Tomgram: John Feffer, The Dumbing Down of American Foreign Policy Posted by John Feffer September 6, 2012 TomDispatch.com Think back to the election of 2008. Do you remember how one candidate had it easy? He had eight years of abject failure to run against. Eight years that included the launching of two dismal wars, the creation of More
Chicago protesters rally against Obama's drone attacks BY LEE KLAWAN September 5, 2012 examiner.com Tuesday at 5 p.m. protesters began gathering across the street from the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank to sound off against President Obama's use of drones to attack targets around the world. At the same time, US Representative, Debbie Wasserman Schultz was speaking to More
Chicago protesters rally against Obama's drone attacks BY LEE KLAWAN September 5, 2012 examiner.com Tuesday at 5 p.m. protesters began gathering across the street from the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank to sound off against President Obama's use of drones to attack targets around the world. At the same time, US Representative, Debbie Wasserman Schultz was speaking to More
Life Is Sacred A village boy leads his goat across a parched pond on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar.AP/Biswaranjan Rout By Chris Hedges September 3, 2012 truthdig.com I retreat in the summer to the mountains and coasts of Maine and New Hampshire to sever myself from the intrusion of the industrial More
Life Is Sacred A village boy leads his goat across a parched pond on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar.AP/Biswaranjan Rout By Chris Hedges September 3, 2012 truthdig.com I retreat in the summer to the mountains and coasts of Maine and New Hampshire to sever myself from the intrusion of the industrial More
Are Human Rights Becoming a Tool of US “Smart Power”? Big problems can develop when there are revolving doors and close collaborations between government officials, think tanks and NGOs representing human rights. By Coleen Rowley August/September 2012 World Wide WAMM Black Angel painting by Brom> Science Fiction and Fantasy genres have spawned images of The New More
Are Human Rights Becoming a Tool of US “Smart Power”? Big problems can develop when there are revolving doors and close collaborations between government officials, think tanks and NGOs representing human rights. By Coleen Rowley August/September 2012 World Wide WAMM Black Angel painting by Brom> Science Fiction and Fantasy genres have spawned images of The New More
Media coverage of Syrian violence partial and untrue, says nun PATSY McGARRY, Religious Affairs Correspondent The Irish Times - Monday, August 13, 2012 A NUN who has been superior at a Syrian monastery for the past 18 years has warned that media coverage of ongoing violence in that country has been “partial and untrue”. It is More
Media coverage of Syrian violence partial and untrue, says nun PATSY McGARRY, Religious Affairs Correspondent The Irish Times - Monday, August 13, 2012 A NUN who has been superior at a Syrian monastery for the past 18 years has warned that media coverage of ongoing violence in that country has been “partial and untrue”. It is More
Syria: how the West is sanctioning sectarianism Brendan O’Neill Monday 13 August 2012 Spiked In the name of making a PR performance of their moral resolve, Western governments are meddling in Syria in an ever-more lethal way. For a textbook example of how Western meddling in other states’ affairs makes bad situations worse, look no More
Syria: how the West is sanctioning sectarianism Brendan O’Neill Monday 13 August 2012 Spiked In the name of making a PR performance of their moral resolve, Western governments are meddling in Syria in an ever-more lethal way. For a textbook example of how Western meddling in other states’ affairs makes bad situations worse, look no More
Unconscionable Media Warmongering By Stephen Lendman – Posted on 11 August 2012 warisacrime.org Washington needs media support to wage wars and plan new ones. Broadcast and print scoundrels oblige. Paid liars infest Western media. Managed news misinformation creates enemies. Fear is stoked. War is cheerled, glorified, and sanitized to suppress truths too grim to report. Reasons for war More
