January 11, 2018 marked the 16th year that Guantanamo prison has exclusively imprisoned Muslim men, subjecting many of them to torture and arbitrary detention. ...Forty-one hearts still beat in Guantanamo prison cells. That’s forty-one too many.
The days of action surrounding the inauguration of Donald Trump marked a clear rejection of his administration and the global rise of right-wing populism. https://vimeo.com/201092028 The inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States has unleashed a wave of anger across the country. Faced with the frightening prospect of an authoritarian right-wing More
There are more than 16,000 nuclear weapons worldwide and over 150 Minute Men III silos exist in farm fields across the heartland with hundreds more housed on Air Force bases.
Exclusive: The armchair warriors of Official Washington are eager for a new war, this time with Russia over Ukraine, and they are operating from the same sort of mindless “group think” and hostility to dissent that proved so disastrous in Iraq, reports Robert Parry. By Robert Parry ConsortiumNews.org January 30, 2015 If you wonder how the More
Washington's role in Ukraine, and its backing for the regime's neo-Nazis, has huge implications for the rest of the world John Pilger The Guardian 13 May 2014 A pro-Russian activist with a shell casing and a US-made meal pack that fell from a Ukrainian army APC in an attack on a roadblock on 3 May in Andreevka, More
Everyone knows about the military-industrial complex, which, in his farewell address, President Eisenhower warned had the potential to “endanger our liberties or democratic process” but have you heard of the “Deep State?” Moyers & Company February 21, 2014 Mike Lofgren, a former GOP congressional staff member with the powerful House and Senate Budget Committees, More
Everyone knows about the military-industrial complex, which, in his farewell address, President Eisenhower warned had the potential to “endanger our liberties or democratic process” but have you heard of the “Deep State?” Moyers & Company February 21, 2014 Mike Lofgren, a former GOP congressional staff member with the powerful House and Senate Budget Committees, More
He was politically conservative, a gun owner, a geek – and the man behind the biggest intelligence leak in history. In this exclusive extract from his new book, Luke Harding looks at Edward Snowden's journey from patriot to America's most wanted: The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man Luke Harding The Guardian, Friday More
The U.S. snubs treaties, obligations and universal principles. It was frequently noted during the 2012 presidential campaign that Obama and Romney had nearly identical opinions on major policy issues, including their shared approval of the United States' aggressive policy of drone attacks. (Creative Commons/Wikimedia) BY NOAM CHOMSKY November 6, 2013 InTheseTimes.com WEB ONLY// FEATURES To take a typical example, More
Tomgram: Engelhardt, Advice from the Colonel By Tom Engelhardt October 10, 2013 tomdispatch.com [Tom Dispatch Editor’s Note: In the sequester and government-shutdown era, the classic military newspaper Stars and Stripes is facing some of the problems of its civilian brethren and sodownsizing its print edition. Among the features to go: Dear Abby. As it happens, TomDispatch is ready to step into More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/AchVwoRGmdI] August 23, 2013 Moyers & Company Bill talks with journalist Mark Leibovich about his latest book,This Town, a city where money rules the day and status is determined by who you know and what they can do for you. “If you can sell yourself as someone who knows how Washington works, someone who has More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZVtPhVBM5Q&w=560&h=315] I will be pleading guilty at a hearing on Thursday, 12 April, 2012. There will be a press conference at 8:30 am that morning in front of the DC Superior Courthouse, 500 Indiana Ave NW, Washington DC. leahpeaceful Join Us! Subscribe to WAMMToday from our blog website and “Follow” us. riseuptimes.wordpress.com. WAMMToday is now on More
