[Video] The Empire President: Jeremy Scahill on Obama's "Neo Con" Doctrine of Military Force in U.N. Speech and Brazillian President Dilma Rousseff on Spying and the Internet

[youtube=http://youtu.be/rICwOoWesz4] Published on Sep 25, 2013 In an address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Obama openly embraced an aggressive military doctrine backed by previous administrations on using armed force beyond the international norm of self-defense. Obama told the world that the United States is prepared to use its military to defend what he called More

Chris Hedges: The Dead Rhetoric of War

The myth of war, as each generation discovers over the corpses of its young and the looting of its national treasury by war profiteers, is a lie. Dabadoo (CC BY-ND 2.0) By Chris Hedges  Posted on Sep 16, 2013  truthdig.com A French-language version of this article was published Monday in the newspaper Le Monde. The intoxication of war, fueled by More

Brian Becker> Understanding the new stage of the Syria Crisis

By Brian Becker, National Coordinator, ANSWER Coalition September 10, 2013 Secretary of State John Kerry and President Obama Has the United States stepped back from the edge of the precipice?  Has the catastrophe been averted? The U.S. war threat against Syria has not ended. But the particular path to war has required a shift because More

Brian Becker> Understanding the new stage of the Syria Crisis

By Brian Becker, National Coordinator, ANSWER Coalition September 10, 2013 Secretary of State John Kerry and President Obama Has the United States stepped back from the edge of the precipice?  Has the catastrophe been averted? The U.S. war threat against Syria has not ended. But the particular path to war has required a shift because More

[Video] Will the US Military's "Asia Pivot" Escalate Human Rights Violations?

[youtube=http://youtu.be/c5MsOFAjBJE] Published on Sep 2, 2013 Activists hold first ever international conference opposing greater planned US military presence in Asia, say US responsible for rapes, killings and environmental destruction  TheRealNews Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the ACTIONS AND ACTION ALERTS click on the tab at the top of the page and click More

[Video] Will the US Military’s “Asia Pivot” Escalate Human Rights Violations?

[youtube=http://youtu.be/c5MsOFAjBJE] Published on Sep 2, 2013 Activists hold first ever international conference opposing greater planned US military presence in Asia, say US responsible for rapes, killings and environmental destruction  TheRealNews Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the ACTIONS AND ACTION ALERTS click on the tab at the top of the page and click More

Chris Hedges> The Last Chance to Stop the NDAA

Chris Hedges. (photo: Truthdig) By Chris Hedges, TruthDig  02 September 13  ReaderSupportedNews.org  and my fellow plaintiffs have begun the third and final round of our battle to get the courts to strike down a section of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that permits the military to seize U.S. citizens, strip them of due process and hold More

Chris Hedges> The Last Chance to Stop the NDAA

Chris Hedges. (photo: Truthdig) By Chris Hedges, TruthDig  02 September 13  ReaderSupportedNews.org  and my fellow plaintiffs have begun the third and final round of our battle to get the courts to strike down a section of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that permits the military to seize U.S. citizens, strip them of due process and hold More

Ralph Nader: Labor Day Is a Time to Mobilize

Shining Light on the Rights and Plights of Workers by RALPH NADER  September 2, 2013  Counterpunch.org For far too many Americans, Labor Day is simply another day off, another store sale and another small parade. The meaning of the holiday has been dulled by both rampant commercialism and public apathy. Where is the passion for More

Patrick L. Smith: Lapdog Media Beats War Drums Again

Remember how the media sold us their wars? (photo: Luke Frazza/AP) By Patrick L. Smith  31 August 13  Salon via Reader Supported News s of this writing, early Thursday morning, some Syrians are scheduled to pay with their lives for America's "credibility." The bombarding of an already war-ravaged country is acknowledged as "symbolic," intended simply to More

Chalmers Johnson: Three Good Reasons To Liquidate Our Empire And Ten Steps to Take to Do So

 These massive concentrations of American military power outside the United States are not needed for our defense. They are, if anything, a prime contributor to our numerous conflicts with other countries. They are also unimaginably expensive.By Chalmers Johnson  August 22, 2013 Best of TomDispatch: Chalmers Johnson, Dismantling the EmpireClick here to read Tom Engelhardt's introduction on More

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