Dissident Voice
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Postcard from the End of America: Cheyenne By Linh Dinh
Carless, with my Virginia driver’s license long expired, I’ve ridden countless coaches across town, state and country. I’ve rolled with a vast army of losers, but, like I’ve insisted many times, losing is not easy, in this or any other culture. To lose day in and day out requires all of your physical, mental and… Continue reading
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Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal by Rodolf Etienne
American film-maker, Stephen Vittoria’s latest film, Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal, proposes a new vision of Mumia Abu-Jamal, by analysing his remarkable career as journalist and writer from Death Row. I spoke with Mr. Vittoria about the film Continue reading
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John Brennan vs. a Sixteen-Year-Old By Medea Benjamin
In October 2011, 16-year-old Tariq Aziz attended a gathering in Islamabad where he was taught how to use a video camera so he could document the drones that were constantly circling over his Pakistani village, terrorizing and killing his family and neighbors. Two days later, when Aziz was driving with his 12-year-old cousin to a… Continue reading
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US Intelligence Machine Instead Plotted with Bankers to Attack Protest Movement By Dave Lindorff
New documents obtained from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security by the Partnership for Civil Justice and released this past week show that the FBI and other intelligence and law enforcement agencies began a campaign of monitoring, spying and disrupting the Occupy Movement at least two months before the first occupation actions began… Continue reading
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UN SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS: THE REAL WMD IN IRAQ
Clarity Press is pleased to announce the publication ofGENOCIDE IN IRAQ: The Case Against the UN Security Council and Member States by Abdul-Haq al-Ani and Tarik al-Ani, a brilliant, detailed and comprehensive analysis of the illegality of the sanctions regime imposed on Iraq by the UN Security Council, leading to the deaths of over 500,000… Continue reading
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A Call for the Disavowal of Splittism By Kim Petersen
I have not read every word or heard every speech by Atzmon, but I never came to a conclusion that he was defining anything for Palestinians. Atzmon has been focused on the occupiers, a group he stems from, and what makes them occupier-oppressors, and as a member of the group (he has since renounced allegiance… Continue reading
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Progressives Embrace Humanitarian Imperialism – Again! By John V. Walsh
“Foreign Intervention in Syria? A Debate with Joshua Landis and Karam Nachar” promised the headline on DemocracyNow! on 22 February. Eagerly I tuned in, hoping to hear a thorough exposé of the machinations of the US Empire in Syria on its march to Iran. Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 21-22 February 2012: US to pump weapons into Syrian warzone?
22 February 2012 14:37:51 — williambowles.info Maybe updated as the day wears on… 012 Turkish Secret Agents Trained by the Mossad Captured in Syria GlobalResearch.ca Today at 21:40 For more details, please click on the link to read the article.”= Continue reading
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The Top Ten Revolutionary Videos of 2011
Rarely do we see the BBC and their ilk reminding us of the startlingly powerful images of resistance and revolution. So, in honour of those who were maimed or killed in 2011 in service of a better world, here are ten of the most memorable moments of revolt in 2011 Continue reading
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Genocidal Cynicism Part Two BY Fidel Castro
While Israel was speedily creating a nuclear arsenal, in 1981 it attacked and destroyed the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak. It did exactly the same thing to the Syrian reactor at Dayr az-Zawr in 2007, an occurrence of which world opinion was oddly not informed. Continue reading
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Genocidal Cynicism Part One BY Fidel Castro
I feel the duty to convey to those taking the trouble to read these Reflections the opinion that all of us, with no exception, are obliged to create awareness about the risks that humankind are running in an inexorable manner, towards a final and total catastrophe as the consequence of irresponsible decisions made by politicians… Continue reading
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Jailed for Sailing to Gaza, Challenging the Blockade
Two boats full of courageous passengers were on their way to Gaza when they were intercepted on Friday, November 4, by the Israeli military in international waters. We call the passengers courageous because they sailed from Turkey on November 2 with the knowledge that at any moment they might be boarded by Israeli commandos intent… Continue reading
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Argentina: Why President Fernandez Wins and Obama Loses By James Petras
The most popular slogan of the multitudinous movements occupying the financial districts factories, public buildings and the streets was ‘Que se vayan todos’ (‘All politicians get out’). The entire political class, parties and leaders, Congress and presidents were rejected outright. But while the movements were vast, militant and united in what they rejected, they had… Continue reading
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Crusader Blair’s Vision: Eternal War By Felicity Arbuthnot
Combing through Tony Blair’s statements over the years, this week of the tenth anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers, I had a feeling of deja vu. Continue reading
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Crusader Blair’s Vision: Eternal War By Felicity Arbuthnot
Combing through Tony Blair’s statements over the years, this week of the tenth anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers, I had a feeling of deja vu. Continue reading
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We Are The Core Of The Problem By Frank Scott
The USA is at the center of this flailing monster and its people need to take control from the minority only concerned about acquiring more and more wealth at the cost of less and less hope for the majority’s future. Continue reading
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Silenced Evidence in Assassination of Rafik Hariri By Eslam al-Rihani
“Once the billionaire PM Rafik Hariri moves inside Beirut, everybody takes note of it. His limousine is equipped with a device able to foil any assassination attempt via booby-trapped car. Mobile phones are disrupted in the area near the convoy, … Whenever he leaves his house, his guards carry out car patrols in the streets… Continue reading
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