▶ Andrew Bacevich on American “Exceptionalism” • Henry A. Wallace National Security Forum
Is it time to rethink our view that America is an “exceptional” country that needs to save the world?
Grateful Dead’s 1970 classic, “Ripple” | Playing for Change Song Around the World
The inimitable Playing for Change bringing you music with musicians from around the world. https://youtu.be/MHo1fNnXFVU Published on Jul 5, 2015 https://playingforchange.com/rippleef... - We are proud to share with you an ALL NEW Song Around The World in honor of the Grateful Dead's 50th anniversary. Our friends at JamBase asked us to turn the Grateful Dead's More
▶ Noam Chomsky: If US wants to study ‘weaponization’ of media, US should study itself
Noam Chomsky says that America’s media machine has been spreading its own form of propaganda throughout the world, while at the same time refusing to acknowledge its own culpability in international conflicts.
▶ Noam Chomsky: The U.S. Is Trying to Put an End to Its Extreme Isolation
The renowned activist and linguist weighs in on the recent shift in relations between Cuba and the United States, as well as drone strikes in Yemen and the activities of the leftist parties Syriza and Podemos in Greece and Spain, among other current events, in an interview on RT’s “Going Underground.” truthdig.com April 18, 2015 More
Interview with Diana Johnstone, Paris-based American Journalist
Diana Johnstone’s many articles, including the recent, “France Under the Influence: The ambiguity of Charlie Hebdo,” have been featured in numerous international magazines and on news sites. A distinguished researcher and commentator on global politics, Diana holds a PhD from the University of Minnesota and was active in the movement against the Vietnam War, organizing the first international contacts between American citizens and Vietnamese representatives. She is a member of Women Against Military Madness (WAMM).
Glenn Greenwald: US threatened Germany over Snowden, vice chancellor says
Greenwald: In the case of Germany, no government official has previously claimed that they were threatened by the U.S. as an excuse for turning their backs on Snowden...
John Pilger: Why the Rise of Fascism Is Again the Issue
From the article: Above all, they want Ukraine’s mighty neighbour, Russia. They want to Balkanise or dismember Russia and exploit the greatest source of natural gas on earth. As the Arctic ice melts, they want control of the Arctic Ocean and its energy riches, and Russia’s long Arctic land border. Their man in Moscow used to be Boris Yeltsin, a drunk, who handed his country’s economy to the West. His successor, Putin, has re-established Russia as a sovereign nation; that is his crime.
The Intercept | The Great SIM Heist: How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption Castle | Full Story
AMERICAN AND BRITISH spies hacked into the internal computer network of the largest manufacturer of SIM cards in the world, stealing encryption keys used to protect the privacy of cellphone communications across the globe, according to top-secret documents provided to The Intercept by National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Marjorie Cohn: The Fight for Human Rights in Haiti
Cohn: After occupying Cuba and Puerto Rico, the United States sent Marines to invade Haiti, the only nation born from a successful slave rebellion. The United States declared martial law, seized control of the treasury, and arrested the editors of a newspaper critical of U.S. actions. Haitian opposition to the U.S. occupation grew for the next 20 years, and in 1934, the Marines left Haiti.
Jeff Nygaard: Twelve Memes of 2014 to Say Goodbye to in 2015
#12 The Private Sector Can Do Anything Cheaper and Better than Government. Read the rest. By Jeff Nygaard Women Against Military Madness Newsletter Winter II 2014 1. The U.S. is the World’s Only Superpower While the U.S. is still powerful, signs of its decline are everywhere. The heads of state of both Russia and China have More
“Children of War” Photo Series Tells Stories of Youth in Wartime Ukraine
Lisa, do you have a dream? “Yes. I want this war to end.”
Gareth Porter: Four ways the West got the Iran nuclear issue wrong
Too many of these basic errors have been committed along the way to cover them all in a single article. But four major failures of policymaking and intelligence represent the broad outlines of this systematic problem. By Gareth Porter (about the author) OpEdNews.com Reprinted from Middle East Eye January 11, 2015 Hassan Rouhani (image by More