The summary of the torture report was released, and the dutiful US media did everything it could to change the story. The reasoning behind this was simple: it was in the best interest of the United States government to conceal the fact that 1 out of 4 people that were sodomized, waterboarded, or otherwise tortured by the US government were completely innocent.
Drone Protest Trial By Steve Clemens Mennonista June 27, 2014 I spent 20 hours on the boundary between discomfort and pain. I thought of Martin Luther King writing about redemptive suffering and offered my time in the noisy, cold, boring void of the Polk County Jail on behalf of my despondent and discouraged friends in More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/5n_6S7vQrOc] Rise Up Times Editor's Note: The CEO of Boeing is one of the .01 percent, making him not just one of the wealthiest CEOs, but one of the wealthiest people in the country. Boeing is a major manufacturer of military drones, holding millions of dollars in U.S. government contracts. Boeing headquarters is in Chicago. The More
BY AGUESTCONTRIBUTOR on 11/02/2014 • Drone Wars UK Guest post by Ben Hayes and Chris Jones. February 11, 2014 Today the Transnational Institute and Statewatch are jointly publishing a new report on the European Union and drones, entitled Eurodrones Inc. Our report examines the considerable economic and political support given to the drone industry by the European Union, which has now reached a level at More
Photos by Callen Harty from Wisconsin. With Bruce Berry (Chapter 27) and Ann Wright in the front row. 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 More
A video informally titled "the care and feeding of a young imperial bureaucrat" viscerally conveys the rot that is Washington Glenn Greenwald guardian.co.uk, Sunday 2 June 2013 11.05 EDT (updated below) The combination of extensive travel and being quite consumed with a story I'm working on has prevented me from writing for the last couple of days. More
A video informally titled "the care and feeding of a young imperial bureaucrat" viscerally conveys the rot that is Washington Glenn Greenwald guardian.co.uk, Sunday 2 June 2013 11.05 EDT (updated below) The combination of extensive travel and being quite consumed with a story I'm working on has prevented me from writing for the last couple of days. More
