• Investigations
  • Opinion & Analysis
  • Cartoons
  • Podcasts
  • Videos
  • Language
    • 中文
    • русский
    • Español
  • National News
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Elections
  • Civil Liberties
  • Environment
  • Health & Lifestyle
  • Media & Culture
  • MyMPN Announcements

Commodifying Dissent: Media, The Arts And The Hope In Cooperatives

July 19, 2016 By Yoav Litvin Leave a Comment

In the latest onslaught of apocalyptic news updates: The European Union is in crisis after the Brexit vote, endless wars continue to ravage Africa and the Middle East causing millions of refugees to flee for their lives, ISIS strikes again, this time slaughtering over one hundred and fifty innocent Iraqis in Baghdad, and man-made climate change is wreaking havoc, fueling the third major mass extinction of species on Earth.

Meanwhile, back in the halls of empire the theatrics of the electoral process, together with the usual seasonal sports spectacles are mesmerizing and distracting the vast majority of the American public from the pressing issues threatening society. Despair and hatred mar our streets, nightclubs, schools, churches and movie theaters. Greed has overtaken empathy and a few powerful individuals have squashed the collective. Whole communities have been ravaged by neoliberal agendas that imprison and impoverish, all in the name of the almighty greenback.

But it is just another day at the office for the 1%. They own the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of government. As Chris Hedges frequently stresses: “We’ve undergone a corporate coup d’etat in slow motion. And it’s over. We’ve lost, and they’ve won.”

Filed Under: Civil Liberties, Media & Culture Tagged With: 1%ers, art, capitalism, media, Wall Street

Observations Of And On The Rich

September 4, 2015 By David Seaton Leave a Comment

There is a lot of talk about rich people, nowadays. About the sinister Koch brothers financing the “war on climate change science” or about Warren Buffett and Bill Gates promising to donate most of their fortunes to charity, so I have decided to chip in my two cents worth.

Looking back, I’ve known quite a few rich people over the years. While I’ve never known anyone as rich as Warren Buffett or Bill Gates, I have known the grandchildren of people who, once upon a time, were as rich as those two are today.

They say that there are two types of people in the world, people who think that there are two types of people in the world and those that don’t … I belong to the second grouping. Having said that, and recognizing that the wealthy come in all shapes and sizes, I’d like to generalize about certain archetypes I’ve come across.

Filed Under: Civil Liberties, National News Tagged With: 1%ers, Donald Trump, inequality, Koch Brothers, Warren Buffett

21st Century Populism: The New “Us” Against The Same Old “Them”

February 18, 2015 By David Seaton Leave a Comment

Mark Bittman published a very important article last week in the New York Times, entitled, “What is the Purpose of Society?” Important, because in just a few words he gets to the very heart of political action.

He begins with the most basic problem imaginable, food:

Filed Under: Civil Liberties, Foreign Affairs, Media & Culture Tagged With: 1%ers, agriculture, austerity, Bloomberg Business, capitalism, Corporate America, corporations, economics, education, food, Greece, healthcare, homelessness, Human Rights, immigration, inequality, Jeffrey Pfeffer, labor, Mark Bittman, New York Times, Peter Belmi, Podemos, poverty, racism, Spain, Syriza, Wall Street

Next Page »
The file does not exist View/Post/small_loop.php

About MyMPN

MyMPN is MintPress News' community site. Anyone can participate by writing a diary and commenting on others' diaries.

Content posted to MyMPN is the opinion of the author alone, and should not be attributed to MintPress News.

MyMPN will cease publishing on January 15, 2017. Thank you for your support of our work.

  • More about MyMPN
  • Report site problems and bugs
  • MyMPN Comment Moderation

Follow Mintpress

RSSTwitterFacebookGooglePlus

Our Latest Posts

In The Age Of Trump, Peaceful Revolt Is Our Only Option

By Kevin Patrick Kelly January 11, 2017

Hafizah Geter Gives Moving Poetic ‘Testimony’ At Medgar Evers College

By José Negroni January 10, 2017

Gonzo Journalism Rejects The Myth Of The Neutral Media

By Dr. Milena Rampoldi January 9, 2017

Aleppo: How The US Manipulates Humanitarianism For Imperialism

By Steven Chovanec January 6, 2017

Why One ‘Remain’ Voter Now Supports A Hard Brexit

By Tara Lighten Msiska January 5, 2017

Hawaiian Kingdom, American Empire: An Interview With Professor Keanu Sai

By Dennis Riches January 4, 2017

War Against Rape In Karachi: Advocating For A Rape Free Society

By Dr. Milena Rampoldi December 30, 2016

What’s In A Name? From ‘Al-Qaeda’ To The ‘Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia’

By Nu’man Abd al-Wahid December 29, 2016

Popular Tags

activism Africa American imperialism Barack Obama Canada capitalism Climate change democracy Democratic Party Donald Trump Egypt election 2016 energy fracking history Human Rights inequality Iraq ISIS Islam Islamic State Israel journalism MENA Middle East mining nuclear oil Palestine police poverty prison propaganda racism Republican Party Russia Saudi Arabia Syria terrorism Texas United Kingdom United Nations Wall Street War water

Sign up for our Daily Newsletter

Copyright © 2022 Mint Press, LLC