Saturday, September 15, 2012

"As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles". - Bertrand Russell


"If you think of humanity as one large body, then war is like suicide, or at best, self mutilation"  - Jerome P. Crabb.

"If civilization has an opposite, it is war. Of these two things, you have either one, or the other. Not both"  - Ursula Kroeber Le Guin

"What is the unmistakable mark of a wise man?  It is Love, Love for all humanity." -  Sri Sathya Sai Baba














Obama vs Romney on Human Rights
Michael Ratner: President Obama’s record on human rights is no better than George Bush
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The US War on Drug Cartels in Mexico is a Deadly Failure
Mark Karlin: Approximately 50,000 or more Mexicans have been killed since Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched a so-called war on drug cartels.
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PT2 The Fed and the Crisis
Second part of Jane D’Arista commentary on the role of the US Federal Reserve in managing the crisis of global capitalism
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Pressure Put on Manning to Implicate Assange
Michael Ratner: As Wikileaks Founder Nears 100 Days in Ecuadorian Embassy Sweden's refusal to interview Assange in London suggests they are working with US towards extradition
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The Fed and the Crisis
A commentary by Jane D’Arista assessing the actions of the Federal Reserve in managing the economic crisis
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No 'Red Line' for Israel
By Gilad Atzmon
So it seems that for now, the Obama administration has come to its senses.

Revealed: Inside Story of US Envoy's Assassination
By Kim Sengupta
Exclusive: America 'was warned of embassy attack but did nothing'

Mr Blowback Rising in Benghazi
By Pepe Escobar
The killing of the US ambassador in Libya is just an hors d'oeuvre to what may happen in Syria.

Libya: The Questions We Should Be Asking
By Barry Lando
When did you last hear about a Chinese embassy being burned down or pillaged?

The Human Cost of Western Fundamentalism
By Felicity Arbuthnot
We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is brought right back to our own front yards.

9/11 : Our Truth, and Theirs
By Justin Raimondo
"There is no indication that the Israelis were involved in the 9-11 attacks, but investigators suspect that the Israelis may have gathered intelligence about the attacks in advance, and not shared it."

Do Americans Harbor Childlike Delusions About the Future?
By Paul Smyth, Judy George
We've definitively entered the epoch Kunstler calls "the long emergency," an extended era of economic contraction and social stress caused by shrinking resources.

Chris Hedges: Sacrifice Zones of America
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Chris Hedges calls them "sacrifice zones," huge pockets of impoverished America on the verge of cementing a permanent underclass.

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