept, January 15th, 2019. Embeded in the article is the trailer to Astra Taylor's documentary titled, "What is Democracy." The trailer is 1 minute and 40 seconds. PLATO BELIEVED THAT a city ruled by the rich could not last. The rich would rule according to their interest in [...]
This article by Teodrose Fikre appeared in The Ghion Journal on, December 30th, 2018. Imagine your reaction if twenty years ago I shared with you that the following developments would take place and readily accepted by Americans as normal facets of everyday life: Pervasive intrusion by the Federal government and private corporations alike in our [...]
This article, titled: The Illusion of Freedom, by Chris Hedges, was published again on TruthDig 3 years ago today. The first two paragraphs, as with the rest of the article, lay out clearly and elegantly that we live in a corporate state. To think otherwise, as he says, is magical thinking. And as many have [...]
This article by Jeffrey St. Clair and Joshua Frank was published on Counter Punch, November 30th, 2018. IN THE SPRING of 2017, the carbon dioxide readings at the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawai’i cracked 410 parts per million, an all-time record and a frightening one. On Earth Day, climate marches took place in cities across [...]
This article appeared in The Onion, November 28th, 2018. Brief commentary by Community Rights US Media Team member Curt Hubatch: We at CRUS challenge you to try not to smile and laugh out loud when you read this piece about the Raytheon faction of the United States Senate. WASHINGTON—In a move greatly reducing the possibility [...]
Courting Democrats and veteran journalists is part of their strategy. This article by Daniel Marans and Paul Blumenthal appeared in the Huffington Post, November 23rd, 2018. Brief commentary by Community Rights US Media Team member Curt Hubatch: As you read through this article you'll notice a LINK to a powerpoint presentation that was recently given [...]
This 4 minute video featuring Danielle Allen was published in The Atlantic on November 2nd, 2018. If you get into the Community Rights movement it will not be long and you'll hear this fundamental principle: Governments are instituted to protect the health, safety, and welfare of individuals and communities. If they fail to do so [...]
"The politics that's needed to prevent the climate catastrophe—it doesn't exist today," says Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old from Sweden. "We need to change the system." This article by Jessica Corbett was published on Common Dreams October 20th, 2018. A brief commentary by Community Rights US media team member Curt Hubatch: We at Community Rights US [...]
…the people pressed on anyway, regardless of what the Court said…” A blog posting published by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from October 11, 2018. Young activists and organizers today study the civil rights movement. It’s our model for organizing. It’s our reference point for how to do it right. It defines the unofficial rules for [...]
