The Holy Land Five Appeal> My Father Will Not be Forgotten NOOR ELASHI December 12, 2011 Counterpunch Exactly three days following the tenth anniversary of the Bush administration shutting down the largest Muslim charity in the United States, the Fifth Circuit Court dismissed the appeal for the Holy Land Foundation case, affirming the conviction of More
Big Shoulders in Chicago and Kabul Kathy Kelly Posted on 18 December 2011 War is a Crime Kabul—NATO/G8 meetings are scheduled to take place from May 19-21 next year in Chicago. Plans are ramping up everywhere. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and NATO Secretary General Anders Rasmussen exulted over bringing NATO and the G8 to More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHuNuSOH9_A&w=560&h=315] Editor's note: The bill has been passed by both House and Senate and Obama is signing. We have lost our rights under the Constitution. Senator Franken voted against. Senator Klobachar voted for. 220 years ago this week, the United States passed the "Bill of Rights", the first 10 amendments to the constitution that More
An Open Letter to Supporters of Occupy Wall Street December 10, 2011 By David Kristjanson-Gural LA Progressive Photo: Ted Fisher Let me start by saying I get how difficult things are, and how busy we have all become. I get how overwhelming it can be to just keep up. Part of what we are fighting, what More
Letter to Obama, asking him to veto the National Defense Authorization Act 12/6/11 Dear President Obama, Please veto the National Defense Authorization Act, which has been recently passed by Congress. I am very concerned with the provisions of the National More
The fruits of liberation BY GLENN GREENWALD Friday Nov. 25, 2011 Salon.com In Afghanistan — yet again: Six children were among seven civilians killed in a NATO airstrike in southern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said Thursday. . . . Those Afghan government officials claimed that the aircraft were chasing “insurgents” More
He was 22… She was 12… Lessons From the Dead in a No-Learning-Curve World Tom Engelhardt Tom Dispatch He was 22, a corporal in the Marines from Preston, Iowa, a “city” incorporated in 1890 with a present population of 949. He died in a hospital in Germany of “wounds received from an explosive device while on More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1BP4e4GOm0&w=560&h=315] Occupy Democracy Robert Reich 02 December 11 Reader Supported News You may subscribe to WAMMToday from this blog website, or you may “Follow” us. WAMMToday is now on Facebook! Check the WAMMToday page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today.
Peace and justice groups say, “Stop the witch hunt of the Somali community” Justice for Amina Ali and Hawo Hassan By Staff | December 4, 2011 Fight Back News Faysal Mohamed, the husband of Amina Ali speaking at Dec. 3 forum (Fight Back! News/Staff) Minneapolis, MN – About 100 people gathered for a More
Obama Should Veto Empire Over Republic Coleen Rowley Posted: 12/ 3/11 Huffington Post Tell your congresspersons and senators who passed the NDAA they should be ashamed and tell the president (also via Senator Mark Udall’s petition) he needs to keep his promise to veto this Act in order to save our Republic. The political, military industrial, corporate class in Washington DC continues to re-make our More
LET’S HEAR FROM THE SPIES Posted by Steve Coll November 24, 2011 The New Yorker In late 2008, the United States intelligence community produced a classified National Intelligence Estimate on the war in Afghanistan that has never been released to the public. The N.I.E. described a “grim situation” overall, according to an intelligence officer’s More
6 Shocking Revelations About Wall Street’s “Secret Government” Top officials willfully concealed the true extent of the 2008-’09 bailouts from Congress and the public. Les Leopold November 30, 2011 | AlterNet / Photo Credit: john flanigan We now have concrete evidence that Wall Street and Washington are running a secret government far removed from the democratic process. Through More
