“A Moment in the Sun”: An Extended Interview with Independent Filmmaker, Author John Sayles Share1172 We spend the hour with legendary independent filmmaker and author, John Sayles. Over the past three decades, he has directed 17 feature films, including Return of the Secaucus Seven, Matewan, Lone Star, and Eight Men Out. He has often used [...]
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Trigger happy murderers in NATO are basically the new cancer on the block in the Middle East. These European invading barbarians know nothing but killing as far as the troops are concerned. Fresh from glory of several thousand years in the killing fields of Europe by air land and sea these new SS Regiments havea true obedience [...]
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The predatory capital project and its partner the imperial project are fast running out of the fresh kill zones they require in the killing fields they so euphemistically called the “new world” or the “third world” Marx clearly predicted that there would have to be a massive expansion of the predatory beast into the rest of the world, [...]
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Tomgram: Andy Kroll, Welcome to the McJobs Recovery Posted by Andy Kroll at 5:50pm, May 8, 2011. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: For those of you who created a wavelet of contributions in response to our offer on Tuesday of a personalized, signed copy of Adam Hochschild’s remarkable new history of World War I, To End All Wars: [...]
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An email from Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky University of Leeds (UCU) – Blog, November 30, 2009 I had a startling experience a few weeks ago. I travelled to Mexico City for talks at the National University, an enormous and very impressive institution with high standards of achievement and scholarship. Entrance is selective, but the university [...]
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In a recent video interview at the Real News site there is some very interesting information. The whole interview should be watched. You can do that at http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=6731. It starts with the news that S & P has said a few things about the US economy. The witch doctors of financial boogie fever have spoken But they seem to [...]
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While the establishment media was busy parroting President Obama’s announcement of Osama bin Laden’s supposed assassination, reporting the unsubstantiated claims as if they were unquestionable facts, much of the so-called “alternative” press was far morecautious — and accurate, it turns out. But more importantly, with the new official storyline indicating that bin Laden was in fact unarmed, bigger and [...]
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Galeano was born in Montevideo, Uruguay to a middle class Catholic family of European descent (Italian,Spanish, German and Welsh descent). Like many young Latin American boys, Galeano dreamed of becoming a football (soccer) player; this desire was reflected in some of his works, such as El Fútbol A Sol Y Sombra (Football In Sun and Shadow). In his teens, Galeano worked odd [...]
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Predators and Democracy. Where to now?
The Predators: Where is Your Democracy? By Kathy Kelly http://warisacrime.org/node/57779 On May 4, 2011, CNN World News asked whether killing Osama bin Laden was legal under international law. Other news commentary has questioned whether it would have been both possible and advantageous to bring Osama bin Laden to trial rather than kill him. World attention [...]
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