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Treme: A new video on Katrina
John Goodman – spokesperson for Levees.org – is Creighton Bernette in the new drama by HBO called Treme. Mr. Goodman, whose character is based on the late blogger Ashley Morris, is an angry, excitable fierce New Orleans who is not afraid to say out loud that the federal Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks to release video of civilians, journalists being murdered in airstrike in Afghanistan
Whistleblower Web site WikiLeaks is planning to release a video that reveals what it’s calling a Pentagon “cover-up” of an incident in which numerous civilians and journalists were murdered in an airstrike, according to a recent media advisory. They also noted their members have recently been tailed by individuals under State Department diplomatic immunity, and… Continue reading
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A Bomber Jacket Doesn’t Cover the Blood By Norman Solomon
On Sunday, during his first presidential trip to Afghanistan, Obama stood before thousands of American troops to proclaim the sanctity of the war effort. He played the role deftly — a commander in chief, rallying the troops — while wearing a bomber jacket. Continue reading
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Making A Killing: The Untold Story Of Psychotropic Drugging Pt 5
Psychotropic drugs. It’s the story of big money-drugs that fuel a $330 billion psychiatric industry, without a single cure. And the death count keeps rising. Containing more than 175 interviews with lawyers, mental health experts, the families of victims and the survivors themselves, this riveting documentary rips the mask off psychotropic drugging and exposes a… Continue reading
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US panel debates drone legality
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UVA’s) or drones are remote-controlled aircraft without people onboard, which can carry and utilize missiles. It is widely suspected that the US has used drones frequently to target al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and Pakistan, although Washington has never admitted nor denied it. But in alleged UVA attacks targeting the fighters,… Continue reading
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Lily Tomlin as Ernestine on Single Payer Health Care
Speaking for Controlled Healthcare Insurance Corp., the incomparable Ernestine tells a patient, “Life itself is a pre-existing condition. Our prescription for it: Don’t get sick!” Continue reading
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VICTIMS OF URANIUM MUNITIONS USED BY THE US FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN: Warning – Horrific Images
These photos of newly-born infants have been taken by Dr. Mohammad Daud Miraki, a well-known Afghan researcher, anthropologist, sociologist and scholar. He visited Afghanistan to find out about the situation after the American invasion of Afghanistan. The deformed infants are the result of the uranium munitions used by American troops and bomber aircrafts all over… Continue reading
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2010 Phyllis Clarke Memorial Lecture – Operating in the Obama Moment: Challenges for Progressives
Bill Fletcher Jr. is a longtime labour and international activist and the former President and chief executive officer of TransAfrica Forum. He is the executive editor of The Black Commentator, and founder of the Center for Labor Renewal. His latest book is Solidarity Divided. Continue reading
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Towards America’s Electronic, Troop-less Wars Future U.S Wars will involve Massive Use of Drones By Prof. Marc W. Herold
Future U.S wars in the Third World will involve massive use of drones to police the territory, employ local satrap forces (like those of Karzai’s Afghan Army) and once the territory has been pacified sufficiently, the deployment of Government Ready-to-Rule (GRR) kits. The drones provide the critical and the weak link: critical insofar as they… Continue reading
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End of the American superpower
29 January, 2010 — RT.com http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.4719737 more about “End of the American superpower“, posted with vodpod Continue reading
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Joe Bageant: MP3 file of Joe on the Jeff Farias Show
When it comes to being interviewed, one of my very favorite radio hosts is Jeff Farias. Most liberal radio interviewers get caught up in the Empire’s media noise, and become part of the self-referential circle jerk of facts and figures and mainstream media citations that pass for news and information in this country. Continue reading
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China, Japan and the U.S.: Together in Crisis?
5 February, 2010 — LeftStreamed LeftStreamed Production Produced by the LeftStreamed Collective. Viewers are encouraged to distribute widely. Comments on the video and suggestions are welcome – write to info@socialistproject.ca For more analysis of contemporary politics check out ‘Relay: A Socialist Project Review’ at www.socialistproject.ca/relay R. Taggart Murphy, Graduate School of Business Sciences, University of… Continue reading
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Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train (2004)
Documentary in which professor Howard Zinn recounts his life as a writer, educator, and leader in nonviolent social protest. His story is one of being in “the right place at the right time,” from poor beginnings, working in shipyard unions, fighting in WWII as a bomber pilot, and then launching his academic career as one… Continue reading
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Don’t Call It a “Defense” Budget By Norman Solomon
After three decades of frequent carnage and extreme poverty in Afghanistan, a new influx of lethal violence is arriving via the Defense Department. That’s the cosmetically named agency in charge of sending U.S. soldiers to endure and inflict unspeakable horrors. Continue reading
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The Battle of the Titans: JP Morgan Versus Goldman Sachs Or Why the Market Was Down for 7 Days in a Row By Ellen Brown
The late Libertarian economist Murray Rothbard wrote that U.S. politics since 1900, when William Jennings Bryan narrowly lost the presidency, has been a struggle between two competing banking giants, the Morgans and the Rockefellers. The parties would sometimes change hands, but the puppeteers pulling the strings were always one of these two big-money players. No… Continue reading
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Securing Disaster in Haiti By Peter Hallward
Nine days after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January 2010, it’s now clear that the initial phase of the U.S.-led relief operation has conformed to the three fundamental tendencies that have shaped the more general course of the island’s recent history. It has adopted military priorities and strategies. It has sidelined Haiti’s… Continue reading
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US: Campaign financing: Corporations can now spend unlimited amounts
Yesterday, the Supreme Court announced a disastrous rollback of campaign finance laws. Their 5-4 decision gives corporations free rein to spend unlimited amounts of money on elections. Continue reading
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Obama administration supports forces that commit atrocities – Allan Nairn
“In the words of the American Founding Fathers, ‘alter or abolish’ the current system, because it is not enforcing the murder laws and it is allowing about a billion people worldwide to starve when they could be fed for the price of Washington’s bailout of Citibank,” Nairn says. Continue reading
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Glen Ford: Triumph of right-wing nationalism
Video: Paul Jay speaks with Glen Ford of the Black Agenda Report about Obama’s foreign policies. Continue reading
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F. William Engdahl: Afghanistan and global dominance
Video: Engdahl: US China strategy driving Afghan war, but no real long range thinking in place Continue reading
The New Dark Age 