184 results for author: Dave Svetlik

RETURN OF THE ROBBER BARONS 4.0

TIME TO REDISTRIBUTE THE WEALTH NORTH DAKOTA NON-PARTISAN LEADER 1918 - - HISTORY REPEATS https://digitalhorizonsonline.org/digital/collection/ppf/id/24639/rec/706 Senior citizens are rightfully concerned about the “security” of Social Security. We hear endless warnings claiming the program is insolvent and bankrupting the federal government. The “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) would happily gut and privatize the program (something the Robber Barrons of Wall Street have wanted since its establishment under the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration in 1935) but for politician’s fear of outrage by millions of elders ...

RETURN OF THE ROBBER BARONS 3.0

THE POLITICIAN WILL HAVE TO DISGUISE HIMSELF Non-Partisan Leader Cartoon 1917 https://digitalhorizonsonline.org/digital/collection/ndsu-npl/id/45/rec/68 North Dakota State University Archives The Non-Partisan League was formed by the farmers of N.D. because neither the Republicans nor the Democrats of that time were serving their interests. The League would go on to establish the public Bank of North Dakota in 1919 which serves the people of N.D. to this day.   Americans are frightened and appalled by the current assault on traditional federal programs by the Trump Administration, but it is critical to take a historical ...

A WAR CORESPONDENT

Those of us born in the 1940’s and 50’s well remember the Cuban missile crisis when the Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba that were minutes from destroying Washington DC and other major US cities. And we all remember President Kennedy’s speech to the American people telling us that the Soviet Union meant no harm and was just defending itself from American aggression and that Cuba was a sovereign nation and had every right to allow Russia to place missiles on its soil. There was nothing to worry about.   Of course, we all know exactly the opposite happened. The US had already attacked Cuba in the failed Bay of Pigs invasion because ...

RETURN OF THE ROBBER BARRONS 2.0

Cartoon from North Dakota Non-Partisan Leader 01/07/1918 The Non-Partisan League was formed by the farmers of N.D. because neither the Republicans nor the Democrats of that time were serving their interests. The League would go on to establish the public Bank of North Dakota in 1919 which serves the people of N.D. to this day. https://digitalhorizonsonline.org/digital/collection/ppf/id/24648/rec/2 Most Americans are becoming alarmed and shocked by the current assault on various long-established Federal Programs by the Trump Administration and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by the unelected South African ...

COOPERATION 106

cooperation [ koh-op-uh-rey-shuhn ] an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit mutually beneficial interaction among organisms [nations] living in a limited area [planet Earth]   It was back in November of 2024 that I wrote COOPERATION 105 in this series. There has been so much turmoil in the ensuing 3 months that it has been hard to imagine any sort of cooperation in the U.S. or globally. Yet the urgency for cooperation has only grown – in the U.S. and globally.   Donald Trump, of course, moved into the White House this past January. It would be an understatement to call the first 6 ...

RETURN OF THE ROBBER BARONS

“We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” - Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis Born in 1856, Brandeis lived through the “Gilded Age” and the “Roaring 20’s.” He saw the unethical practices, the exploitation of working people, and the corruption of politicians brought on by the fabulously wealthy, the “Robber Barons” of that age. Brandeis saw how democracy was destroyed by gross inequality, he saw how the rich were able to buy and sell “elected” officials, how they could ensure policies and legislation that favored them. Brandeis ...

COOPERATION 105

cooperation [ koh-op-uh-rey-shuhn ] an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit. mutually beneficial interaction among organisms [nations] living in a limited area [planet Earth]   Please, take a minute to watch Paul McCartney performing “Hey Jude” in Red Square, Moscow, Russia, in May of 2003. It could as easily be New York, Paris, or Rio de Janeiro - - - people of the world, with the same hopes and aspirations shared by humans everywhere.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-TnBx-Kng https://youtu.be/CD-TnBx-Kng?si=4dBQfVuuLZcwnWXw   Spend a moment watching young people ...

COOPERATION 104

COOPERATION 104   cooperation [ koh-op-uh-rey-shuhn ] an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit mutually beneficial interaction among organisms [nations] living in a limited area [planet Earth]   History is critical to our understanding of the present. At this moment in the evolution of human societies around the globe, visualizing the Ancient Silk Road(s) running from China and Mongolia in the East, to the Roman Empire in the West, could not be of greater significance. Please, take a few minutes to watch the following TED video on the Silk Road. It points in so many cooperative ...

COOPERATION 103

cooperation [ koh-op-uh-rey-shuhn ] an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit mutually beneficial interaction among organisms [nations] living in a limited area [planet Earth]   https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/08/26/brics-poised-to-become-the-voice-of-the-global-majority/   Few Americans have heard of BRICS. Even though this international organization of nations will soon represent the Global Majority, western media ignores, or is oblivious to, what is becoming a monumental shift of human perspectives toward universal world cooperation. BRICS is the acronym for the ...

COOPERATION 102

  cooperation [ koh-op-uh-rey-shuhn ] an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit. mutually beneficial interaction among organisms [nations] living in a limited area [planet Earth]   The members of the military organization NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, held their Summit in Washington D.C. in July of this year, 2024.   The Members of NATO and percentage of global population: Albania – 2.8 million, Belgium – 11.7 million, Bulgaria – 6.6 million, Canada – 39.1 million, Croatia – 3.9 million, Czech Republic – 10.5 million, Denmark – 5.9 million, ...