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Tomgram: Jeremiah Goulka, Shell Shock Lite> It Doesn’t Take Much> On Almost Getting PTSD in Iraq
Tomgram: Jeremiah Goulka, Shell Shock Lite “I was one nightmare short of PTSD.” Posted by Jeremiah Goulka April 16, 2013 TomDispatch.com “Shell shock,” the psychological scourge of World War I, occurred after “a man has been buried, lifted, or otherwise subjected to the physical effects of a bursting shell or other similar explosive.” So wrote Charles Myers, […]
U.S. military spends over $20 billion a year . . .
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Leah Bolger> Memorial Day: Pick Your Perversion
Memorial Day: Pick Your Perversion Leah Bolger May 25, 2012 Veterans for Peace Memorial Day, originally known as “Decoration Day,” was created in the aftermath of the Civil War as a day to honor the memory and sacrifice of Union soldiers who had died in battle. It later broadened to include the theme […]
Tom Morello sings Stray Bullets with IVAW amid No NATO rally
Tom Morello Walks Out Into Audience When Sound System Goes Out in Chicago By CR - Posted on 21 May 2012 Justice Through Music MAY 21, 2012 – The top activist musician today, Tom Morello, was out in Chicago amongst the activists who were protesting NATO bombing and unnecessary wars, and was playing a concert when the sound […]
Marie Braun and Mary Beaudoin> Shaymaa’s Story, Continued
Update: Shaymaa’s Story Continued By Marie Braun and Mary Beaudoin WAMM Newsletter March 2012 The end of the Iraq war occasioned few reflections on the scale of destruction we have wrought there. As is our habit, the discussion focused on the costs to America in blood and treasure, the false premises of war […]
Dr.Paul Craig Roberts> Silencing The Critics
Silencing The Critics The western media continually lies. On the rare instances when the lies are corrected, it is always long after the event and, therefore, the crimes enabled by the media have been accomplished. by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts February 20, 2012 Global Research In 2010 the FBI invaded the homes of […]
The Price of War> Estimated U.S. cost: $4 trillion
The Price of War> Estimated U.S. cost: $4 trillion | FROM EXPLORATIONS | BY SUSAN SELIGSON Bostonia> Boston University Fall 2011 “These wars have been financed mostly by borrowing, so they are like no other war in U.S. history,” says CAS’ Neta Crawford. Photo by Cydney Scott Neta Crawford hopes to deepen the public’s understanding of the […]
Book Review> The End of Victory Culture: Cold War America and the Disillusioning of a Generation | Books | TomDispatch
The End of Victory Culture: Cold War America and the Disillusioning of a Generation By Tom Engelhardt TomDispatch JUST PUBLISHED: 2007 second edition with a new preface and an afterword on how America’s “victory culture” returned in the George W. Bush era, only to crash and burn in Iraq. An updated analysis of the […]
Chase Madar> Blood on Whose Hands? Bradley Manning, Washington, and the Blood of Civilians
Blood on Whose Hands? Bradley Manning, Washington, and the Blood of Civilians By Chase Madar January 19, 2012 TomDispatch Who in their right mind wants to talk about, think about, or read a short essay about… civilian war casualties? What a bummer, this topic, especially since our Afghan, Iraq, and other ongoing wars were advertised as […]
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