Israel Tamps Down Iran War Threats By Ray McGovern January 19, 2012 Consortium News Exclusive: For months, Israeli hardliners and their neocon allies in the United States have been beating the war drums over Iran. But apparent resistance to war from President Obama has brought a softening of rhetoric in Israel, as ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern reports. More
Editorial: Challenge Iran with diplomacy, isolation Note for Twin Citians: Come to the Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge Vigil this Wednesday, January 18, to say “No New Wars.” 4:30-5;30. We also urge you to take some time on Wednesday, January 18, to send a message to our two senators, Amy Klobuchar (612-727-5220) and Al Franken (651-221-1016) telling them More
Why I’m Suing Barack Obama By Chris Hedges Posted on Jan 16, 2012 truthdig Detainees pray at the U.S. military detention facility known as Camp Bucca in Iraq in this 2009 photo. (AP / Dusan Vranic) Attorneys Carl J. Mayer and Bruce I. Afran filed a complaint Friday in the Southern U.S. District Court in New York More
Tomgram: Engelhardt, Superpower Adrift in an Alien World Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 9:33AM, January 12, 2012. Tom Dispatch Obama's Mission Accomplished Moment? And a Military-First Policy on a Destabilizing Planet By Tom Engelhardt Here’s the ad for this moment in Washington (as I imagine it): Militarized superpower adrift and anxious in alien world. Needs advice. Will pay. More
Tomgram: Nick Turse, The Life and Death of American Drones Posted by Nick Turse at 9:40am, December 20, 2011. Tom Dispatch It’s 10 pm. Do you know where your drone is? Oh, the confusion of it all! The U.S. military now insists it was deeply befuddled when it claimed that a super-secret advanced RQ-170 Sentinel drone (aka “the beast More
Set Your Doomsday Clock to 11:51 David Swanson (about the author) Dec. 16, 2011 opednews.com The National Defense Authorization Act is not a leap from democracy to tyranny, but it is another major step on a steady and accelerating decade-long march toward a police state. The doomsday clock of our republic just got noticeably closer to More
