Obama Nominee to the UN, Advised Violating UN Resolution on Libya
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Peace and War
Talk Nation Radio: Guantanamo Is Getting Worse
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Jason Leopold writes for Al Jazeera. See his articles here. Leopold, just back from Guantanamo, says that since President Obama’s speech, no one has been freed, no one has quit hunger striking, and the number of people being force-fed
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Talk Nation Radio: David Vine on U.S. Bases All Over the World
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David Vine is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at American University, author of Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia, and of the new article “Where Has All the
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An Endless "Peace Process" for Palestine
The United States balances its endless war of terrorism with the institution of an endless “peace process” for Palestine, a process valuable for its peaceyness and interminability.
Josh Ruebner’s new book, Shattered Hopes: The Failure of Obama’s Middle East Peace Process, could just as easily have been called “Fulfilled Expectations: The Success of Obama’s
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Memorial Day THIS
Imagine if at some point during the 1990s or 1980s the President of the United States had given a speech. And this was his speech:
My fellow Americans, I’ve been regularly shooting missiles into people’s houses in several countries. I’ve wiped out families. I’ve killed thousands of people. Hundreds of them have been little children.
I’ve killed grandparents, wives, daughters, neighbors. I’ve targeted people without knowing their
Obama Promises His Speech Will End Some Day
President Obama is expected to announce that the eternal war on the world will have an end.
When?
He won’t say.
I too have an announcement. I promise my drinking problem will end some day.
When?
I’m not saying. But the celebrations of the armistice in 1918 began when plans for it were announced, and the partying continued until it actually happened. Perhaps that is the best approach here. As an aid to your festivities, let me present the . . .
Afternoon
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Connecticut Advances Conversion from War to Peace Economy
The Connecticut legislature has sent to the governor to sign a bill that would create a commission to develop a plan for, among other things:
“the diversification or conversion of defense-related industries with an emphasis on encouraging environmentally-sustainable and civilian product manufacturing. On or before December 1, 2014, the commission shall submit such report to the Governor and, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General
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CIA: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone
There’s a contradiction built into every campaign promise about transparent government beyond the failure to keep the promises. Our government is, in significant portion, made up of secret operations, operations that include warmaking, kidnapping, torture, assassination, and infiltrating and overthrowing governments. A growing movement is ready to see that end.
The Central Intelligence Agency is central to our foreign policy, but there is nothing intelligent about it, and there
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