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Carl Gibson, 25, of Jackson, Mississippi, is co-founder of US Uncut, a grassroots direct action movement that protests corporate tax dodgers and budget cuts. His columns are published regularly for Truthout, Bright Green Scotland, Huffington Post, The Mark News, and syndicated to 850 newspapers across America through Daryl Cagle's Blog on MSNBC and MSN.com.
Thursday, May 9, 2013 Benghazi: The Shiny Object Distracting Us From Elizabeth Warren (1 comments)
The House GOP is obviously playing along with the corporate-owned spin machine's game of smoke and mirrors. It's largely a frantic attempt by the corporations running our government to steer attention away from the populist resistance to corporate rule that's slowly and steadily sweeping all over the country.
Monday, April 15, 2013 President Obama, One Corporate Puppet Among Many (5 comments)
The people of the United States should rightly interpret this latest slew of betrayals in government as proof that we live under the thumb of a corporate tyranny, not a legitimate constitutional republic. And we should come together to decide what a functional new government would look like, and reject the assumed legitimacy of our corporate ownership's puppet government.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Congress Protects Monsanto, Not Third Graders (6 comments)
Harry Reid's admittance of defeat to the gun lobby proves that Washington won't listen to the grieving friends and families of those who were gunned down in a movie theater in Colorado, or at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, a shopping mall in Portland, or an elementary school in Connecticut. The only thing that moves Washington to act is cash.
Sunday, January 27, 2013 Most of Our Debt Is Fake - Let's Abolish It (11 comments)
President Obama dismissed the trillion-dollar coin idea... because it would be a huge blow to the banks that have contributed lots of money to helping Obama keep his job.
Most of the paper money in circulation comes from fractional reserve banking... each dollar is essentially a note signifying debt owed to the private banks that control the Federal Reserve, which has been the sole issuer of US dollars since 1913.
Sunday, January 6, 2013 Cut Corporate Welfare, Not the Safety Net (1 comments)
In Congress' latest "fiscal cliff" deal that supposedly had to be passed in order to avoid economic calamity, we spent $30 billion on extending unemployment benefits for a year, and $205 billion on corporate tax breaks, subsidies and excessive tax loopholes. Most of these Christmas gifts for corporate America are benefiting major, multi-billion-dollar corporations that haven't paid a dime of US income taxes in years.
Sunday, May 27, 2012 What Does Wisconsin See in Scott Walker?
If putting a corporate boot on the necks of working families to spite his political opponents isn't enough to convince Walker's supporters they're voting against their own best interests, Walker is also an outspoken criminal who lies under Congressional oath.
Sunday, January 1, 2012 Occupy Phase II: The Supreme Court (3 comments)
While Occupy has made great strides in influencing the public dialogue, there is still a troubling void where a central, unifying rallying cry should be. Social movements can't be powered by raw emotion forever. If we want to win, 2012 must be the year we occupy SCOTUS.
Sunday, November 27, 2011 America Has Become a Fascist Police State (2 comments)
It is no longer extreme to say we now live in a fascist police state. Thanks to the Patriot Act, the SCOTUS' Citizens United decision, and a complacent electorate, our First Amendment rights of free speech and free assembly now only exist on paper.
