May 14, 2012
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Illustration by Mr. Fish Colonized by Corporations By Chris Hedges In Robert E. Gamer’s book “The Developing Nations” is a chapter called “Why Men Do Not Revolt.” In it Gamer notes that although the oppressed often do revolt, the object of their hostility is misplaced. They vent their fury on a political puppet, someone who masks colonial power, [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Chris Hedges, Fish, Frantz Fanon, Gamer, Karl Marx, Mitt Romney, President
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April 3, 2012
Egypt’s Brotherhood and its grave mistake 02 April 2012 On Saturday, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood made a strategic mistake, by nominating its Deputy Supreme Guide, Khairat al-Shater as its presidential candidate in the elections scheduled for June. The mistake is not the choice of al-Shater or his qualifications, no, the mistake [...]
Tags: Ahmed Shafik, al-Quds al-Arabi, Amr Moussa, egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Islamism, Muslim Brotherhood, President
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March 26, 2012
The Espionage Act, signed into law in 1917, caused hundreds of radical newspapers to shutdown [GALLO/GETTY] This is the second article in a two-part series. Read Part One here. New Haven, Connecticut - One day in 1917, US President Woodrow Wilson sat in his office scratching his head. He faced a dilemma. The war in Europe was [...]
Tags: Bradley Manning, Espionage Act, Espionage Act of 1917, Eugene V Debs, Germany, History, John Reed, National Security Agency, President, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, United State, United States, WikiLeaks, Woodrow Wilson, World War I
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March 24, 2012
” Educate and inform the whole mass of people. Enable them to see that it is their interest to preserve peace and order, and they will preserve them. And it requires no very high degree of education to convince them of this. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.” - [...]
Tags: Electoral College, George Bernard Shaw, History, John Adams, President, President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, United States
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March 18, 2012
By Ray McGovern (about the author) Become a Fan (85 fans) — Page 1 of 4 page(s) opednews.com Editor’s Note: Three years ago, President Obama ignored warnings about an Afghan quagmire and followed the advice of Bush administration holdovers into a series of troop “surges” that have cost many lives but not turned around the [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, National Intelligence Estimate, Obama, President, Ray McGovern, Speak Memory, Strait of Hormuz, United State, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, Vietnam, White House
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March 12, 2012
I Don’t Want To See Their Faces; I Don’t Want To Hear Them Scream by Christopher Cooper An interesting article. This page has long been saying that so called collateral damage is not collateral at all, it is an integral part of war to kill civilians and the unarmed. Even if only to teach them a [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, David Cortright, Hamid Karzai, Hurricane Katrina, Leon Panetta, New York Times, Obama, President, United State, United States
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January 23, 2012
The State of Obama’s 2008 Promises By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/content/state-obamas-2008-promises Presidential candidate Barack Obama won the Democratic primary last time around largely on the strength of his extremely limited and inconsistent opposition to the war on Iraq. Then he chose as his running mate Senator Joe Biden, a man who [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, David Swanson, Iraq, Joe Biden, John McCain, Obama, President, Robert Gates
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January 12, 2012
The figures in this article show just how quickly Obama has become not just a warmonger and arms dealer of the first order but a prison guard. Those heady days as he recruited all those enthusiastic young people to do his dirty work for free are long gone. They thinking he was a person [...]
Tags: al-Qaeda, Australia, Barack Obama, Guantánamo Bay, President, White House
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December 31, 2011
Obama Glad He’s Killing Lots of People But Prefers Not to Know Too Much About Who They Are By davidswanson - Posted on 30 December 2011 From The Atlantic: The enormous expansion of drone operations has been a success in the narrowest sense of killing some bad guys. But it has come at [...]
Tags: Adobe Acrobat, Atlantic, Barack Obama, International Conference on Afghanistan (2010), Obama, President, United State, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
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December 27, 2011
“Liberty, Oh Liberty, what crimes are committed in thy name.” –Madame Roland, French Revolution, on her way to the Guillotine Much like Gandhi’s Salt March in India in 1930 the “March of Life” in Yemen began in the besieged bombed southern city of Taiz with tens of thousands of men, women, and children, walking for five [...]
Tags: al-Qaeda, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Barack Obama, French Revolution, History, Obama, President, Saleh, United States, Yemen
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November 16, 2011
Despite the sickening spectacle of a visit to Australia by Obama and the sycophants that are ready to weave whatever pro Obama and US Empire lies they can, posts to this site have kept increasing. Another 50 were added today, on various topics, with information from around the globe. If you would [...]
Tags: Australia, Barack Obama, History, Julia Gillard, Obama, President, President of the United States, United States
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November 1, 2011
Bogotá mayor Gustavo Petro, a former leftist rebel, acknowledges supporters as he celebrates his win. Photograph: Fernando Vergara/Associated Press Colombians install anti-corruption crusader Gustavo Petro as mayor of Bogotá after peaceful end to volatile elections reddit this Associated Press and agencies guardian.co.uk, Monday 31 October 2011 13.20 GMT Article history A former leftist rebel [...]
Tags: Associated Press, Bogotá, Colombia, Enrique Peñalosa, Gustavo Petro, Latin America, Pablo Escobar, President
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October 21, 2011
What You Gave Obama Could Have Been Put to Good Use By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/content/what-you-gave-obama-could-have-been-put-good-use The most remarkable thing about the Occupy Movement is that it is happening without funding. Yes, donations are starting to pour into Occupy Wall Street, but not at the level that could really boost this campaign to replace plutocracy with [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Carrie Chapman Catt, David Swanson, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Kellogg–Briand Pact, Obama, President
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October 14, 2011
As Obama has said the US is keeping all options open. That is simple US warspeak for if we want to we will start the bombing straight away. But at the moment times are a bit tight so we may have to wait a while. Basically the height of imperial arrogance and a very important [...]
Tags: Adel al Jubeir, Barack Obama, Iran, Obama, President, Quds Force, Saudi Arabia, United State
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September 25, 2011
Obama Secretly Sold Israel Bunker-Buster Bombs (Bush Refused) Commonly known as “bunker busters,” 2,000-pound penetrator bombs are stored on pallets in a bunker at the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in McAlester, Okla., in this file photo. , AP Photo; Inset: Getty Images by HAITHAM SABBAH on SEPTEMBER 24, 2011 Spread it! 11| 57Share 0 inShare 1digg [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Iran, Israel, Newsweek, Obama, President, United States, Zionism
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September 14, 2011
Remembering Vietnam War Foe Carl Oglesby EMAIL PRINT SHARE SHARE 0 Posted on Sep 13, 2011 By Bob Katz Editor’s note: Author and journalist Bob Katz was a friend and colleague of Carl Oglesby and sent this remembrance, which has been edited for style. Carl Oglesby, one of the most influential figures of the 1960s counterculture, died [...]
Tags: Carl Oglesby, History, President, Students for a Democratic Society, Tyrod Taylor, United State, Vietnam War, Washington D.C
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August 31, 2011
Obama Cheers ‘Successes’ of a Decade of War Praises ’9/11 Generation’ for ‘Extraordinary Decade of Service’ by Jason Ditz, August 30, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Speaking today to the American Legion, President Barack Obama praised what he dubbed the “9/11 generation,” insisting that they had provided an “extraordinary decade of service” [...]
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August 6, 2011
What happens when the unsustainable meets the unavoidable? What we are being told are crises of the financial system are really just related to keeping the very few in the lifestyle to which they are accustomed? George Ikners ikners.com Financial markets and governments: No one’s driving The result of the effective removal of stimulus policies [...]
Tags: Athens, Barack Obama, European sovereign debt crisis of 2010–present, European Union, George Osborne, Greece, Lehman Brothers, President, Prime Minister of Italy, Romano Prodi, United State, United States
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July 26, 2011
For those interested in the cancer of the voodoo economic rhythm this editorial should be illuminating. But consider this. The US elite that wishes to rule the planet has been putting what it feels is necessary to achieve this goal for at least a century. What has always driven this march to hegemony is that the people [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Bush tax cuts, Cancer, Elite, Harry Reid, middle east, Nigeria, Party leaders of the United States Senate, President, Republican, South East Asia, Southeast Asia, United State, War crime, White House
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July 23, 2011
Debt ceiling talks between Barack Obama and John Boehner have broken down, throwing the US into economic uncertainty. Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP The US is on the brink of a major economic crisis after negotiations between Barack Obama and Republican Congressional leaders over the national debt dramatically broke downon Friday. Obama, showing anger, passion and [...]
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July 11, 2011
He might have looked the part, but Ronald Reagan was unfairly dismissed as a cowboy president. Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis Ronald Reagan is back. Today more than a thousand people crowded into London’s Grosvenor Square to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the former US president. The ceremony, held a few metres from the US embassy, saw [...]
Tags: George W. Bush, History, Iraq War, middle east, President, Project for the New American Century, Ronald Reagan, United States
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July 6, 2011
Sources: 10,000 US troops on offer for Iraq Play VideoBarack Obama Video:Obama marks July 4thReuters By LARA JAKES, Associated Press – Tue Jul 5, 6:37 pm ET BAGHDAD – The White House is offering to keep up to 10,000 troops in Iraq next year, U.S. officials say, despite opposition from many Iraqis and key Democratic Party allies who demand that [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Hampton Roads, Harry Reid, Iraq, Iraqi security forces, Jay Carney, President, United State, United States, United States Armed Forces, United States Congress, White House
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July 6, 2011
Americans from Across the Political Spectrum Call for End to U.S. Militarism Angela Keaton, July 05, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 5th 2011 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Kevin B. Zeese KBZeese at Gmail.com, 518-543-6920 Americans from Across the Political Spectrum Call for End to U.S. [...]
Tags: BarackObama, Coleen Rowley, Daniel Ellsberg, Future of Freedom Foundation, President, Ralph Nader, Ronald Reagan, United State
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July 4, 2011
Even the Clintons can tell the truth….but not often. apparently Hillary told our esteemed and boy wonder Foreign Affairs Supremo that it was hard to argue with your banker. Probably that means that sooner or later she would /might need to know the answer. But in true Clinton style what don’t go ’round don’t go ’round. China [...]
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July 2, 2011
‘I suppose one hoped the Nixon interviews would make history in some way. That was the ambition’ … David Frost. Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian This office wouldn’t be much of a challenge for Through the Keyhole. The walls are plastered with photographs of David Frost chatting to stars and statesmen – Bobby Kennedy, [...]
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June 26, 2011
US Vows to Arm Philippines to Fight China Clinton Calls for Restraint, Announces More Weapons Transfers by Jason Ditz, June 24, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum With the disputes over the unpopulated Spratly Islands continuing to grow, the Obama Administration has announced that it is preparing a major increase in arms [...]
Tags: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Philippine, President, South China Sea, Spratly Islands, United States, United States Department of State, White House
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May 31, 2011
Tomgram: Engelhardt, Welcome to Post-Legal America Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 9:05pm, May 30, 2011. [Note to TomDispatch Readers: A small reminder: the popular TD offer of a signed, personalized copy of Adam Hochschild’s now-bestselling new book, To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918, in return for a $100 contribution to this website will end [...]
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Posted in Australian complicity in US warmongering policies and war crimes, Australian Foreign Policy, Australian Politics, Australian presence is the the Rudd dream, Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, Imperial Project, Imperialism, Tom Dispatch, torture, Torture as an aid to memory loss, Torture rules ok, torture works better than drugs, Torturers are true Americans, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War Crimes, War is a crime, Waterboarding, Wikileaks | No Comments »
May 19, 2011
It is always of interest to read what those who call themselves realists say about life and liberty. Realism is a haven for failed aspirations and hope. It provides comfort to those who are unable to make a few steps to a truly Democratic position. It feasts on sinecure, nepotism and at times even rubs [...]
Tags: Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama, Bradley Manning, Dick Cheney, Glenn Greenwald, History, Jane Mayer, John Mearsheimer, Joseph McCarthy, NATO, Obama administration, President, United State, United States, Warfare and Conflict, WikiLeaks
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May 19, 2011
Barack Obama to back Middle East democracy with billions in aid President pledges cash to support Egypt and Tunisia after criticism US has been too slow to support uprisings Share60 Ewen MacAskill in Washington The Guardian, Thursday 19 May 2011 Article history Barack Obama will use his speech as an attempt to reposition the [...]
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Posted in Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, CIA, Consent, Democracy, Democracy in the Arab World, Dictators, disaster, Dissent, economic measures, Economics, Economy, elections, Elites, Fascism, Foreign Policy, Global capitalism and imperialism, Hillary, Human Rights, Imperial Project, Imperialism, Israel, Israel and diaspora forces of crime, Israel and force, Israel and oil, Israel and the settlers, Israel and zionist moral crimes, Israel death and destruction, Israel expulsion, Israel lobby and what it can do, Israel's wall, Israeli checkpoints, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Mission Creep, NATO, Negotiate. It's now or never, Nigeria, Nigeria oil, Obama, Obama warmonger, oil, oil and gas resources, Oil in the USA, Propaganda, Protest, Protests, Refugees, Syria, Syria sanctions, Ted Rall, Tom Dispatch, torture, Tunisia, Uganda, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War Crimes, War is a crime, War on terror, Wikileaks, Women's issues, Womens' views and action | No Comments »
May 12, 2011
House panel votes to limit Obama on nuke reduction Email Print Play VideoBarack Obama Video:Newt Gingrich on his 2012 Run, Part 1 FOX News Play VideoBarack Obama Video:AP Top Stories AP Play VideoBarack Obama Video:Obama’s visit to Texas boosts campaign funding KVUE-TV Austin By DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press – Wed May 11, 8:15 pm ET WASHINGTON – A House panel [...]
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April 16, 2011
Interestingly people view war as all sorts of exercises. The most important consideration should be that war is a crime and is completely unlawful and incapable of justification. Wars are always fought for capital or territorial gain and always dressed up as being fought for some other reason. It seems that comparisons with a chess [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Libya, NATO, Nicolas Sarkozy, President, United Nations, United States
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