Chris Hedges: Days of Revolt – The Corporate Coup d’etat with Ralph Nader

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Uploaded on Nov 4, 2015

In this episode of teleSUR’s Days of Revolt, Chris Hedges and Ralph Nader trace the advancement of corporate control in the US political system.

 

 

Published on Nov 12, 2015

Real News @ http://RevolutionNews.US — Chris Hedges speaks with former presidential candidate Ralph Nader. Together they analyze the historic role of third parties in the US, and trace how such political alternatives have been shut out by a corporatized, dictatorial two-party system. Nader and Hedges also discuss Bernie Sanders’ campaign, and his capitulation to the Democratic establishment.

Days of Revolt: The Death of Electoral Politics
In this episode of teleSUR’s Days of Revolt, Chris Hedges and Ralph Nader analyze Bernie Sanders’ campaign and the role of the two-party system in shutting out third parties.

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HILLARY for PRISON in 2016!

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Pete Seeger, Folk Legend & FBI Target: Declassified Docs Show Iconic Singer Was Spied on for Decades

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Published on Dec 22, 2015

The late folk artist Pete Seeger was a musical and political icon who helped create the modern American folk music movement. Now there’s some new pages to add to his songbook—the government has released nearly 1,800 pages that reveal the FBI spied on him for nearly 30 years. The surveillance began when Seeger protested the targeting of Japanese Americans during World War II. It continued until the early 1970s as he wrote some of the most famous anti-war songs of the 20th century. We are joined by Pete Seeger’s biographer, David King Dunaway.

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At last, global fretting on climate change | Harvard Gazette

Paris agreement greatly expands international commitment to reduce damage, Stavins says

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By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer

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“The Paris talks were absolutely a success in that the agreement that was achieved is one that meets all of the requirements of what would be a meaningful foundation for long-term action,” said Robert Stavins, head of the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements.

By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer

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As negotiators make their way back to their home countries from the Paris climate talks, the world is taking stock of the agreement that many analysts describe as a landmark shift in global climate cooperation but some criticize as lacking mandatory targets to keep temperatures to a rise of less than 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.

To gain a greater understanding of the agreement, the Gazette spoke with Robert Stavins, the Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School and head of the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, who traveled to Paris and conducted briefings and side discussions for delegates from various nations.

GAZETTE: From your perspective, were the Paris talks a success or failure?

STAVINS: The Paris talks were absolutely a success in that the agreement that was achieved is one that meets all of the requirements of what would be a meaningful foundation for long-term action. But it’s only a foundation, so whether the agreement itself is ultimately successful, that’s something that can be judged only 10, 20, or even 30 years from now.

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The Belfer Center: Energy and Climate

Taken together, the lessons from thirty years of experience suggest that cap-and-trade merits serious consideration when regions, nations, or sub-national jurisdictions seek to develop policies to reduce GHG emissions. And, indeed, this has happened.

“Lessons Learned from Three Decades of Experience with Cap-and-Trade“

• At last, global fretting on climate change
  Robert Stavins
• Securing America’s Future: Realizing the Potential of the DOE National Laboratories
  Narayanamurti, Venkatesh, Laura Diaz Anadon, Gabe Chan, and Amitai Y. Bin-Nun
• Lessons Learned from Three Decades of Experience with Cap-and-Trade
  Richard Schmalensee and Robert Stavins
• Evaluating Mitigation Effort: Tools and Institutions for Assessing Nationally Determined Contributions
  Joseph Aldy
• What’s the Right Temperature for the Earth? Andy Parker and David Keith

 

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Success of Paris Agreement Was Built on Determination, Persistence and Science

Success of Paris Agreement Was Built on Determination, Persistence and Science

What led to the successful adoption of the Paris Agreement at COP21? WRI’s Michael Oko sees persistence, determination and the increasing clarity of climate science as key factors

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Is the DNC Afraid of Democracy? Clinton WH Counselor Says Party a “Dead Carcass” for Stifling Debate

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Published on Dec 21, 2015

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On Friday, the Democratic National Committee suspended the Bernie Sanders campaign’s access to a critical database after finding his staffers improperly viewed front-runner Hillary Clinton’s proprietary information when a computer glitch made it briefly available. The DNC backed down after Sanders filed suit, but the Sanders campaign has accused party leadership of trying to thwart the Vermont senator’s bid. The DNC has also been accused of trying to help Clinton by limiting the number of debates and scheduling them on low-viewership periods like Saturday nights. Bill Curry, political columnist at Salon.com and former White House counselor to President Clinton, argues that the DNC is deliberately blocking debate and that chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz should resign as a result. “This is supposed to be a political party. In a healthy society, there would be a democratic process in the Democratic Party, by which elected people would be overseeing these issues by making sure there wasn’t just nepotism and insider dealing,” Curry says. “That the political party itself — which is supposed to be the progressive party — has become mortgaged to a small group of Washington insiders, who raise money from large corporate PACs, [and] has become just a dead carcass of what it once was, is the most important piece of information that this contretemps over the data files has emphasized. It’s time for progressives in this country to stand up and demand a genuinely democratic process.”

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At Democratic Debate, Candidates Embrace Military Solutions in Foreign Policy

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Published on Dec 21, 2015

Institute for Policy Studies Fellow Phyllis Bennis says the debate showed a difference in tactics but not strategy in the foreign policy platforms of Sanders and Clinton

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IPCC Dubrovnik Live – Oct 8th 2015

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Published on Oct 8, 2015

IPCC Dubrovnik Live – Oct 8th 2015

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Press Conference with the Elected Chair of IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Published on Oct 7, 2015

Hoesung Lee
Dubrovnik, Croatia

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IPCC Fifth Assessment Report Synthesis Report

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Published on Dec 3, 2014

The SYR synthesizes the main findings of the AR5 (IPCC) based on contributions from Working Group I (The Physical Science Basis), Working Group II (Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability), and Working Group III (Mitigation of Climate Change), plus two additional IPCC reports (Special Report on Renewable Energy and Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation).

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COP21 IPCC Press Conference

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Published on Dec 4, 2015

Press conference held during the UNFCCC COP 21 meeting with IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee, Working Group I Co-Chair Valérie Masson-Delmotte and Co-Chair of the IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Kiyoto Tanabe.
Date: 3 December 2015
Venue: Le Bourget,, Paris, France

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