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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
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Escalating War in Afghanistan Apt to Hurt Fragile U.S. Economy By Sherwood Ross
If Iraq war spending helped plunge the U.S. economy into its worst slump since the Depression, what does President Obama think his escalation of the Afghan war will do it? Continue reading
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Video: US testing unproven weapons in Afghanistan
The US is developing new, expensive weapons and testing them on the battleground in Afghanistan. Is this the best idea? How can new weapons designed for conventional warfare be effective against an insurgency? And do unproven weapons put soldiers at risk? Continue reading
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New movie on the weaponization of space out now
The film, created by French-Canadian Denis Delestrac, is a two-hour masterpiece that includes interviews with many space warfare advocates as well as many of us in the keep space for peace movement. Continue reading
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The “Obama Doctrine”: Eternal War For Imperfect Mankind “For make no mistake: Evil does exist in the world.” By Rick Rozoff
With obligatory references to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mohandas Gandhi (the second referred to only by his surname) but to no other American presidents than Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy – fellow peace prize recipients Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter weren’t mentioned – the U.S. head of state spoke… Continue reading
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Will the Last “Progressive for Obama” Please Turn Out the Lights?
9 December, 2009 — Black Agenda Report Will the Last “Progressive for Obama” Please Turn Out the Lights? by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Black Agenda Report heartily endorses this Saturday’s Emergency Anti-Escalation Rally in front of the White House. Having said that, we turn to the subject of the legions of Obama-smitten activists that… Continue reading
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The Psychological Implosion of Our Soldiers By Dahr Jamail
US Army Specialist Lateef Al-Saraji, a decorated combat veteran, came back from the occupation of Iraq with severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Saraji joined the military because he wanted to serve his country. He served well as a linguist and translator working under secret clearance with military intelligence, according to a letter of recommendation written… Continue reading
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America cannot be the hegemon of Western Asia By Lawrence Wilkerson
5 December, 2009 Wilkerson Pt2: Diplomacy must lead a regional solution to Afghan war; there is no military solution Part 2 4 December, 2009 Wilkerson Pt. 1: Lawrence Wilkerson: Obama’s campaign rhetoric and his generals put him in a corner on Afghanistan Part 1 Bio Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired United States Army soldier and… Continue reading
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Obama: Say One Term Is Enough Joel S. Hirschhorn
Here are some of the main reasons that Obama should cut his ties to corporate and political elites, announce that he will not run for reelection and, instead, become the populist, reformist president the nation desperately needs Continue reading
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Award Winning Movie: “SUPERPOWER” By Barbara-Anne Steegmuller
Superpower: Far from a conspiracy film about the dangers of government secrets and regime change, this well-balanced film straddles the philosophical divide and allows viewers to understand the US quest for global dominance through economic and military strategy that is exposed through review of historical events, personal interviews, and analysis of US foreign policy. Continue reading
