Author, historian and political commentator Noam Chomsky. (photo: Ben Rusk/flickr) By Noam Chomsky AlterNet 06 February 14 Reader Supported News s the year 2013 drew to an end, the BBC reported on the results of the WIN/Gallup International poll on the question: "Which country do you think is the greatest threat to peace in More
Author, historian and political commentator Noam Chomsky. (photo: Ben Rusk/flickr) By Noam Chomsky AlterNet 06 February 14 Reader Supported News s the year 2013 drew to an end, the BBC reported on the results of the WIN/Gallup International poll on the question: "Which country do you think is the greatest threat to peace in More
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By Ted Asregado Truthout | Video Interview 02 February 2014 Truthout.org [youtube=http://youtu.be/mbOhELlpAcc] President Barack Obama enters the House Chamber of the Capitol Building to deliver the State of the Union address, Jan. 28, 2014. (Photo: Gabriella Demczuk / The New York Times) A politician who tries to please as many factions as he or she can often ends More
The Two Faces of Empire: Melville Knew Them, We Still Live With Them By Greg Grandin TomDispatch.com January 26, 2014 Read Tom Engelhardt's introduction here. A captain ready to drive himself and all around him to ruin in the hunt for a white whale. It’s a well-known story, and over the years, mad Ahab in Herman More
We now live in a nation where doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the press destroys information, religion destroys morals, and our banks destroy the economy. —Chris Hedges By Henry A Giroux Wednesday, 25 September 2013 Truthout.org | Op-Ed Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout What kind of society emerges when More
We now live in a nation where doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the press destroys information, religion destroys morals, and our banks destroy the economy. —Chris Hedges By Henry A Giroux Wednesday, 25 September 2013 Truthout.org | Op-Ed Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout What kind of society emerges when More
They operate in the green glow of night vision in Southwest Asia and stalk through the jungles of South America. They snatch men from their homes in the Maghreb and shoot it out with heavily armed militants in the Horn of Africa. .... By Nick Turse January 16, 2014 TomDispatch.com Tomgram: Nick Turse, Secret Wars and Black Ops Blowback. Read More
Obama's speech and new "policy directive" eliminate the Fourth Amendment. By davidswanson - Posted on 17 January 2014 WarIsACrime.org President Barack Obama gave a eulogy for the Fourth Amendment on Friday, and not even his fans are proclaiming victory. In this moment when Obama is actually doing one thing I agree with (talking to Iran), more and More
Obama's speech and new "policy directive" eliminate the Fourth Amendment. By davidswanson - Posted on 17 January 2014 WarIsACrime.org President Barack Obama gave a eulogy for the Fourth Amendment on Friday, and not even his fans are proclaiming victory. In this moment when Obama is actually doing one thing I agree with (talking to Iran), more and More
A society consisting of the sum of its vanity and greed is not a society at all but a state of war. — Lewis Lapham By Henry A. Giroux 13 January 2014 Truthout.org | Op-Ed (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) The Gilded Age is back, with huge profits for the ultrarich, hedge fund managers and the major players in the financial More
