First, I want to be clear that I’m not angry at Hillary Clinton personally. I don’t like Hillary. I don’t support her. I don’t trust her. I don’t think she would be a good or trustworthy president. But that’s not the issue here. The issue is the inherent unfairness in the system.
This war – in all its ever-changing permutations – thus enables an endless supply of power and profit to flow to those political and economic factions that control the government regardless of election outcomes. Editor's Note: There is really nothing new or surprising in this article. At least not for the readers of RiseUpTimes.org. The More
Tomgram: Victoria Brittain, Fighting a Global War of Terror "Here was the texture of a hidden war of continual harassment against a largely helpless population. This was how some of the most vulnerable people in British society -- often already traumatised refugees and torture survivors -- were made permanent scapegoats for our post-9/11, and then More
Tomgram: Victoria Brittain, Fighting a Global War of Terror "Here was the texture of a hidden war of continual harassment against a largely helpless population. This was how some of the most vulnerable people in British society -- often already traumatised refugees and torture survivors -- were made permanent scapegoats for our post-9/11, and then More
The US and Israel, Not Iran, Threaten Peace by Noam Chomsky Published on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 by Common Dreams It is not easy to escape from one’s skin, to see the world differently from the way it is presented to us day after day. But it is useful to try. Let’s take a few examples. The war More
The US and Israel, Not Iran, Threaten Peace by Noam Chomsky Published on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 by Common Dreams It is not easy to escape from one’s skin, to see the world differently from the way it is presented to us day after day. But it is useful to try. Let’s take a few examples. The war More
From The Frying Pan, Into The Fire? Hardly a day goes by that I don’t receive an email or desperate phone call from Iraqi refugees in Syria . . . By Cathy Breen VFCN This article first appeared on WagingNonviolence.org. Click here for the video. “Can you help us?” cries the voice over the phone from More
From The Frying Pan, Into The Fire? Hardly a day goes by that I don’t receive an email or desperate phone call from Iraqi refugees in Syria . . . By Cathy Breen VFCN This article first appeared on WagingNonviolence.org. Click here for the video. “Can you help us?” cries the voice over the phone from More
Criminalizing Dissent Photo by CTJ71081 (CC-BY) By Chris Hedges Posted on Aug 13, 2012 truthdig.com I was on the 15th floor of the Southern U.S. District Court in New York in the courtroom of Judge Katherine Forrest last Tuesday. It was the final hearing in the lawsuit I brought in January against President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense More
Criminalizing Dissent Photo by CTJ71081 (CC-BY) By Chris Hedges Posted on Aug 13, 2012 truthdig.com I was on the 15th floor of the Southern U.S. District Court in New York in the courtroom of Judge Katherine Forrest last Tuesday. It was the final hearing in the lawsuit I brought in January against President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense More
Tom Engelhardt> Washington’s Militarized Mindset The Military Solution> The Lessons Washington Can’t Draw From the Failure of the Military Option By Tom Engelhardt July 5, 2012 Tom Dispatch Americans may feel more distant from war than at any time since World War II began. Certainly, a smaller percentage of us — less than 1% — serves More
Tom Engelhardt> Washington’s Militarized Mindset The Military Solution> The Lessons Washington Can’t Draw From the Failure of the Military Option By Tom Engelhardt July 5, 2012 Tom Dispatch Americans may feel more distant from war than at any time since World War II began. Certainly, a smaller percentage of us — less than 1% — serves More
