QUOTES OF THE WEEK
“You’re not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.” – Malcolm X (U.S. civil rights activist, 1925-1965)
“There is hunger for ordinary bread, and there is hunger for love, for kindness, for thoughtfulness; and this is the great poverty that makes people suffer so much.” Mother Teresa
“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” – Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
“When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.” – Nelson Mandela
“A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth.” – Albert Einstein
FACTS OF THE WEEK
FEATURES
2013 In Review: Power, Politics and Resistance http://www.democracynow.org/2014/1/1/2013_in_review_power_politics_and
The rise of the military’s secret military – They’re called Special Operation Forces — and they’re everywhere http://www.salon.com/2014/01/08/the_rise_of_the_militarys_secret_military_partner/
Workers Stand With Locked-Out Ikea Staff http://morningstaronline.co.uk/a-2dab-Workers-stand-with-locked-out-Ikea-staff#.UsD3A_QW18E
The Media’s Absurd Hysteria About Teens and Pot: There’s very little data to suggest that cannabis causes long-lasting memory problems or an increased risk of schizophrenia. http://www.alternet.org/drugs/media-peddling-dangerous-myths-about-long-term-risks-smoking-pot-teenagers
Ripe for rebellion? http://www.economist.com/news/21589143-where-protest-likeliest-break-out-ripe-rebellion
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