Brett Wilkins, staff writer<\/span> (2020-09-08)<\/span>. Despite Overseeing Soaring Civilian Casualties, Trump Points Finger at Pentagon Leaders as Warmongers.<\/a><\/span> commondreams.org<\/a><\/span> Critics note the president has increased military spending to record levels while fulfilling his promise to "bomb the shit" out of militants—and their families. | www.commondreams.org\/sites\/default\/files…<\/a> …<\/span><\/p>\n Max Blumenthal<\/span> (2020-09-07)<\/span>. 'Green' billionaires behind professional activist network that led suppression of 'Planet of the Humans' documentary.<\/a><\/span> thegrayzone.com<\/a><\/span> The Michael Moore-produced 'Planet of the Humans' faced a coordinated suppression campaign led by professional climate activists backed by the same 'green' billionaires, Wall Street investors, industry insiders and family foundations skewered in the film. By Max Blumenthal "We must take control of our environmental movement and our future from billionaires and their permanent war …<\/span><\/p>\n Staff<\/span> (2020-09-07)<\/span>. Freedom Struggle: Angela Davis on Calls to Defund Police, Racism & Capitalism, and the 2020 Election.<\/a><\/span> democracynow.org<\/a><\/span> <\/span> In a Democracy Now! special, we revisit our June 2020 interview with the legendary activist and scholar Angela Davis about the uprising against police brutality and racism launched in May after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The protests have helped dramatically shift public opinion on policing and systemic racism, as "defund the police" becomes a rallying cry of the movement. Davis is professor emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz. For half a century, she has been one of the most influential activists and intellectuals in the United States and an icon of the Black liberation mo…<\/span><\/p>\n WSWS<\/span> (2020-09-07)<\/span>. The Silence of Others: The victims of Spanish fascism then and now.<\/a><\/span> wsws.org<\/a><\/span> Timely and moving, the Spanish documentary details the efforts of activists and torture survivors to prosecute Francoite officials for crimes against humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n _____<\/span> (2020-09-06)<\/span>. The Anarchist Assassination of U.S. President William McKinley and Its Links to the Murder of Tsar Alexander II.<\/a><\/span> strategic-culture.org<\/a><\/span> In 1901, there was a political coup d'etat in the United States that transformed the world and nobody noticed. | A beloved and twice-elected nationalist president was assassinated and replaced by a passionate supporter of the British Empire and America was on its disastrous path to empire in Asia and war in Europe. | The strategic context of the murder of William McKinley is seldom discussed. The extraordinary and deeply disturbing parallels between his murder and the sadistic slaughter 20 years before of Russia's heroic Tsar Alexander II, friend of Abraham Lincoln and liberator of 24 million slaves has, to my kn…<\/span><\/p>\n Will Bunch<\/span> (2020-09-06)<\/span>. The Real 'Hoax' in America Is Record Wall Street Profits as Nation's Jobless Millions Cannot Afford Rent.<\/a><\/span> commondreams.org<\/a><\/span> Tenants and housing activists gathered at Maria Hernandez Park for a rally and march in the streets of Bushwick, demanding the New York City administration cancel rent immediately as many New Yorkers remain strapped for cash and out of work. (Photo: Erik McGregor\/LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org\/sites\/default\/files…<\/a> …<\/span><\/p>\n