There Must Be 50 Ways to Leave the Military Industrial Complex
And we heard all of them from two dozen brilliant speakers during a three-day conference this past weekend. If you missed it, the video is all online. So is the text of many of the papers presented. Here are a few excerpts to whet your appetite: "Let's say we want ...
Thank God for Tony Bennett. He spoke the truth on Howard Stern and now the forces of hate are after him. He said that his fighting in World War II made him a pacifist. He said that perhaps had our behavior in the Persian Gulf been different, 9/11 might have ...
With editing assistance from Hugh Iglarsh, writer/editor/citizen based in Chicago These two words sum up well the op-ed I co-wrote with Bogdan Dzakovic before the ninth anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks last year, a shortened version of which was published later in the Los Angeles Times under the title: WikiLeaks ...
Crossposted from Tomdispatch[Note to Readers: Who hasn’t received one -- or 100 -- of those “Nigerian” letters offering you, in florid prose, millions of potential dollars and with nary a catch in sight? But who knew that the highest officials in Washington have been receiving them as well -- and ...
Is Obama More Pro-Israel than Bush?
There has been much talk lately about President Obama’s “anti-Israel” policy, which apparently played a big role in New York’s recent special election resulting in a Republican victory by businessman Bob Turner in a Democratic stronghold. The Wall Street Journal has editorializedthat Obama “has built the most consistently one-sided diplomatic record against Israel ...
Well folks, by the time you’ve read this, one good and one bad thing has happened in the United States. The good thing, the United States military has officially repealed the ignorant “don’t ask don’t tell” policy regarding homosexuals from serving in America’s armed forces. I’ll get to the bad ...
'Trouble' Hits the Pacific Northwest
I had great time tonight at Seattle's Neptune Theater. Earlier I stopped by Microsoft and spoke to employees there, including the guy who started the George W. Bush "miserable failure" Googlebomb. (You can see pictures from both talks below.) And in between I squeezed in a taping of an episode ...
I just finished up an appearance at the Vancouver International Writers Festival before a great sold out crowd. (Some pictures are below.) Tomorrow I'm headed down to Seattle at the Neptune Theater, and then to Los Angeles, where I'll be at UCLA on Tuesday and then the Writers Guild theater ...
Never Forget: How Bush Lied Us Into War
Many Americans are vaguely aware that George W. Bush lied us into a war. Everyone knows about the infamous 16 words in his State of the Union speech and Valerie Plame. But few appreciate the full extent to which the administration brazenly manipulated intelligence, the United Nations, Congress, the media ...
Crossposted from TomdispatchIt’s a story that should take your breath away: the destabilization of what, in the Bush years, used to be called “the arc of instability.” It involves at least 97 countries, across the bulk of the global south, much of it coinciding with the oil heartlands of the ...
My heart is very heavy as I write this--in three days (Sept. 21), people around the world will be commemorating International Peace Day and the state of Georgia has scheduled the execution of Troy Anthony Davis. There is much evidence that Davis is not guilty of the murder, with the ...
I had a fantastic time in San Francisco Friday night at the National Nurses Union convention and at Books, Inc. in Opera Plaza Saturday afternoon. And I just finished up a great appearance at Berkeley's Wheeler Auditorium. (Click here for pictures from Books, Inc. and Berkeley.) Tomorrow I'm going up ...
Congress Sees Middle East Through AIPAC-Colored Glasses
During August recess this year, 81 members of Congress went on a junket to Israel funded by the Israel lobby group AIPAC (well, funded by the American Israel Education Fund, but they are really one and the same) to “learn first-hand about one of our closest friends and allies.” While ...
It's a Long Way from Bunker Hill
Last night, on the 3rd anniversary of the start of the Wall Street Heist of 2008, I spoke at Bunker Hill Community College in the Charlestown section of Boston. It is not, to say the least, a wealthy neighborhood. It is roughscrabble and working class, a place where there are ...
Bush Kept Out of Canada, Can We Keep Him Out of Minnesota Too?
Please JOIN US for an anti-torture candlelight vigil dedicated to detainees and victims of torture authorized by George Bush! Wednesday, September21, 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Beth El Synagogue, public sidewalk area along parking lot, 5224 West 26th Street, St. Louis Park, Minnesota. (This is the same synagogue that hosted Condi ...
VIDEO: Would You Let an Innocent Man Die & Do Nothing?
I Am Troy Davis (T.R.O.Y.)We used Pete Rock's classic beat, "They Reminisce Over You," to shed light on the case of Troy Davis.The state of Georgia plans to execute Troy Davis on September 21, 2011. There is still serious doubt as to Troy Davis’ guilt, and by putting him to ...
Now, Where Was I? The End of Three Sentences I Didn't Get to Finish
Yesterday I was fortunate to be a guest on The View and The Colbert Report. As time ran out on both shows while I was in mid-sentence (or, as in the case with The View, a change of topic) I was not allowed to complete my thought. Which is ok ...
Rick Scott: Worthy Of Impeachment?
Sometimes, politicians will do all they can to engage in the winning of hearts and minds. They’ll shake hands, they will kiss babies. The more desperate ones will probably mow your lawn. Now and again, they will engage in various forms of double talk. However, the trick to successful double ...
Lost, Abused and Neglected for a Profit
Guillermo Gomez-Sanchez is a 50-year-old legal resident with a mental disability. In 2004, Gomez was detained because of a dispute at a grocery store over a bag of tomatoes. His detention led him into a labyrinth of abuse and neglect - in an immigration system that increasingly puts profit over ...
Friends, I hope you can take the time to listen to the interview I did this afternoon with NPR's Talk of the Nation about HERE COMES TROUBLE. I think you'll like it -- Talk of the Nation is one of the very, very few places in our media where it's ...
America 2011: Whack-a-Mole (or a Poor Person) for Pleasure, Profit and Power
America 2011: Whack-a-Mole (or a Poor Person) for Pleasure, Profit and Power By Donna Smith The front page of the New York Times this morning said it all for me. Right column: 2.6 million more join the ranks of the poverty-stricken in America. Center-right column: Democrats see the perils of cutting healthcare ...
Hey -- thought you all might like to see this video of me reading the chapter 'Boys State' at my first appearance on the tour for my new book HERE COMES TROUBLE. Thanks to the great staff at Barnes & Noble in Union Square in New York City, and thanks ...
The War Industry: Bad Job Creators, Bad Bosses, Bad Stewards of Tax Dollars
By Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe On Tuesday, the military contractors behind the “Second To None” campaign plead “no comment” to our War Costs campaign's full-page Politico ad exposing the economic damage caused by massive war budgets. The same day, they announced a press conference and the upcoming launch of ...
The crisis of poverty in America is one of the great moral and economic issues facing our country. It is very rarely talked about in the mainstream media. It gets even less attention in Congress. Why should people care? Many poor people don't vote. They certainly don't make large campaign ...
Corrupt Contractors Make Their Move on the Deficit Committee
The new deficit commission is holding its first substantive meeting on Tuesday, and the military contractors are out in force to protect their profits. They'll be working to cash in on hundreds millions of dollars in campaign donations and lobbying spending, and they'll deploy their favorite (and bogus) "jobs" spin. ...
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March 23rd, 2013
This evening is going be a big moment in turning our country around on the issue of gun violence. That's why I desperately want you ...
March 21st, 2013
I am hosting a nationwide series of house parties this Saturday night where tens of thousands of people will gather together in living rooms to ...
March 15th, 2013
The response to my Newtown letter this week has been overwhelming. It is so very clear to everyone that the majority of Americans have had ...
March 13th, 2013
America, You Must Not Look Away (How to Finish Off the NRA)
The year was 1955. Emmett Till was a young African American boy from Chicago visiting relatives in Mississippi. One day Emmett was seen "flirting" with ...
February 26th, 2013
My Final Word on Buzzfeed and Emad Burnat's Detention at LAX
Thanks to everyone for bearing with me as I spend so much time on what happened to Emad Burnat. It's important to me because he's ...
February 26th, 2013
Michael Moore Responds to Buzzfeed Story on '5 Broken Cameras' Co-Director Emad Burnat
On Tuesday, February 19th, Emad Burnat, the Palestianian co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary '5 Broken Cameras,' was detained with his wife and son at Los ...
February 20th, 2013
Last night was the Motion Picture Academy-sponsored dinner in Beverly Hills honoring the directors and producers of this year's five nominated films for Best Documentary. ...
September 11th, 2010
If the 'Mosque' Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America
OpenMike 9/11/10 Michael Moore's daily blog I am opposed to the building of the "mosque" two blocks from Ground Zero. I want it built on ...
December 14th, 2010
Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange
Yesterday, in the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, the lawyers for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange presented to the judge a document from me stating that ...
May 12th, 2011
Some Final Thoughts on the Death of Osama bin Laden
"The Nazis killed tens of MILLIONS. They got a trial. Why? Because we're not like them. We're Americans. We roll different." – Michael Moore in ...
November 22nd, 2011
Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here?
This past weekend I participated in a four-hour meeting of Occupy Wall Street activists whose job it is to come up with the vision and ...
September 22nd, 2011
A STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL MOORE ON THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS
I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, to never do business in Georgia. I will ask ...
December 16th, 2010
Dear Swedish Government: Hi there -- or as you all say, Hallå! You know, all of us here in the U.S. love your country. Your ...
November 2nd, 2010
This letter contains (almost) no criticisms of how the Democrats have brought this day of reckoning upon themselves. That -- and where to go from ...
'Dirty Wars' by Jeremy Scahill
Why have you started a comedy festival in northern Michigan in the middle of winter?
Because if you were here in the dead of winter in the middle of nowhere (which is actually somewhere to us), you'd need a few laughs too ... Continue Reading
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