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Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Last Empire?
And Then There Was One> Imperial Gigantism and the Decline of Planet Earth By Tom Engelhardt May 7, 2013 TomDispatch.com It stretched from the Caspian to the Baltic Sea, from the middle of Europe to the Kurile Islands in the Pacific, from Siberia to Central Asia. Its nuclear arsenal held 45,000 warheads, and its military had five million troops under […]
Tom Engelhardt> The Fall of the American Empire (Writ Small)> History, Farce, and David Petraeus
The Fall of the American Empire (Writ Small) History, Farce, and David Petraeus “You didn’t need special insider’s access to know that Broadwell wasn’t the only one with whom the general did calisthenics. The FBI didn’t need to investigate. Even before she came on the scene, scads of columnists, pundits, reporters, and politicians were in […]
Stephen Gowans> Slouching Towards Sirte: NATO’s War on Libya and Africa
Slouching Towards Sirte: NATO’s War on Libya and Africa The next time that empire comes calling in the name of human rights, please be found standing idly by By Stephen Gowans what’s left Posted in Africa, Libya by what’s left on November 9, 2012 Maximilian C. Forte’s new book Slouching Towards Sirte: NATO’s War on Libya and Africa (released November 20) […]
Robert Koehler> Empire and Its Consequences
Empire and Its Consequences Criticism of such policy is generally couched in terms that remove the alleged naïveté of the criticism, but I’m wondering if it isn’t time to stare directly at the fundamental wrongness of war. by Robert C. Koehler Published on Thursday, October 11, 2012 by Common Dreams (Image: VeteransToday.com) Ever notice the way certain […]
Common Dreams> At Least 16 Dead Following Latest US Drone Attack in Pakistan
At Least 16 Dead Following Latest US Drone Attack in Pakistan Second strike in 48 hours; Imran Khan announces plans for anti-drone rally in front of UN headquarters – Common Dreams staff Published on Thursday, October 11, 2012 by Common Dreams In the second attack in as many days, a suspected US drone has killed up […]
Noam Chomsky> Is the World Too Big to Fail?
Noam Chomsky, Who Owns the World? “The U.S. cannot tolerate ‘any exercise of sovereignty’ that interferes with its global designs.” Posted by Noam Chomsky August 12, 2012 Tom Dispatch In Noam Chomsky’s “Who Owns the World?” — the most popular TomDispatch post of all time (which means the last 10 years) — he wrote of […]
Stephen Lendman> Unconscionable Media Warmongering
Unconscionable Media Warmongering By Stephen Lendman - Posted on 11 August 2012 warisacrime.org Washington needs media support to wage wars and plan new ones. Broadcast and print scoundrels oblige. Paid liars infest Western media. Managed news misinformation creates enemies. Fear is stoked. War is cheerled, glorified, and sanitized to suppress truths too grim to report. Reasons for war […]
William Blum> Assange and Correa, Drones and Justice, Obama and the Affordable Care Act
Assange and Correa, Drones and Justice, Obama and the Affordable Care Act The Anti-Empire Report by William Blum / July 3rd, 2012 Dissident Voice Julian Assange I’m sure most Americans are mighty proud of the fact that Julian Assange is so frightened of falling into the custody of the United States that he had […]
Mary Beaudoin> The Myth of Humanitarian Intervention
Mary Beaudoin> The Myth of Humanitarian Intervention [Editor's Note: This article is taken from a talk given by Mary Beaudoin at the forum, "The Myth of Humanitarian Intervention," sponsored by the WAMM Middle East Committee on May 9, 2012 in St. Paul, Minnesota.] Leaders have always sought ways to justify wars to the public. They […]
Video> Protester [Medea Benjamin] disrupts drone press conference
Protester disrupts drone press conference As US counterterrorism chiefs insist that drone strikes are legal under international law, one protester decides to object during a press conference. By Alastair Good, Journalist 01 May 2012 Telegraph Speaking on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the US killing of Osama bin Laden in a […]
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