We blame the poor, homeless, unemployed and recent graduates suffocating under financial debt for their plight as if individual responsibility explains the ballooning gap in wealth, income and power and the growing state violence that supports it. Poor people end up in debtor jail for not paying parking tickets or their bills while the corrupt More
WAMM's own Coleen Rowley on Democracy Now! speaking about the Senate hearing on the appointment of James Comey as head of the FBI. Coleen is a member of the board of directors of Women Against Military Madness. Coleen's article on questions to ask at the Senate hearing was published in the New York Times OpEd More
WAMM's own Coleen Rowley on Democracy Now! speaking about the Senate hearing on the appointment of James Comey as head of the FBI. Coleen is a member of the board of directors of Women Against Military Madness. Coleen's article on questions to ask at the Senate hearing was published in the New York Times OpEd More
You Were Right When You Waved That “No Blood for Oil” Sign. Iraq Was About Oil There was only one reason to invade Iraq and it could be captured in a single word, “oil,” even if George W. Bush and his top officials generally went out of their way to avoid mentioning it. by Tom Engelhardt August More
You Were Right When You Waved That “No Blood for Oil” Sign. Iraq Was About Oil There was only one reason to invade Iraq and it could be captured in a single word, “oil,” even if George W. Bush and his top officials generally went out of their way to avoid mentioning it. by Tom Engelhardt August More
Privacy by Design By Alexander Reed Kelly July 24, 2012 truthdig.com Furryscaly (CC BY-SA 2.0) NEW YORK—Nicholas Merrill wants to change the world. So he tells me over rice and beans at Lupe’s East LA Kitchen in Soho, roughly a dozen blocks from where the World Trade Center once stood. He is perfectly serious. At 39 More
Privacy by Design By Alexander Reed Kelly July 24, 2012 truthdig.com Furryscaly (CC BY-SA 2.0) NEW YORK—Nicholas Merrill wants to change the world. So he tells me over rice and beans at Lupe’s East LA Kitchen in Soho, roughly a dozen blocks from where the World Trade Center once stood. He is perfectly serious. At 39 More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4ED6t5wsp8&w=420&h=315] Published on May 4, 2012 by TheBigPictureRT Now to some news coming out of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. On Wednesday - a three judge panel on the court ruled that former Bush legal advisor John Yoo - one of the men who wrote legal memos giving cover to President Bush to commit the More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4ED6t5wsp8&w=420&h=315] Published on May 4, 2012 by TheBigPictureRT Now to some news coming out of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. On Wednesday - a three judge panel on the court ruled that former Bush legal advisor John Yoo - one of the men who wrote legal memos giving cover to President Bush to commit the More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOvtc_QkLXg&w=420&h=315] Uploaded by TheBigPictureRT on Jan 20, 2012 Our nation's commitment to torture under the Bush Administration has not just become a national embarassment - it's become an international problem. A French Judge announced Tuesday that he wants to visit Gitmo - and personally investigate allegations of torture and rape made by three former French inmates who More
Tomgram: Michael Klare, Is Washington Out of Gas? Posted by Michael Klare at 9:27am, September 15, 2011. Tom Dispatch Way back then, the signs out on the streets read: “No Blood for Oil,” “How did USA’s oil get under Iraq’s sand?” and “Don’t trade lives for oil!” Such homemade placards, carried by deluded antiwar protesters in enormous demonstrations More
The answer to the question of how Rumsfeld can be sued for the crimes perpetrated by unnamed torturers provides a look at how civil liberties are faring under Obama’s presidency. Rumsfeld must face trial for torture David Szydloski, In These Times By denying the government’s motions to dismiss their complaints, two federal court decisions made More
