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Henry A. Giroux | Intellectuals as Subjects and Objects of Violence
Henry Giroux: Public intellectuals must use their resources to question the authoritarian forces of war, violence and privatization threatening the planet.
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The US Has No Credibility Dealing With Chemical Weapons
The US bypassed a chance to support a region-wide chemical weapons disarmament agreement in the Middle East when it was proposed by Syria a decade ago, points out Stephen …
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Another War Is Not the Answer
Where we are now in a potential war with Syria; why entering a war would be illegal, immoral and imprudent; and what we should do instead, according to David …
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Response to Syria a Duplicitous Affair
Caution about war against Syria is more than warranted by knowledge of the history of US interventions in other countries' domestic quarrels.
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Razing the Garden of Eden
A Texas police operation resorted to paramilitary force in its fruitless search for pot plants.
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Exclusive Glenn Greenwald Interview: “I Won’t Be Kept Out of My Country for Doing Journalism!“
“I absolutely intend that I will come back to my country when I choose,” Glenn Greenwald tells Truthout.
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Homeland Security Taps Generals to Run Domestic Drone Program: The Rise of Predators at Home
Drone proliferation at home will likely increase from a spending surge to boost “border security.”
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The Continuing US War on the Darker Skinned
US militarism is systematically racist, and the liberal media fail to connect the dots, says Adam Hudson.
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Military Considers Cutting 25 Percent of Army Personnel, Marines to Trim Budget for Sequester
The budget cuts, known as sequestration, have forced the Pentagon to craft a number of contingency plans.
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Brandon Toy’s Act of Conscience
Brandon Toy chose to walk away from his job with a US defense contractor to protest the US government's violation of human and civil rights.