March 20, 2012
I recently had an exchange of emails with a US academic. Although the exchange related to other matters he did say in reference to another noted thinker, words to the effect, “not another article on the US empire.” I suppose one may tire of a continued reference to what some consider are the [...]
Tags: Capitalism, Chalmers Johnson, Davos, middle east, Social Sciences, South America, United State, World Economic Forum
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December 2, 2011
The American Empire Project Americans have long believed that the very notion of empire is an offense against our democratic heritage, yet in recent months, these two words — American empire — have been on everyone’s lips. At this moment of unprecedented economic and military strength, the leaders of the United States have embraced imperial [...]
Tags: Andrew Bacevich, Buren, Chalmers Johnson, James Peck, Military, Peter Van Buren, United State, Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War (American Empire Project)
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September 19, 2011
The US has been creating instability for decades. Even the most cursory reading of Chomsky and Chalmers Johnson can confirm not just the fact but also the reasons. Naomi Klein‘s book the Shock Doctrine also illu8strates how western capitalism and imperialism live and breathe instability to further their own aims. The following article by Nick [...]
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August 7, 2011
Chalmers Johnson, Dismantling the Empire Posted by Chalmers Johnson at 4:55pm, August 7, 2011. Chalmers Johnson died on November 20, 2010, but — for me at least — his spirit lives on in the most active of ways. In his last years at TomDispatch.com, he regularly chewed over the profligacy of the Pentagon, our unbridled urge for military spending, [...]
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July 24, 2011
The imperial project as we have seen it unfold on the part of the US and other countries around the world has always come hand in hand with the destruction of any and all existing free, democratic or libertarian institutions that exist in the target countries. In order to strip these countries of the resources [...]
Tags: Chalmers Johnson, Max Boot, middle east, Noam Chomsky, Oxford University Press, Robert Kagan, Thomas Dunne Books, United State, Warfare and Conflict, World Trade Center
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June 24, 2011
Tom Engelhardt There has been a great deal written and said about what is seen as the imperial project and the way in which imperialist aims and aspirations invariably are expressed in terms of war. Perhaps one of the most startling figures available is the way in which war itself has become very much a slaughterhouse [...]
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June 23, 2011
All this may look good but think about the fact that they should not be there at all and that a mercenary army will have ti be there to protect their precious assets and it all comes to nought. Now how long ago was it that the great crawler Julia said we were there regardless? [...]
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June 9, 2011
The imperial project relies on money from arms as a life blood. The US economy may very well be only one short step from only being capable of producing weapons of mass destruction, anything else will be made elsewhere. The profits from arms have always been enormous, but the trade comes with a lethal and fatal price [...]
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May 28, 2011
The Books We Meant Well How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People by Peter Van BurenComing Soon! Washington Rules America’s Path to Permanent War by Andrew BacevichNow available! Dismantling The Empire America’s Last Best Hope by Chalmers Johnson Now available! The Limits Of Power The End of [...]
Tags: Andrew Bacevich, Chalmers Johnson, Imperial Ambitions, middle east, Noam Chomsky, Social Sciences, United State, Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War (American Empire Project)
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