May 14, 2012
Tomgram: Engelhardt, Predator Nation Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 5:51pm, May 13, 2012. [For TomDispatch Readers: Point of pride -- the TD post a Sunday ago of the last words ofEcotopia author Ernest Callenbach, “Epistle to the Ecotopians,” was chosen as a point of departure for a moving online column by the New York Times’ Mark Bittman. [...]
Tags: Ecotopia, Ernest Callenbach, Mark Bittman, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, New York Times, Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, United States
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April 30, 2012
The Obama Contradiction Weakling at Home, Imperial President Abroad By Tom Engelhardt He has few constraints (except those he’s internalized). No one can stop him or countermand his orders. He has a bevy of lawyers at his beck and call to explain the “legality” of his actions. And if he cares [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Bush, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Greater Middle East, Tom Engelhardt, United State, White House
Posted in Obama, Obama arms dealer, Obama regime, Obama warmonger, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, USA, War, War Crimes, War is a crime | No Comments »
April 10, 2012
Engelhardt, The Smog of War Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 9:05am, April 10, 2012. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: The Nation magazine website has just released the first of a series of short video interviews with me about my latest book, The United States of Fear -- this one focusing on how post-Cold-War Washington chose what I [...]
Tags: Cold War, George H.W. Bush, Nation, Tom Engelhardt, United State, Vietnam, Vietnam Syndrome, Vietnam War
Posted in US Foreign Policy, USA, War, War Crimes, War is a crime | No Comments »
March 26, 2012
Best of TomDispatch: Michelle Alexander, The Age of Obama as a Racial Nightmare Posted by Michelle Alexander at 6:52pm, March 25, 2012. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: Tom Engelhardt is away for several more days. He may not be answering emails until week’s end. But TomDispatch marches on with an updated TD classic, [...]
Tags: Alexander, Barack Obama, Jim Crow, Jim Crow Laws, Michelle Alexander, New York Times, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Tom Engelhardt, United States
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March 11, 2012
Engelhardt, War as the President’s Private Preserve Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 5:19pm, March 11, 2012. The 0% Doctrine Obama Breaks New Ground When It Comes to War With Iran By Tom Engelhardt When I was young, the Philadelphia Bulletin ran cartoon ads that usually featured a man in trouble — dangling by his fingers, [...]
Tags: American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran, Israel, Newt Gingrich, Obama, Tom Engelhardt, United State, United States
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March 10, 2012
Afghan President Hamid Karzai looks on during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 6, 2012. (Credit: AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) Building a “Mature” Democracy in Afghanistan by Tom Engelhardt How primitive the Afghans are! A New York Times account of faltering negotiations over a possible “strategic partnership” agreement to leave U.S. troops on bases in that country for years [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, American Empire Project, Hamid Karzai, Haymarket Books, Kabul, President of Afghanistan, Tom Engelhardt, United State
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February 28, 2012
Engelhardt and Turse, The End in Afghanistan? Posted by Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse at 8:21am,February 28, 2012. Blown Away How the U.S. Fanned the Flames in Afghanistan By Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse Is it all over but the (anti-American) shouting — and the killing? Are the exits finally coming into view? Sometimes, in a moment, [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, John R. Allen, Kabul, Koran, NATO, NickTurse, Tom Engelhardt, United States
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February 23, 2012
Engelhardt, The Arrival of the Warrior Corporation Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 9:27am, February 23, 2012. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: Many thanks to all of you who answered my modest plea for donations last week with such generosity! The response from around the country (and the world), which truly does help keep this site going, [...]
Tags: Hamilton Fish, iPhone, Mexico, Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch, TomDispatch.com, United State, United States Air Force, Vietnam War
Posted in Middle East, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, USA, War, War Crimes, War is a crime | No Comments »
January 12, 2012
Engelhardt, Superpower Adrift in an Alien World Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 9:33am, January 12, 2012. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: Our deepest thanks to those of you whose early contributions are already giving TomDispatch a good financial start in 2012. Keep in mind that anyone wanting to contribute $75 or more to this site [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Obama, Pentagon, Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch, TomDispatch.com, United State, Washington
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January 3, 2012
US soldiers stuck in sand in southern Afghanistan. (Wikimedia Commons) Debacle! Iraq, Afghanistan and the End of US Supremacy How Two Wars in the Greater Middle East Revealed the Weakness of the Global Superpower by Tom Engelhardt It was to be the war that would establish empire as an American fact. It would result in [...]
Tags: Fort Bragg, Greater Middle East, Iraq, Iraq War, middle east, Tom Engelhardt, United States, United States Armed Forces
Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, US life and the military, US Politics, US war crimes, USA | No Comments »
December 19, 2011
Engelhardt, Restless Planet Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 6:02pm, December 18, 2011. [Note to TomDispatch Readers: As the holiday season approaches, remember that TomDispatch has championed a number of wonderful books in the last months. In fact, I think it says something about this site that it’s associated with such a set of books. Among them: Adam [...]
Tags: Christopher Hitchens, Frances Fox Piven, New York Times Book Review, Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch, TomDispatch.com, Wall Street, Washington
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December 12, 2011
Engelhardt, The 1% Election Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 5:58pm, December 11, 2011. How to Turn Election Year Into Election Life Their Bread, Our Circus By Tom Engelhardt Sometimes words outlive their usefulness. Sometimes the gap between changing reality and the names we’ve given it grows so wide that they empty of all meaning or retain [...]
Tags: American Jewish Congress, Barack Obama, BarackObama, Democratic National Committee, Engelhard, Goldman Sachs, Mitt Romney, New York, New York City, Obama, Tom Engelhardt
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December 1, 2011
Engelhardt, Into the Whirlwind Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 9:19am, December 1, 2011. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: My new book, The United States of Fear, is now available at Amazon.com and soon should be in local bookstores. Buy a copy yourself or for a friend you’d like to introduce to this website, and tell all your friends [...]
Tags: 10th Mountain Division, Afghanistan, North Carolina, Pentagon, Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch, TomDispatch.com, United State
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November 17, 2011
Tomgram: Engelhardt, Movie-Made Me Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 9:25am, November 17, 2011. [Note to TomDispatch Readers: Copies of my book, The United States of Fear, have just arrived. They will soon be winging their way toward those of you who have offered such generous support for TomDispatch by sending in $75 donations for personalized, signed [...]
Tags: iPod, Plaza Hotel, Rebecca Solnit, Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch, TomDispatch.com, United State, World War II
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November 15, 2011
“You must read Antiwar.com. I tell my staff to go to Antiwar.com every morning to keep up with the day’s events.” -Rep. Ron Paul, candidate for president “Antiwar.com is my morning cup of coffee, my sandwich at lunch, and my five-course dinner. It always has my back. With the eyes of eagles, the true mania [...]
Tags: Andrew Napolitano, antiwar.com, Justin Raimondo, Karen Kwiatkowski, New York Times, Ron Paul, Tom Engelhardt, United State
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November 8, 2011
Engelhardt, The Interpretation of American Dreams Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 8:23am, November 8, 2011. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: I have a be-the-first-on-your-block offer to make today. The initial copies of my new book, The United States of Fear, should be in my hands as early as next week -- and immediately autographed and [...]
Tags: George W. Bush, Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch, TomDispatch.com, United State, Washington Post
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October 31, 2011
Engelhardt, Wall Street by the Book Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 8:00pm, October 30, 2011. OWS at Valley Forge A (Self-)Graduation Speech for the Occupiers of Zuccotti Park By Tom Engelhardt Once the Arab Spring broke loose, people began asking me why this country was still so quiet. I would always point out that no one ever [...]
Tags: China, Graduation, Neolithic, San Francisco, Tom Engelhardt, United States, Valley Forge, Wall Street, Zuccotti Park
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October 23, 2011
Wall Street‘s second occupation, by police The Wall Street Occupiers are under constant police surveillance, acting as a metaphor for post 9/11 America. Tom Engelhardt Last Modified: 23 Oct 2011 10:18 The New York police force has been faced with $1.9m in extra costs as a result of the protests [GALLO/GETTY] These last weeks, there [...]
Tags: Manhattan, New York, New York City, Police, Steve Fraser, Tom Engelhardt, United States, Wall Street, Wall Street: America's Dream Palace (Icons of America), Zuccotti Park
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October 20, 2011
Engelhardt, Bailing Out the Complex Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 9:06am, October 20, 2011. [Note to TomDispatch Readers: Here’s a rare TD recommendation for a book by an author not writing -- or in this case drawing -- for this site. For all those of you (and I know that you’re legion) who couldn’t put down “the [...]
Tags: Art Spiegelman, Holocaust, Maus, MetaMaus, Pentagon, Spiegelman, Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com
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September 12, 2011
Fraser and Freeman, Taps for the Unemployed Posted by Steve Fraser and Joshua Freeman at 5:35pm, September 11, 2011. On the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, this country is once again focused 24/7 on a single disaster that tore up one field in Pennsylvania, destroyed part of the Pentagon, and took down three giant [...]
Tags: Josh Freeman, Joshua Freeman, Labor Day, New York City, Steve Fraser, Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch, TomDispatch.com, United State
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July 21, 2011
How Not to Make Friends in the Greater Middle East Washington’s Singular Accomplishment By Tom Engelhardt In the method, there is madness; in the comedy, nightmare; in the tragedy, farce. And despite everything, there’s still good news when it comes to what Americans can accomplish in the face of the impossible! No, not a debt-ceiling deal [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Central Intelligence Agency, David Petraeus, Hamid Karzai, New York Times, President of Afghanistan, Tom Engelhardt, United State, United States, United States Armed Forces, Washington Post
Posted in Afghan Youth, Afghanistan, Afghanistan opium, Afghanistan security forces, Imperial Project, Imperialism, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Mission Creep, Peace Movement, Pentagon, people's protests, Political psychopaths, Predator Drone, President of the World, Propaganda, Psycopaths, torture, Torture and Human Rights, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US public opinion, US torture; art and science, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War and economics, War child victims, War Crimes, War criminals all types, War is a crime, War no reason needed | No Comments »
June 30, 2011
Engelhardt, The President’s Military Mantra Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 8:00am, June 30, 2011. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: The next TD piece will appear on Tuesday, July 5th. Have a fine Fourth of July! Tom] The Militarized Surrealism of Barack Obama Signs of the Great American Unraveling By Tom Engelhardt It’s already gone, having barely outlasted its moment [...]
Tags: BarackObama, George W. Bush, Joe Biden, JohnMcCain, Osama bin Laden, Ronald Reagan, Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, United State, United States of America
Posted in Pakistan, Pakistan and war and unrest, Predator Drone, President of the World, Propaganda, Protests, Psycopaths, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US public opinion, US torture; art and science, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War and economics, War Crimes, War is a crime, War means war, War no reason needed, War on drugs, War on terror | No Comments »
June 30, 2011
Engelhardt, The President’s Military Mantra Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 8:00am, June 30, 2011. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: The next TD piece will appear on Tuesday, July 5th. Have a fine Fourth of July! Tom] The Militarized Surrealism of Barack Obama Signs of the Great American Unraveling By Tom Engelhardt It’s already gone, having barely outlasted its moment [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, JohnMcCain, President of the United States, Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch, TomDispatch.com, United State
Posted in Obama, Obama warmonger, President of the World, Propaganda, Protests, Psycopaths, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US public opinion, US torture; art and science, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War and economics, War creates misery and despair, War Crimes, War is a crime, War means war, War no reason needed, War on drugs | No Comments »
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 [...]
Tags: Adam Hochschild, Chalmers Johnson, chomsky, Deterring Democracy, Dismantling the Empire: America's Last Best Hope (American Empire Project), Iraq, Jonathan Schell, Noam Chomsky, Tariq Ali, Tom Engelhardt, United State, Warfare and Conflict, World War I
Posted in Anarchism, Australia, Australia and crimes against the indigenous, Australia and support it gives to Afghan war crimes, Australia and the imperial project, Australia Coal Country and Uranium and metals, Australia Politics, Australian complicity in international war crimes, Australian complicity in US warmongering policies and war crimes, Australian economy, Australian Foreign Policy, Australian Politics, Australian presence is the the Rudd dream, Australian support for Zionism, Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, Chomsky, Chomsky on Bin Laden, Chomsky opinion, CIA, Corporate greed and excess, debate and discussion, Democracy, Democracy in the Arab World, Dictators, disaster, Dissent, economic measures, Economics, Economy, elections, Elites, Fascism, Gillard, Gillard and Labor; Masters of the Australian Crawl, IMF, Imperial Project, Imperialism, Israel, Israel a state of settlers, Israel and AIPAC, Israel and the settlers, Israel and zionist moral crimes, Manufacturing Consent, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Mission Creep, Naomi Klein, NATO, Negotiate. It's now or never, Obama, Obama warmonger, oil, oil and gas resources, Oil in the USA, Peace Movement, Peak oil, Pentagon, people's protests, President of the World, Propaganda, Protests, Psycopaths, Racism, Regulating Democracy, Rudolf Rocker, torture, Torturers are true Americans, UK, UK fascism, UK Foreign Policy, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US public opinion, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War and economics, War Crimes, War is a crime, War means war, War no reason needed, War on drugs, War on terror, Waterboarding, Wikileaks | No Comments »
June 16, 2011
This is an article by Chip Ward. There are other articles by Ward on this site. They are usually very informative, althought they deal with US environmental issues, the matters discussed clearly have a planetary implication. There is a brief foreaord from Tom Engelhardt as well. Tomgram: Chip Ward, Fire’s Manifest Destiny Posted by Chip [...]
Tags: Adam Hochschild, Arizona, Bruce Babbitt, iPod, New Mexico, Okefenokee Swamp, Tom Engelhardt, United States
Posted in Climate change, Climate denial, Dirty Energy, Fossil fuel, Health, Human Rights | No Comments »
June 9, 2011
Engelhardt, The 100% Doctrine in Washington Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 9:06am, June 9, 2011. [Note to TomDispatch Readers: Consider today’s post a stand-alone companion to my previous piece “Welcome to Post-Legal America.” And keep in mind that the offer of a signed, personalized copy of Adam Hochschild’s bestselling new book, To End All Wars: A Story [...]
Tags: al-Qaeda, American Enterprise Institute, European Union, Janet Napolitano, Terrorism, Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, United States
Posted in Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Mission Creep, President of the World, Propaganda, Protests, Psycopaths, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US torture; art and science, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War and economics, War Crimes, War is a crime, War on drugs, War on terror, Waterboarding | No Comments »
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 [...]
Tags: Adam Hochschild, Law, New York Times, Osama bin Laden, Presidency of George W. Bush, President, Tom Engelhardt, Torture, United States
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 1, 2011
This is another excellent piece by Tom Englehardt of Tom Dispatch. It is very well worth reading. (George Ikners ikners.com a WordPress site) Tomgram: Engelhardt, Are We Still on an Imperial Planet? Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 5:20pm, May 1, 2011. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: A final thanks to all of you who, in response to recent [...]
Tags: China, Greater Middle East, New York Times, Tom Engelhardt, United States, United States Armed Forces, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), Warfare and Conflict
Posted in Australia, Australia Politics, Australian economy, Australian Foreign Policy, Australian Politics, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US war crimes, USA, War | No Comments »
