Category Archives: Ground All Drones
Counterspin Radio> Pardiss Kebriaei on Terror Speech, Bob McChesney on Digital Disconnect
Link: Download: CounterSpin053113.mp3 or Download MP3 This week on CounterSpin: Did Barack Obama’s National Defense University speech signal a sea change in White House terrorism policy? That depended on who was doing the listening. For most corporate media, Obama made a sharp turn, speaking of more limited drone killing policies, and discussing the closure of the Guantanamo […]
Glenn Greenwald> Drone attacks continue, the FBI killed an unarmed witness, and Obama aides cash in
A video informally titled “the care and feeding of a young imperial bureaucrat” viscerally conveys the rot that is Washington Glenn Greenwald guardian.co.uk, Sunday 2 June 2013 11.05 EDT (updated below) The combination of extensive travel and being quite consumed with a story I’m working on has prevented me from writing for the last couple of days. […]
[Video] Julian Assange> Panel Discussion following ‘SHADOWS OF LIBERTY’ UK Premiere
SHADOWS OF LIBERTY takes an intrepid journey through the darker corridors of the American media landscape, where global media conglomerates exercise extraordinary political, social, and economic power. The overwhelming collective power of these firms raises troubling questions about democracy. ShadowsofLibertyDoc Published on Jun 4, 2012 On May 24, 2012, in London, U.K., WikiLeaks’ editor-in-chief Julian Assange, CorpWatch’s […]
Tom Dispatch> Naming Our Nameless War> How Many Years Will It Be?
For well over a decade now the United States has been “a nation at war.” Does that war have a name? TD’s version of must-see TV: last week, Andrew Bacevich argued Stephen Colbert (or at least the character he plays) to a draw in a telling and funny episode of “the Colbert Report” which takes up the issue […]
Jeremy Scahill & Noam Chomsky on Secret U.S. Dirty Wars From Yemen to Pakistan to Laos
Chomsky & Scahill discuss U.S. Dirty Wars. menzaoooo Published on May 24, 2013 Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill and author Noam Chomsky recently sat down together at Harvard University to discuss Scahill’s groundbreaking new book, “Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield.” Amy Goodman hosted the discussion, which was sponsored by the Carr Center for Human Rights […]
Brigid’s Rap
Brigid’s Rap What is our motivation without hesitation to bomb a sovereign nation? It’s not for their liberation but for world domination! It only brings frustration and consternation to all civilization There’s a new manifestation that our drones cause anniliation to innocent populations We need more contemplation to bring humanization to our O’Bama nation In […]
[Video] Misty Rowan> Spoken Word
Misty Rowan Minnesota spoken word artist Misty Rowan performed these three poems at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Women Against Military Madness. Misty is an active member of the Twin Cities based Anti-War Committee. Additional information and works can be found on her website missteatree.com. Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the ACTIONS […]
Behind the Cleveland Kidnappings, A Culture of “Toxic Masculinity” & Gender-Based Violence
Cleveland kidnap victims Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight were allegedly subjected to years of physical and sexual abuse at the hands of suspect Ariel Castro. Questions are now being raised why the police did not investigate Castro more closely earlier, especially since Castro was accused in 1993 and 2005 of attacking his ex-wife […]
Farea al-Muslim> My Village Was Attacked By US Drones in Yemen
A tribesman walks near a building damaged last year by a US drone strike targeting suspected al-Qaeda militants in Azan of the southeastern Yemeni province of Shabwa, Feb. 3, 2013. (photo by REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah) By: Farea al-Muslimi for Al-Monitor Posted on April 18 via Just Foreign Policy If you live in Yemen, the golden rule is to expect […]
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