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Recognizing the Language of Tyranny
Empires communicate in two languages. One language is expressed in imperatives. It is the language of command and force. This militarized language disdains human life and celebrates hypermasculinity. It …

Our Market Regime and Public Education
“Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.” -John Milton, Areopagitica, 1644. "The mind is a dangerous thing."- Former …

Gareth Porter | Report: 2002 Taliban Peace Offer Damages Myth of Al-Qaeda Ties
Washington - The central justification of the U.S.-NATO war against the Afghan Taliban - that the Taliban would allow al Qaeda to return to Afghanistan - has been challenged …

News in Brief: Sudan Votes to Split Into Two Countries, and More
Sudan Votes to Split Into Two Countries

Virtual Warfare Escalates on US-Mexico Border
New York - In the quiet desert community of Nomirage, located just 20 kilometres east of San Diego, the sounds of impending war creep over the silent landscape. Armed …

Egypt: The Groupthink Problem – An Analysis
Through his stubbornness Hosni Mubarak has managed to transform himself from a 30-year-old “loyal ally” into an 82-year-old liability. Almost all dictators cling to power as long as they …

Bush, Rumsfeld and Iraq: Is the Real Reason for the Invasion Finally Emerging?
In Donald Rumsfeld’s new book, Known and Unknown, out February 8, Rumsfeld offers an account of George W. Bush’s early interest in Iraq. This was just days after the …

Cousins Held for Almost Four Years Without Trial on Trumped Up Charges – Rape, Kidnapping
In early 1994, two men violently robbed, kidnapped, and carjacked an Oakland couple. The victims were forced into their own trunk, driven around to ATMs for the purpose of …

David Swanson | At Stake in Egypt: Reading Gaza Mom
The danger of permitting the Egyptians democracy, rather than replacing a dictator with his (and our) torturer lies, let us be honest, not in the possibility that Egyptian politics …

David Swanson At Stake in Egypt Reading Gaza Mom
The danger of permitting the Egyptians democracy, rather than replacing a dictator with his (and our) torturer lies, let us be honest, not in the possibility that Egyptian politics …