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{Philip A Farruggio is the son and grandson of Brooklyn, NYC longshoremen. A graduate of Brooklyn College ( class of '74 with a BA in Speech & Theater), he is a free lance columnist posted on World News Trust, Nation of Change Blog, Op Ed News,TheSleuthJournal.com, The Intrepid Report, Information Clearing House, Dandelion Salad, Activist Post, Dissident Voice, Counterpunch and many other sites worldwide. Philip works as an environmental products sales rep and has been a street corner protest activist leader and Green Party member since 2000. In 2010 he became a local spokesperson for the 25% Solution Movement to Save Our Cities by cutting military spending 25%. Philip can be reached at PAF1222@bellsouth.net}
SHARE Thursday, December 20, 2018 Forget the Birth - Celebrate the 'Christ Man' !!
What Jesus stood for was unconditional Love and forgiveness...and just as paramount: JUSTICE! As the old saying goes: "Let justice prevail or may the heavens fall!"
SHARE Monday, December 17, 2018 Who Needs Warriors? The Empire Does
Send those men and women dressed in nice suits who run these phony wars to the hot desert's hornet's nest. Hand them the helmets and powerful killing instruments and let them act like the warriors that the commercials trumpet.
SHARE Monday, December 3, 2018 Working for the Man....Not the Masses
One day on that job was enough for me. I went home and didn't show up the next day. What really hurt me was the fact that those workers didn't have the luxury that I still had. I lived at home and could move on whereas many of these folks couldn't.
SHARE Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Black Friday Amerika: 'Shop Till We All Drop'!!
Many of my fellow Amerikans have been 'dumbed down'. The boob tube from the 1970s right up until present has completed its assignment of ridding the public of any real historical or counter mainstream political discourse or debate.
SHARE Friday, November 16, 2018 Happy ThanksGetting Day
All the 'pomp and circumstance' revolving around this holiday is just that, to quote Ebenezer Scrooge (one month early) - Humbug! Of course, even the southern Colonial slaves and Northern 'indentured servants' of that era would be thankful to just have a roof over their heads and enough to eat each day.
SHARE Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Veteran's Day - The Military Industrial Empire's Chess Game
Times like this become a 'Catch 22' for we who dissent against this empire. If you mind your manners and keep your mouth shut as the hype and hypocrisy abounds all around you, you become almost as bad as them.
(4 comments) SHARE Thursday, November 8, 2018 Upside Down Mark Twain
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really believe it" - Mark Twain.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, November 5, 2018 Don't Step in the Tawanka!
All I can say is 'Tawanka'! Regardless of what congressional seat or what state the seat is in the formula is always the same. With this Two Party/One Party system both the Republicans and Democrats each have their candidates well scripted.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, October 31, 2018 Follow The Leader?
As children we all probably played the game 'Follow the Leader'. Lots of fun and a purely safe game. Not so with this current low based political and social culture here in Amerika.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, October 28, 2018 From an 8% Jewish Guy
When you have weak minded individuals filled with misguided ideals and they notice that so called leaders give 'license by omission of outrage' you can have horrific blowback.
(4 comments) SHARE Wednesday, October 24, 2018 The Three Evils
"But I suggest that we are now experiencing the coming to the surface of a triple prong sickness that has been lurking within our body politic from its very beginning. That is the sickness of the evils of racism, excessive materialism and militarism."
SHARE Monday, September 24, 2018 Money ( Always ) Talks ...
And we suckers walk! Anyone who even occasionally checks current events knows how much money is spent on presidential elections. Each new cycle breaks the previous record, and on and on. Well, the ' buck ' ( no pun intended) doesn't stop there.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, April 7, 2018 Six months In '68: A Drastic Awakening
Fifty years has flown by for many baby boomers. So much has transpired, and yet, the first six months in 1968 were the foundation of my current political awareness.
SHARE Tuesday, April 3, 2018 A ' Bolt' ( ton ) From the Past
Bolton enlisted in the Maryland Army National Guard in 1970 rather than wait to find out if his draft number would be called.
SHARE Friday, March 30, 2018 What Shall it Profit a Man.....
Jesus, according to many various scriptures, was a man who 'Spoke Truth to Power' throughout his 33 years of earthly life. Regardless of whether one believes that he was God or the son of God...
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, March 25, 2018 Nice Kids: Now March for War & Empire Control!
...impressive, with tens of thousands of good and decent young folks, in many cities throughout America, taking to the streets.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, February 21, 2018 Stooge Time for Amerika
One recalls, when in the late 70s they rebroadcast the re-runs of The Three Stooges comedy show, aficionados of the show would shout out ' It's Stooge time! ' Well, sadly, after the latest school shooting in Florida, it is Stooge Time again.
(3 comments) SHARE Friday, February 16, 2018 When Will American Labor Connect the Dots?
The private sector and non union (in most cases) workers were fed up of seeing their public sector counterparts getting better benefit packages and wage increases. I call it Innerclass warfare.