What does hope teach us at a time in which government lies and deception are exposed on a daily basis in the media and yet appear to have little effect on challenging the deeply authoritarian attacks on civil liberties initiated by President Obama? By Henry A Giroux Posted on Sep 6, 2013 truthdig.com This piece first appeared More
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
Justifying the Unjustifiable by DIANA JOHNSTONE August 26, 2013 counterpunch.org Paris. The liberal warhawks are groping around for a pretext they can call “legal” for waging war against Syria, and have come up with the 1999 “Kosovo war”. This is not surprising insofar as a primary purpose of that US/NATO 78-day bombing spree was always More
Glenn Greenwald theguardian.com, Friday 23 August 2013 The NSA whistleblower says: 'I have never spoken with, worked with, or provided any journalistic materials to the Independent' GCHQ's headquarters on the outskirts of Cheltenham. Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA (Updated below) The Independent this morning published an article - which it repeatedly claims comes from "documents obtained from the NSA by Edward Snowden" - More
Glenn Greenwald theguardian.com, Friday 23 August 2013 The NSA whistleblower says: 'I have never spoken with, worked with, or provided any journalistic materials to the Independent' GCHQ's headquarters on the outskirts of Cheltenham. Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA (Updated below) The Independent this morning published an article - which it repeatedly claims comes from "documents obtained from the NSA by Edward Snowden" - More
Move Would Cost $1 Billion Per Month by Jason Ditz July 22, 2013 antiwar.com In a letter to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D – MI), Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey warned that establishing a no-fly zone would be an “act of war” and would cost an average of $1 billion More
Helen Thomas, a Great Journalist and Friend of The Real News, Dies at 92 July 20, 2013 TheRealNews.com 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 on the item of interest to view. WAMMToday is also on FACEBOOK! More
What’s left out when the U.S. talks about Syria is that it is in a key position for exporting natural gas. Adding weapons to the region makes it explosive. by Mary Beaudoin July 2013 Women Against Military Madness Newsletter We know that the Syrian people have suffered terribly from the violence that has erupted. More
What’s left out when the U.S. talks about Syria is that it is in a key position for exporting natural gas. Adding weapons to the region makes it explosive. by Mary Beaudoin July 2013 Women Against Military Madness Newsletter We know that the Syrian people have suffered terribly from the violence that has erupted. More
A minor event, but it forcefully brought home a lesson: The legitimacy of borders - of states, for that matter - is at best conditional and temporary. By Noam Chomsky 05 July 2013 Truthout | Op-Ed (Photo: Michael Kamber / The New York Times) (This article is adapted from a commencement speech by Noam Chomsky on June 14, More
The End of Syria as We Know It? by FRANKLIN LAMB WEEKEND EDITION JUNE 14-16, 2013 counterpunch.org Beirut. The short answer is Iran and Hezbollah according to Congressional sources. “The Syrian army’s victory at al-Qusayr was more than the administration could accept given that town’s strategic position in the region. Its capture by the Assad More
"Harland Dorrinson, executive director of the National Quagmire Institute, a think tank dedicated to promoting the United States’ involvement in intractable conflicts around the globe, said . . ." POSTED BY ANDY BOROWITZ JUNE 19, 2013 The New Yorker DAMASCUS (The Borowitz Report)—Supporters of the United States’ twelve-year quagmire in Afghanistan cheered the news today that the More
