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U.S. Currently Fighting 74 Different Wars … That It Will Publicly Admit
Linda J. Bilmes and Michael D. Intriligator, ask in a recent paper, “How many wars is the US fighting today?” Washingtons Blog May 12, 2013 intellihub.com Fire Dog Lake’s Kevin Gosztola notes: Today US military operations are involved in scores of countries across all the five continents. The US military is the world’s largest landlord, with significant military facilities […]
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 […]
Jeff Cohen on Media Missing the Costs of Militarism
“We can have raging debates in mainstream media about issues like gun control and gay marriage and minimum wage, but when the elites of both parties agree on military intervention–as they so often do–debate is nearly nonexistent.” By Steve Rendall April 12, 2013 FAIR BLOG (Photo: United for Justice With Peace) FAIR founder Jeff Cohen’s latest piece […]
Chomsky to Indymedia: A protest against NATO is a protest against endless war and the global military machine
May 16, 2012 By JJJ Leading dissident political analyst and Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor of linguistics Noam Chomsky voiced his support for planned protests at the 18-21 May NATO summit in Chicago. Chomsky notes how–according to US and NATO propaganda and the logic of the Cold War–NATO should have disbanded with the Warsaw Pact in 1991. It’s […]
From the Land Down Under> George Ikner writes about GTMO from Australia
From the Land Down Under Posted on January 19, 2012 by comehomeamerica George Ikner writes about GTMO from Australia You may wonder just how obvious it has become that Guantanamo is set to be the place where those against the idea of endless war to support the monopoly capitalist democracy in the US can be sent. As the capitalist elites set […]
Video> Jon Stewart reveals true facts of the National Defense Authorization Act NDAA)
Jon Stewart reveals true facts of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on December 7th. Click below for the full show: http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/wed-december-7-2011-ralph-fiennes You may subscribe to WAMMToday from this blog website and “Follow” us. WAMMToday is now on Facebook! Check the WAMMToday page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today.
Frank Miller and the rise of cryptofascist Hollywood
Frank Miller and the rise of cryptofascist Hollywood Fans were shocked when Batman writer Frank Miller furiously attacked the Occupy movement. They shouldn’t have been, says Rick Moody – he was just voicing Hollywood’s unspoken values. Rick Moody guardian.co.uk 24 November 2011 via truthdig ‘A mindless, propagandistic storytelling medium’ … The film 300, left, […]
10th anniversary of dubious military authorization, by Michael Ratner
10th anniversary of dubious military authorization By Michael Ratner, September 17, 2011 The Progressive Ten years ago this Sunday, Sept. 18, the United States set itself on a destructive course. That was the day President Bush signed the bill that Congress had just passed called the Authorization for Use of Military Force. Ten years […]
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