Inauguration 2017 Special Coverage w/ Angela Davis, Naomi Klein, Ralph Nader & More
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From Public Citizen's Corporate Presidency site: "44 Trump administration officials have close ties to the Koch brothers and their network of political groups, particularly Vice President Mike Pence, White House Legislative Affairs Director Marc Short, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and White House budget director Mick Mulvaney."
Dark Money author Jane Mayer on The Dangers of President Pence, New Yorker, Oct. 23 issue on-line
Can Time Inc. Survive the Kochs? November 28, 2017 By Jane Mayer
..."This year, among the Kochs’ aims is to spend a projected four hundred million dollars in contributions from themselves and a small group of allied conservative donors they have assembled, to insure Republican victories in the 2018 midterm elections. Ordinarily, political reporters for Time magazine would chronicle this blatant attempt by the Kochs and their allies to buy political influence in the coming election cycle. Will they feel as free to do so now?"...
"Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America" see: our site, and George Monbiot's essay on this key book by historian Nancy MacLean.
Full interview with The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer March 29, 2017, Democracy Now! about her article, "The Reclusive Hedge-Fund Tycoon Behind the Trump Presidency: How Robert Mercer Exploited America’s Populist Insurgency."
Democracy Now! Special Broadcast from the Women's March on Washington
The Economics of Happiness -- shorter version
Local Futures offers a free 19-minute abridged version of its award-winning documentary film The Economics of Happiness. It "brings us voices of hope of in a time of crisis." www.localfutures.org.
What's New?
December 11, 2017
Movement to ban nuclear weapons receives Nobel Peace Prize
From the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize winners:
(ICAN, 6 December 2017)
Take action: urge your country to join the treaty
December 6, 2017
On 7 July 2017, 122 nations voted to adopt a historic global agreement to ban nuclear weapons, known as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. It opened for signature on 20 September. We are calling on all countries to join it without delay.
Has your country joined already? Check here.
Please help us put pressure on your government to join by writing to your political leaders or raising public debate about the treaty. Our new booklet explains why the treaty was negotiated and how it will make a difference. We encourage you to share it widely.
Joining the treaty is typically a two-step process. The first step is to sign it – which is a largely symbolic act. The second is to ratify it – which provides formal consent to be legally bound. Ratification often involves the legislative branch of government.
Need more information about joining the treaty? Read this UN kit.
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More information about Setsuko Thurlow.
More information about Beatrice Fihn.
See videos from and about the presentation:
Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo (1:37)
- Anti-nuclear group ICAN receives Nobel Peace Prize (3:11 video report)
- Nuclear Weapons: In Conversation with ICAN (Al Jazeera interview with Rebecca Johnson, includes background video)
Links thanks to Greg Mello of the Los Alamos Study Group