Jon Queally

"I refuse to believe that in a state like Maine where people work as hard as we do here, that it is merely hard work that gets you that kind of success. We all know it isn't. We all know it's the structures. It's the tax code."

"Clearly, the international repression of the Palestinian cause knows no bounds."

One hurricane historian said the world is "witnessing history on satellite right now" as the people of Jamaica came under evacuation orders and braced for impact of a storm that threatens severe flooding, landslides, and winds of over 200 mph.

"Let’s talk," says the Vermont senator, "about the reality which the corporately-controlled media and the corporately-controlled political system don’t talk about very much."

“Pressure is mounting on today’s politicians to hold those most responsible for the climate crisis to account," said one Greenpeace campaigner.

Despite Trump's shadow, organizers behind the day of action say the "clean energy revolution is here."

"At a time when the government is using its full weight to try to impose ideological conformity," said an ACLU attorney, "this order is an important reminder that the First Amendment protects us from exactly that."

"If the news about our military must first be approved by the government, then the public is no longer getting independent reporting," warned the National Press Club after journalists told of rule changes.

"It is clear that Israel is paving the ground for an attack on the flotilla. World public opinion needs to mobilize against Israel’s next war crime. Now!"

"Working people want unions and the numbers prove it," says one labor leader. "While billionaires and their yes-men in Congress try to slash wages, gut health care, and silence working people, we are fighting back—organizing, mobilizing, and demanding a voice."