The Campaign to End All War
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Peace and War
Building a Global Movement to End All War
I’ve been involved in starting enough activist campaigns and coalitions to know when one has more potential than any other I’ve seen. When hundreds of people and organizations are signing up on the website before you’ve announced it anywhere, and nine months before you plan to officially launch, and when a large percentage of the people signing on ask how they can donate funding, and when people from other countries volunteer to translate
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Thou Shalt Not Make Fun of World War I
From The Guardian:
<<Once, in Blackadder, the eponymous first-world-war British army captain learned that the Germans were stealing our battle plans. “You look surprised, Blackadder,” said Stephen Fry’s absurdly over-moustachioed, rubicund General Melchett.
“I certainly am, sir,” retorted our hero. “I didn’t realise we had any battle plans.”
“Well, of course we have!” shouted Melchett. “How else do you think the battles
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Talk Nation Radio: Edward Herman on the International Criminal Court (for Africa)
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This show opens with an awesome poem about drones by Misty Rowan.
Edward S. Herman says that Desmond Tutu is wrong to support the International Criminal Court, given its bias for prosecuting only Africans and only those Africans not working with the United States.
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Videos: The Virginia People's Assembly
Open for a lot more videos.
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The Story of Gaza
Young authors of fiction from Gaza, some of whom say they are finding Palestine on the internet while unable to see it exist in reality, have just published a collection of stories, written in English, marking the five-year anniversary of the 23 days from December 27, 2008, until Obama’s inauguration, during which Israel bombed the people of Gaza far more heavily than usual. They’re publishing a new excerpt of the book each of these 23
Talk Nation Radio: Robert Parry on Syria in Reality and in the New York Times
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Robert Parry reports that the New York Times has finally, and quietly, admitted that a key claim
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Senator Kirk's War Prayer
Senator Kirk was praying to Senators Schumer and Menendez, or rather to his god but for their benefit. He was praying in his office where the three were gathered late at night. He was praying for a chance to drop bombs on Iran.
An aged stranger entered the office without a sound, despite the closed door. He moved with slow and noiseless step toward Senator Kirk’s desk, his eyes fixed upon the senator, his long body clothed in a robe that reached to his feet, his head bare, his white
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The War on Marriage on Christmas
Very rarely does our government ask us what to have a war on. The proposal for missile strikes into Syria was a rare occasion when public pressure and other factors compelled Congress to demand a say. Public pressure then compelled Congress to say No.
But daily drone buzzings over various nations aren’t occasions for public debate. We aren’t being asked about another decade in Afghanistan or cooking up a future war on Iran. And our current president and his predecessor
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Syracuse Is Fifth City to Pass Anti-Drone Resolution
Syracuse has passed this:
WHEREAS, the prospect of using Unmanned Aircraft System (UAV’s) often referred to as “Drones” inside the United States raises far-reaching issues concerning the extent of government surveillance, the value of privacy in the digital age, and the role of Congress
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