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Ten Years After the Iraq Invasion, Protest Drones in April
The Obama administration employs lethal drones for illegal targeted attacks around the world – notably in Afghanistan, Somalia, Pakistan, and Yemen, where hundreds of civilians have been killed. The …
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Tyranny Of The Reasonable: Popular Complacency In An Era Of Economic Exploitation And Perpetual War
Throughout the course of human affairs, scheming elitists — let's call them the Plundering Class — have devoted their days conceiving strategies and executing agendas that serve to enrich …
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Chuck Norris: A Bar of Soap and a Box of Rocks
When combating repulsive fundamentalist Christian religious supremacists like Chuck Norris, you don't need to be a martial arts black belt. You only need to consider the telling attributes of …
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The NYT’s Trouble with Drones
The New York Times is trying to push the administration on Obama’s illegal drone program. Their appraisal is that the Obama administration is dragging its feet when it …
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The Iraq War: Ten Years, Five Poems of Remembrance
It has been ten years since the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq spearheaded by the George W. Bush administration. It is an occasion for remembrance, reflection and deep …
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Calculating the True Cost of War
According to a recent Harvard report, the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will end up costing U.S. taxpayers up to $6 trillion in the long term. The report …
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Teach the Children War
The National Museum of American History, and a billionaire who has funded a new exhibit there, would like you to know that we're going to need more wars if …
The Iraq Retrospective We Deserve
On this 10-year anniversary, that dialogue is needed more than ever if there's to be any hope of limiting wars of aggression in the future.
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On Heels of Successful Death Penalty Repeal in Maryland, Exonerated Death Row Prisoner, Kirk Bloodsworth, Urges Delaware Senate to Follow Suit
Today, less than a week after Maryland's legislature passed Governor O'Malley's bill to abolish the state's death penalty, Kirk Bloodsworth, exonerated death row prisoner, current advocacy director of Witness …
“Debt Crisis:” The Myth Behind the Myth
While the two major parties plot strategy for the next battle in the federal debt-reduction war, another war rages among economists over the question, "Is debt really the federal …