Author: Damian Hendricks

BP’s most recent containment plan for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill turned out to be a failure. With no immediate viable options remaining, the company has now thrown their hands up and is actually asking the public for their input on how to contain the leak. Meanwhile, the clean up vessels of Exxon, Chevron, and every other major oil company in the U.S. are sitting parked in harbors, and not helping to contain the oil leak. Mike Papantonio appears on The Ed Show to tell us why these corporations are just as culpable as B.P. in this oil...

Nobel Peace Prize-winner Elie Wiesel joins David Bender to tell us about how his experience in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II inspired his activist work over the last 60 years. Part 1 Part...

Ring of Fire’s own Mike Papantonio and Bobby Kennedy team up for an appearance on Hardball with host Chris Matthews, to discuss the political, economic, and environmental impact that awaits the Gulf Coast as BP’s oil leak continues to pump more than 200,000 gallons of oil a day into the Gulf of...

Even with more than 200,000 gallons of oil being pumped directly into the Gulf of Mexico everyday (thanks to BP’s negligence on the Deepwater Horizon well,) right wing wackos are still clinging to their “drill baby, drill” mantra. We’re being told that yes, this is an atrocity, but we still need that oil at the bottom of the sea floor. Mike Papantonio appears on MSNBC’s The Ed Show to take on the offshore drilling cheerleaders, as well as explain the basics of his class action suit against...