Demonization, War Crimes and the Task of the Antiwar Movement By Sara Flounders worldwideWAMM September 2011 Sara Flounders will speak in Minneapolis on Wednesday, September 28, 7 p.m. at Walker Church, 31st Street and 16th Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota The antiwar movement must counter media demonization in the midst of a war mobilization and More
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Tomgram: Michael Klare, Is Washington Out of Gas? Posted by Michael Klare at 9:27am, September 15, 2011. Tom Dispatch Way back then, the signs out on the streets read: “No Blood for Oil,” “How did USA’s oil get under Iraq’s sand?” and “Don’t trade lives for oil!” Such homemade placards, carried by deluded antiwar protesters in enormous demonstrations More
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Pompous Rhetoric and Realpolitik Counterpunch Power Politics, NATO, and the Libyan Intervention by DAVID N. GIBBS SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 The recent NATO intervention against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya has been a considerable source of contention among many on the left, with self-proclaimed progressives, most notably Juan Cole, openly supporting this military action. More
5 Corporate Brands Making a Killing on America’s Wars Learn which "civilian" companies are literally making a killing on today's wars. Nick Turse, AlterNet Photo Credit: israelavila via flickr Chances are, if you’ve ever sent a package overnight, bought a PC or a can of soda, you’ve paid your hard-earned money to a major Pentagon More
To Whatever Extent Libya Is a Victory, It's a Defeat for Nuclear Nonproliferation By Russ Wellen | Sourced from Foreign Policy in Focus' Focal Points Blog Posted at September 9, 2011, via AlterNet. However one might care to characterize the U.S.-NATO campaign in Libya, it's another blow to worldwide nuclear nonproliferation. At the Christian Science Monitor, Reza Sanati writes: More
Edward Gibbon at America’s Grave What the Future Will Remember About America’s Decline and Fall By Mike Davis Tom Dispatch 1. Twin Towers Two years from now the staffs of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker will move into the most haunted building in the world. There, the elite of American celebrity photographers, gossip columnists, and magazine journalists may More
Regulation Nation: Fox Begins Weeklong Assault On Government Regulations September 12, 2011 2:50 pm ET MediaMatters.org Fox is launching a weeklong attack on government regulations, promising to “expose how excessive laws are drowning American businesses” – a message that coincides with a Republican push to focus on deregulation. But economists say that More
Controversy and Confusion Over the Latest WikiLeaks Revelations: 8 Things You Really Need to Know Editorial Commentary: Noam Chomsky wrote the reason why WikiLeaks is so important: Suppression of one’s own crimes is virtually ubiquitous among powerful states, at least those that are not defeated. — in 9/11 – was there an More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8q2Xc0VgK4&w=560&h=345] From Brave New World: Watch the video | Call the deficit committee co-chairs today! The deficit committee will meet on Tuesday morning, and military contractors are marching on the Hill to influence, intimidate, or buy its members. We must make it as politically difficult as we can to side with the war profiteers. More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa7WP6FMA7k&w=560&h=345] Former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich talks about the big lies about the economy and what can be done to fix it. His keynote was part of the "Summit for a Fair Economy" held in Minneapolis on September 10, 2011. Uploaded by UpTakeVideo on Sep 10, 2011 WAMMToday is now on Facebook! Check the WAMMToday page More
