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How the Myth Began – Petraeus in Mosul
Petraeus is a new type of military commander whose primary strength isn't strategy or combat command, but manipulation of media to maintain support for wars of choice.
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Israeli Violence Finally on Trial: Turkish Court Hears Evidence Against Four Senior Israeli Military in Mavi Mamara Murders
Almost four years ago after the Israeli 22 day attack on Gaza that killed 1440, wounded 5,000 and left 50,000 homeless, in late January, 2009, I travelled to Gaza …
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K-12 Reform: The Fog of War
The public K-12 reform movement that was initiated with NCLB has now been underway for a decade. The perhaps unintended consequences of the alleged reform have expanded to expenditure …
A Call to Stop Israel’s Ruthless Violence Against the People of the Gaza Strip
We the undersigned watch with horror yet another ruthless and criminal Israeli assault on the defenceless people of the Gaza Strip. The assassination of the Hamas' military commander, Ahmad …
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Even Cops Want to End the War on Drugs
The political winds are changing when it comes to legalizing marijuana in America. Now that voters in Colorado and Washington have decided to legalize marijuana, it's clear the political …
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After The Flood: Requiem For a Friend, Death Knell for a Dying Paradigm
So much has been lost to the hubris and cupidity inherent to the hyper-industrialization and commercial hustler that defines the Anthropocene Epoch. To take it all in, to allow …
Vietnam, Afghanistan: War, Karma, and Peace
Often times, indeed, when we mention the word Vietnam in the United States, we don't mean Vietnam as a country. Vietnam is unfortunately not like Thailand or Malaysia or …
My Meeting With Tariq Aziz: One of An Estimated 176 Children Killed by Drones in Pakistan So Far
As the U.S continues to keep its drone policy secret, and fails to acknowledge civilian casualties, the author describes the murder by a drone strike of a boy he …
Anti-Drone Protest Shuts Down Hancock Air Base, 17 Arrested, 13 Held in Jail
Forty concerned citizens created a blockade outside of the Hancock Air National Guard Base in Syracuse in order to protest drone warfare across the seas. Many were arrested.
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Nuclear Deterrence: The Lie to End All Lies
It is one of the biggest lies that America has ever told: that we are safer with thousands of armed nuclear weapons in this country than we are without.