Ron Paul on the US Military ‘Pivot to Asia’
May 23, 2015
As China reclaims land in the South China Sea, the US sends in spy planes to buzz the construction. China warns the US to leave them alone. US, with bases all over the South China Sea area, objects to what it views as Chinese military activity in the region. Is this Obama’s “Pivot to Asia”? […]
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Support the Women’s March to End the Korean War: Sign the Petition
May 23, 2015
Sunday, 35 women activists from 15 countries will march across the Korean DMZ to call for a final peace treaty 62 years after the end of the conflict. The US has continued to oppose a political/diplomatic solution to the "Korean War." Even though South Korea keeps trying to discourage the march by changing the rules, […]
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Sen. Rand Paul Filibustering the Senate on Patriot Act Renewal
May 20, 2015
Senator Rand Paul is filibustering the Senate to block the renewal of the Patriot Act. You can watch it on CSPAN2 on television or by going to this link. Call your Senators now and urge them to oppose renewal of the Patriot Act.
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Crossing the Korean DMZ for Peace
May 20, 2015
The George W. Bush administration famously dubbed Iran, Iraq, and North Korea the “Axis of Evil.” The White House accused that ominous-sounding triumvirate of funding terrorism and developing weapons of mass destruction. The goal was to garner public support for the “war on terror” that’s devastated the Middle East and militarized U.S. foreign policy. After […]
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Obama on the TPP – Beckoning Us to the Graveyard
May 17, 2015
“We have to make sure America writes the rules of the global economy and we should do it today while our economy is in a position of global strength. If we don’t write the rules for trade around the world, guess what, China will. And they’ll write those rules in a way that gives Chinese […]
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The Phony ‘Bad Intel’ Defense on Iraq
May 15, 2015
Presidential aspirant Jeb Bush this week may have damaged his chances by flubbing the answer to an entirely predictable question about his big brother’s decision to attack Iraq. On Monday, Fox’s Megyn Kelly asked the former Florida governor: “Knowing what we know now, would you have authorized the invasion?” Jeb Bush answered, “I would’ve. And […]
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Essential Reading for Nakba Day
May 15, 2015
The Nakba, 65 Years of Dispossession and Apartheid The Real Story of How Israel Was Created by Alison Weir Asking the Hard Questions About Israel by John Feffer The Unmentionable Source of Terrorism by John Pilger By Murray Rothbard: War Guilt in the Middle East Rand on the Middle East The Massacre If you want […]
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Israel’s Repression of Nakba Day (May 15)
May 14, 2015
Tomorrow is Nakba Day, which commemorates the mass dispossession of Palestinians that accompanied the foundation of the State of Israel. Read “The more Israel represses the Nakba, the stronger the memories” by Gideon Levy in Haaretz. Use the printer-friendly or Google cache version to bypass the paywall. “But the truth is that there is no greater proof […]
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Sterling Verdict Another Measure of Declining Government Credibility on Secrets
May 14, 2015
On Monday, Judge Leonie Brinkema sentenced Jeffrey Sterling to 42 months in prison for leaking information about a dubious CIA plot to deal nuclear blueprints to Iran to New York Times journalist James Risen. Given how circumstantial the case against Sterling was – consisting largely of metadata – not to mention the hand slap David […]
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Obama’s Gulf Meeting Protocol: Shake Hands, Smile, Ignore Repression, Repeat
May 13, 2015
Washington DC is presently the converging point for some of the world’s most oppressive regimes. On May 13th and 14th, President Obama is hosting a billionaire conglomerate known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which consists of the Middle Eastern countries of Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE and Oman. The cozy US-GCC relationship exemplifies […]
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