I am your curator, your guide to the Bush museum. Let me take you on the Grand Tour, folks, even as if you were Bush himself: Over to your left, we have the Mordor Room, where dread is manufactured, and next to it is the Sauron Room, where the cyclops …
In many states, November 6 was a good day for blue and identity politics, but said nothing about big national issues of war vs. peace; Wall Street vs. Main Street; Constitutional rights vs. restrictions; Democracy vs. Oligarchy. It said nothing because nothing was said about these issues by either candidate …
American freedom always was weak. It’s now on life support. Numerous police state laws followed 9/11. Rights most people take for granted are on the chopping block for elimination. Big Brother spying alone eroded them. It’s ongoing lawlessly in many forms. So-called National Security Letters (NSLs) is one …
The world’s epicenter of capitalism is the United States, and its reach/power/influence circumnavigates the globe. The elites of the capitalist class are no longer tied to territoriality or driven by national competition. “U.S. capitalism has expanded its reach by morphing into a Transnational Capitalist Class.” according to William Robinson …
It’s been said many times that the war is a self-sustaining industry that requires a constant threat overseas to keep the machine thriving at home. Looking at the millions if not billions of dollars spent on securing “national special security events” against its own citizens, it’s clear that protesters have …
Kathleen McClellan is the National Security and Human Rights counsel for the Government Accountability Project in Washington DC, where she supports and represents whistleblowers from the national security and intelligence communities. Over the years she has worked with whistleblowers from the National Security Agency, the CIA, and the departments of …
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Government surveillance and attacks on the privacy of American citizens were bad enough under the Bush regime but they are getting even worse during the Obama years. In addition to retaining President George W. Bush’s many excesses, such as the Patriot Act, new information about the erosion of civil liberties …
Health Updates: Tumeric vs cancer; magnesium; cashews; chickweed; walnuts- benefits the FDA doesn’t want you to know about; dead seals- Fukushima fallout?; America’s poor. Bill McKibben is one of the nation’s best known environmental activists and authors; he is the creator of the 350 Organization, a global grassroots movement to address the …
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