Tag Archives: Trump
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Posted by Steve Sack on Monday, 31 July 2017
Populism
Populism now divides, yet once it united the working class
The words populism and populist have no simple, coherent meaning.
Being Trumped
They marched to demand Congress DO THEIR JOB and remove the President from The White House. click here
Fake Trump
Another laugh – well maybe? click on the image for the truth.
NO is NOT enough
New book by Naomi Klein
this is my second post on this book:
here’s a new review of the book on The Guardian – click here
Continue reading NO is NOT enough
NO is NOT enough
New book by Naomi Klein
“This is one attempt to uncover how we got to this surreal political moment. It is also an attempt to predict how, under cover of shocks and crises, it could get a lot worse.
And it’s a plan for how, if we keep our heads, we might just be able to flip the script and arrive at a radically better future.” — From the Introduction
Trump hair
MIT and Climate Change
MIT Speaks for Science & Climate Change
A message from the MIT President in which he reacts to the Trump announcement on how Trump is yet again out of touch with the rest of the world. Yah for our scientists!
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton makes a fiery commencement speech at her alma mater – taking aim at Trump and his colleagues. She makes the speech nearly 50 years after graduating from Wellesley College in 1969
Jonathan Jones
Jonathan asks the question of Barack Obama
How can Barack Obama smile at a time like this? I think he knows something. Click on the image for the story by The Guardian.
Equity in politics
The wonderful world of contemporary politics
Here’s the famous photo. The world saw the problem? and…
Turnbulled
If ever there was a time for Australia to have a leader who speaks for Australia – the time is now. Continue reading Turnbulled
Trump and the Climate
Trump Orchestrates Major Shift on Climate and Environment
click on the image for the story on The Dirt.
Trump and 1984
Trumpland gets even weirder
OMG – is this really 2017 – or 1984. Click on image for the story
Trump and the media
click on the image for the wise words about dealing with Trump
Rebecca Solnit
Click on the image for the Guardian article
Shepard Fairey
Shepard Fairey‘s new posters
click on the image for the story behind these ‘we the people’ posters
The Media
Did Media Literacy Backfire?
click on the image for the article
Russia Bans Meryl Streep
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irony on the streets of Mumbai
click on the image for the story
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Jane Fonda on Trump
The climate is Turnbulled and now Trumped
Here’s a worrying view on Trump and the efforts to deal with climate change.
The Arts – after Trump
Trump’s win shows how vital the arts and humanities are
Julianne Schultz, Griffith University (This has been reprinted from The Conversation)
Lies, lies and the NeoCons
There’s so much wrong with the democracy experiment at the moment. But is good that a few journalists are seeing the issues that must be dealt with.
The Guardian on globalisation
Climate, Trump-Abbott-Turnbull
An article about how this country has been there on the climate before Trump with both Abbott and now Turnbull. Click here.
Clive Hamilton on Trump
Trumpism as Whitelash
Clive Hamilton, Charles Sturt University (republished from The Conversation)
( a note from Paul Costigan – Before you read the Clive Hamilton article below from The Conversation– – have a look at the photograph above. It is scary!)
George Monbiot
Neoliberalism: the deep story that lies beneath Donald Trump’s triumph–click on image
Leslie Knope writes to America about Trump
US election
Kristina Keneally gets it right on her take on this disaster.
George Monbiot
George Monboit identifies the Trump amongst us all
Sadly our political system has been corrupted. As much as we wish we lived in a democratic country–sadly it is not so.
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama on Trump
She nailed it. How do we vote for Michelle Obama?
OMG – in the USA today
How far the USA has travelled – down.
The creature from our worst nightmare
Image linked from a site by Amy Dickinson – click here
Women & Trump
click on image for the piece by Anne Summers
Facts Matter
Barbara Streisand on Trump
Good to see people at last calling out Trump on his habitual lies. click here.
Trump to lose – nope
click here for the story – by Michael Moore on Trump’s strategy