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Category Archives: Military
Media Ignores Pentagon’s Lies
Since the New York Times published the story Behind Military Analysts, the Pentagon’s Hidden Hand media like CNN, Fox News, and others have completely ignored this serious scandal. Watch this great video from Matt Thompson of FreePress.net about how our … Continue reading
Open Letter to the Government from an AWOL Soldier
Yesterday I got an email from James Craven. He’s an Indigenous Leader, Radical Pedagogue, and anti-war activist. He sent me a link to a Open Letter to the Government from an AWOL Soldier by James Circello of Iraq Veterans Against … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Military, Peace, War
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Peace and the Military
I met Erin Byrd today. She’s an economic and social justice organizer here in North Carolina. Ruby showed me this cool video Erin made called I am a Duality. Check it out. Its really eloquent and moving.
Iraq civilians: 34,452 dead, 36,000 hurt
For a minute try really hard to visualize thirty five thousand people. Hard isn’t it? Next time you’re at a big sporting event try thinking about the life of every person in the space. Imagine how special and different each … Continue reading
End our dependancy on Oil
A good reason not to have permanent military bases in Iraq, besides the prevention of more needless death, is to help mitigate the United States dependency on oil. The Bush administration, and many other politicians on both sides of the … Continue reading
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Edwards and Permanent Military bases in Iraq
A few months ago I was invited by Sen. John Edwards to attend a dinner with several local bloggers. It was a exciting and wonderful evening of good food and excellent conversation. I was nervous and wondered how I ended … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Military, Politics, Uncategorized
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US out of Iraq now!
In case I haven’t said it recently, the US military needs to leave Iraq now. Every single last solider, public or private, needs to leave Iraq. No permanent military bases. No covert military presence. No hired guns. Let Iraqis rebuild … Continue reading
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654,965 Iraqi Civilians killed since US invasion of Iraq began
via Bloomberg About 600,000 people have died violent deaths in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion of the country in March 2003, researchers found in a new study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore and Al … Continue reading
Did Bush help fund North Korea’s Nukes?
I found a article from 2002 on the BBC website called US grants N Korea nuclear funds. (via Netscape News) Sound familiar? Remember that picture of Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam Hussein? Ah… when partners turn on ya. Who knows … Continue reading