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Decriminalizing the Drug War?
Calculating the Damage from a Century of Drug Prohibition By Alfred W. McCoy Source: TomDispatch.com We live in a time of change, when people are questioning old assumptions and seeking new directions. In the ongoing debate over health care, social … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, culture, Deep State, Economics, Geopolitics, Health, History, imperialism, Law, Mass Incarceration, police state, Social Control, society, State Crime, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged addiction, Afghanistan, Alfred W. McCoy, black ops, CIA, drug war, Economics, geopolitics, Harm Reduction, Lucien Conein, Mass Incarceration, Narcotics, Prohibition, Roger Trinquier, The Politics of Heroin, Tom Tripodi, U.S. Foreign Policy, Vietnam
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The World Will Not Mourn the Decline of U.S. Hegemony
By Paul Street Source: Consortium News There are good reasons to bemoan the presence of the childish, racist, sexist and ecocidal, right-wing plutocrat Donald Trump in the White House. One complaint about Trump that should be held at arm’s-length by … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Neocons, Neoliberalism, society, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, American Century, American History, Chile, CIA, Democracy, Donald Trump, empire, geopolitics, Hiroshima, imperialism, Indonesia, iraq, Korean War, My Lai Massacre, Nagasaki, NATO, Neocons, Neoliberals, Serbia, Syria, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Hegemony, Vietnam, war
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We Have Met the Alien and He Is Us
By William Astore Source: TomDispatch.com We Are The Empire Of U.S. Military Interventions, Alien Disaster Movies, and Star Wars By William J. Astore Perhaps you’ve heard the expression: “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Cartoonist Walt Kelly’s … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Art, Authoritarianism, culture, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, History, Militarization, military spending, Neocons, Social Control, society, State Crime, war, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Cold War, Drone Assassination, Drone Bombs, Drone Warfare, empire, Evil Empire, George Lucas, Independance Day, Interventionalism, iraq, Libya, Militarism, Neocons, Pentagon, Science fiction, Star Wars, US Military, Vietnam, war on terror, Yemen
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Who’s the “Low Life Scum:” Kissinger or CODEPINK?
By Medea Benjamin Source: Information Clearing House A very angry Senator John McCain denounced CodePink activists as “low-life scum” for holding up signs reading “Arrest Kissinger for War Crimes” and dangling handcuffs next to Henry Kissinger’s head during a Senate hearing on … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, civil liberties, Corruption, culture, Empire, Geopolitics, History, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Augusto Pinochet, Cambodia, Chilean Coup, Christopher Hitchens, CodePink, East Timor, Henry Kissinger, Information Clearing House, McCain, Medea Benjamin, Salvador Allende, The Trial of Henry Kissinger, Victor Jara, Vietnam, war crimes
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Saturday Matinee: Combat Shock
By Oliver Hall Source: Dangerous Minds Frankie’s having a terrible day. His wife and infant son are starving. He’s run out of money and food. Now he’s going to be evicted. He’s got a gun. Let’s hear it for Frankie… … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video, war
Tagged Alan Vega, Buddy Giovinazzo, Combat Shock, Cult film, Eraserhead, Frankie Teardrop, Troma Films, Vietnam
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Saturday Matinee: War Documentary Double Feature
“Hearts and Minds” (1974) and “The Atomic Cafe” (1982) are two of the most chilling and persuasive anti-war documentaries ever made (at least for viewers who are not psychopaths). Though the editorial choices of both films clearly reflect an anti-war … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Art, corporate news, culture, divide and conquer, Economics, Empire, Film, Geopolitics, History, media, patriotism, propaganda, Saturday Matinee, Social Control, society, State Crime, Video, war
Tagged Atomic Bomb, Hearts and Minds, Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Peter Davis, Pierce Rafferty, The Atomic Cafe, The Cold War, Vietnam, war, World War 2
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