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The World Is A Battlefield: Jeremy Scahill on “Dirty Wars” and Obama’s Expanding Drone Attacks
democracynow Published on Apr 24, 2013 http://www.democracynow.org - As the Senate holds its first ever public hearing on drones and targeted killings, we turn the second part of our interview with Jeremy Scahill, author of the new book, “Dirty Wars: The World Is A Battlefield.” Scahill charts the expanding covert wars operated by the CIA and JSOC, […]
Covering Race in the Time of Obama – NCMR 2013 featured panel
Change the Media, Change the World Panel description: (full panel below): Full panel: Published on Apr 11, 2013 videofreepress· Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the ACTIONS AND ACTION ALERTS click on the tab at the top of the page and click on the item of interest to view. WAMMToday is also on FACEBOOK! […]
Noam Chomsky> Presumption of Innocence
Published on Mar 6, 2013 The amazing evolutionary path of Presumption Of Innocence from year 1215 to 2013… and its even more amazing time warp back to Pre-13th century standards, explained by Mr. Chomsky in 12 minutes. This extract is from an interview shot on January 22, 2013, as part of a documentary project Tipping Point […]
Glenn Greenwald: Why the Obama Administration’s Persecution of Bradley Manning Should Terrify Us All
Why the Obama Administration’s Persecution of Bradley Manning Should Terrify Us All The Government’s charges portend a dangerous new world for journalists and whistleblowers. Democracy Now via OpEdNews Op Eds 3/5/2013 at 15:11:44 Bradley Manning is escorted from a hearing, on January 8, 2013 in Fort Meade, Maryland. Manning has told a military tribunal that he leaked incident […]
Stephen Gowans> Will Damascus Survive Washington’s Latest Attempt to Impose a Puppet Government on Syria?
Will Damascus Survive Washington’s Latest Attempt to Impose a Puppet Government on Syria? US secretary of state Hillary Clinton says Washington needs “an opposition that will be on record strongly resisting the efforts by extremists to hijack the Syrian revolution,” (1) but fails to add that it must also be open to the United States doing […]
Coleen Rowley> U.S. drone attacks are imprecise, counterproductive
U.S. drone attacks are imprecise, counterproductive Posted on October 26, 2012 at 3:18 pm By Coleen Rowley, Guest Columnist, Morrison County Record Camp Ripley Commander Col. Scott A. St. Sauver made some valid points in his opinion piece, “Unmanned Aircraft Systems save lives, money” (Sept. 28). He also put some spin on the lethal and counterproductive aspects. […]
Glenn Greenwald> US drone strikes target rescuers in Pakistan – and the west stays silent
US drone strikes target rescuers in Pakistan – and the west stays silent Attacking rescuers – a tactic long deemed by the US a hallmark of terrorism – is now routinely used by the Obama administration By Glenn Greenwald Monday 20 August 2012 10.33 EDT guardian.co.uk, Glenn Greenwald now writes for The Guardian A US air force pilot […]
Dave Lindorff> Did the White House Direct the Police Crackdown on Occupy?
Documents Show How White House and Democrats Worked to Protect the Banks Against Protests Did the White House Direct the Police Crackdown on Occupy? by DAVE LINDORFF May 14, 2012 Counterpunch A new trove of heavily redacted documents provided by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in response to a Freedom of […]
Glenn Greenwald> Media, drones and rank propaganda
Media, drones and rank propaganda As usual, the leading spokespeople for government policies are disguised as the nation’s Adversarial Watchdog Press BY GLENN GREENWALD Salon.com FRIDAY, JUN 8, 2012 09:34 AM CDT (Credit: Reuters) (updated below – Update II) Several items today relate to the issue of gross U.S. media propaganda and Obama’s […]
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