Northern Light by Chris Hedges Posted on Jun 3, 2012 truthdig.com Photo by (CC-BY-ND) I gave a talk last week at Canada’s Wilfrid Laurier University to the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Many in the audience had pinned small red squares of felt to their clothing. The carre rouge, or red square, has become the Canadian symbol of More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hzEMUsU-WQ&w=560&h=315] Published on May 25, 2012 by videonation The United States is on a new trajectory in warfare, says Jeremy Scahill, national security correspondent for The Nation. With its increase in drone strikes, the United States is turning away from the large-scale military interventions of the past decade and towards covert operations, beyond such known locations as More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hzEMUsU-WQ&w=560&h=315] Published on May 25, 2012 by videonation The United States is on a new trajectory in warfare, says Jeremy Scahill, national security correspondent for The Nation. With its increase in drone strikes, the United States is turning away from the large-scale military interventions of the past decade and towards covert operations, beyond such known locations as More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqnOqFAhczQ&w=560&h=315] Published on May 22, 2012 by democracynow DemocracyNow.org - As NATO concludes its largest-ever summit in Chicago, we host a debate on whether the trans-Atlantic military alliance should exist at all and its new agreement to hand over control to Afghan forces next year. "When you are a hammer, everything looks like a nail -- when More
15,000 march against NATO in Chicago By Tom Burke | May 21, 2012 FightBackNews Carlos Montes, Los Angeles activist targeted by FBI repression, at Chicago anti-NATO protest. (Fight Back! News/Staff) The contingent against political repression lines up to march against NATO in Chicago. Chicago, IL - In the largest anti-war protest ever held in More
15,000 march against NATO in Chicago By Tom Burke | May 21, 2012 FightBackNews Carlos Montes, Los Angeles activist targeted by FBI repression, at Chicago anti-NATO protest. (Fight Back! News/Staff) The contingent against political repression lines up to march against NATO in Chicago. Chicago, IL - In the largest anti-war protest ever held in More
Scott Thompson> Report-Back From Chicago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl4u489rFeE&feature=youtu.be By now, many of you have probably seen media accounts of a “clash” or (as one paper called it) a “bloody melee” between protesters and riot police at the NATO summit in Chicago. I'm in a position to clarify only some aspects of what really happened, because I was More
Scott Thompson> Report-Back From Chicago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl4u489rFeE&feature=youtu.be By now, many of you have probably seen media accounts of a “clash” or (as one paper called it) a “bloody melee” between protesters and riot police at the NATO summit in Chicago. I'm in a position to clarify only some aspects of what really happened, because I was More
Anti-war activists speak out against intervention in Syria By Meredith Aby | May 14, 2012 FightbackNews St. Paul, MN - Forty people gathered at Cahoots Coffee Shop May 9th to hear from anti-war speakers at a program entitled “Syria: The Myth of Humanitarian Intervention,” organized by the Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) Mideast Committee. More
Anti-war activists speak out against intervention in Syria By Meredith Aby | May 14, 2012 FightbackNews St. Paul, MN - Forty people gathered at Cahoots Coffee Shop May 9th to hear from anti-war speakers at a program entitled “Syria: The Myth of Humanitarian Intervention,” organized by the Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) Mideast Committee. More
Just Foreign Policy Daily Summary Just Foreign Policy News, May 9, 2012 Actions and Featured Articles Action: More than 1600 Palestinian prisoners are on hunger strike. Where is the State Department? Ten have been hospitalized; at least two have been characterized as “near death.” The prisoners are protesting “administrative detention” – detention without charge – More
Just Foreign Policy Daily Summary Just Foreign Policy News, May 9, 2012 Actions and Featured Articles Action: More than 1600 Palestinian prisoners are on hunger strike. Where is the State Department? Ten have been hospitalized; at least two have been characterized as “near death.” The prisoners are protesting “administrative detention” – detention without charge – More
