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Silencing Voices for Peace
By W.J. Astore Source: Bracing Views The U.S. Mainstream Media Is Almost Always Pro-War In the “liberal” New York Times today, I saw an article on “Putin’s forever war” that has the following short synopsis: “Vladimir Putin wants to lead Russians into a civilizational … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, corporate news, culture, Empire, freedom of speech, Geopolitics, imperialism, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Uncategorized, war
Tagged activism, Alex Pareene, anti-war, Ashleigh Banfield, censorship, civil liberties, corporate media, corporate news, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Iraq War, Jesse Ventura, Mainstream Media, Matt Taibbi, Media Literacy, MSM, MSNBC, New York Times, Peace, Phil Donahue, propaganda, Russia, Technocracy, Ukraine, war
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Rage Against The War Machine: What Rage? ‘When Will They Ever Learn?’
By Robert J. Burrowes In his iconic 1950s anti-war hit song ‘Where Have All the Flowers Gone?’, Pete Seeger posed the eternal question about war: ‘when will they ever learn?’ Of course, Seeger’s question was primarily directed at those individuals … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, civil disobedience, consciousness, culture, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, Philosophy, society, Sociology, war
Tagged activism, anti-war, culture, Global Elite, Philosophy, protest, psychology, society, Sociology, Technocracy, Violence, war
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Einstein and Freud’s ‘Why War?’ Revisited: Why Anti-War Efforts Go Nowhere
By Robert J. Burrowes In 1932, Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein exchanged letters, later published under the title ‘Why War?’ See ‘Why War? An exchange of letters between Freud and Einstein’. However, whatever insight these two giants of an earlier era … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, Corporate Crime, culture, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, news, Philosophy, Psychology, Racism, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technology, war
Tagged Albert Einstein, anti-war, culture, Daniel Berrigan, geopolitics, Global Elite, NATO, Non-Violence, Philosophy, psychology, racism, Russia, Sigmund Freud, Socialization, society, Sociology, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, Violence, war
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Climb Down From the Summit of Hostile Propaganda
Public reactions to an open letter from academics, journalists and politicians asking for co-existence with Russia show many Americans don’t buy the media’s bellicose spin, as Norman Solomon explains. By Norman Solomon Source: Consortium News Throughout the day before the … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, conditioning, consciousness, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, Neocons, news, patriotism, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged anti-war, Cold War, corporate news, Deep State, Donald Trump, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., geopolitics, imperialism, Mainstream Media, media, Media Literacy, Militarism, MSNBC, Neocons, news, Non-Violence, Nuclear War, propaganda, Psy-ops, Russia, RussiaGate, Social Engineering, Vladimir Putin, war
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FIGHTING FOR OKINAWA — MY HOME, NOT A MILITARY BASE
By Moé Yonamine Source: Rethinking Schools My family moved to the United States from Okinawa when I was 7. But Okinawa is still home — and I’m hurt and angered at how the United States and Japan continue to treat … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, culture, education, Empire, Geopolitics, History, Militarization, society, State Crime, war
Tagged activism, anti-war, culture, empire, environment, Futenma, geopolitics, Global Hegemony, imperialism, Japan, Militarism, Military, Okinawa, Peace, resistance, U.S. Foreign Policy, Uchinanchu, United States, US Military Bases, World War 2
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The Unifying Force of War Abolition
By David Swanson Source: Let’s Try Democracy Remarks at United National Antiwar Coalition in Richmond, Virginia, on June 18, 2017. It’s not unusual for an activist, focused on one of the millions of worthy causes out there, to try to … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, corporate news, culture, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Environment, Health, Militarization, military spending, Philosophy, police state, propaganda, Racism, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged activism, anti-war, Climate Change, corporate media, Disease, economy, Health System, Mass Murder, Militarization, Nonviolence, Nuclear War, police state, racism, war
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