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The Obama Deception On Syria: Debunking the Lies, Hubris, and Myopia In The March To War
While only 20% of the American people thought the US should take action in Syria when Obama spoke, that number was up from only 9% last week, indicating that …
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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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The Last Chance to Stop the NDAA
Chris Hedges continues his fight to strike down a section of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that permits the military to seize U.S. citizens, strip them of due …
The Fog of the Syrian Civil War
The use of chemical weapons by Assad is still in question, and instead of focusing on military intervention, the US should be supporting a negotiated peace between both sides
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War on Syria: Twenty Pounds of Stupid in a Ten-Pound Bag
William Rivers Pitt has a novel idea: instead of attacking Syria, how about we don't attack Syria?
Scorched Earth: The Legacy of Agent Orange
Making contact takes a look at the legacy of Agent Orange, combat, chemicals, and corporations.
“Iraq Invades the United States,” and Other Headlines from an Upside Down History of the US Military and the World
Eduardo Galeano, one of the great global writers, takes us from 1916 to late tomorrow night via eight little excerpts from his new book, Children of the Days: A …
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1914 – 2014: Lessons Learned for Peace
Changing our modes of thinking to put the lessons of history into practice is necessary to assure our future.
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Americans Need to See the Violence of War, Police and Torture
We constantly fail to acknowledge the atrocities of war , street violence, and human rights abuses that our own government is committing.
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Should Veterans Become Activists?
In time veterans realize that honor and duty require them to reject the patriotic hero myth and ensure that the Warists be prevented from further exploiting the memory and …