Paul Jay of the Real News Network talks about how the Canadian as well as US media gives the war machine in Afghanistan and Iraq carte blance and keeps people in the dark. At the same, this allows a kind of tyranny to take root with a society that still tends to believe it is free. The background is the reason for creating the Real News Network, to give people an alternative to … [Read more...] about The Heart of Journalistic Mythology
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The Covert Origins of the Af-Pak War - The Road to World War III The bottom line is that we have entered a period of major wars over declining resources. The Af-Pak operations are only initial moves in an attempt to control the earth's remaining oil supply. -- Here's the latest excerpt from David DeGraw's new book, "The Road Through 2012: Revolution or World War III." … [Read more...] about Amped Status Alternative News (from the News Dissector)- compiled from many sources on social justice, war, etc.
Welcome to War Times 2.0
“Bringing a race, class, and gender perspective to issues of war and peace.”Today War Times/Tiempo de Guerras launches our new website. In the summer of 2010, about a dozen new writers joined War Times, and we’re using our new site to bring you their voices. The site will offer some familiar features - and some new ones: * Month in Review (analysis of the previous month’s … [Read more...] about Welcome to War Times 2.0
Leaker of Pentagon Papers Stresses Importance of Telling the Truth to Student Audience
"I had been wrong for many years by simply keeping my mouth shut and watching us enter a hopeless war," Ellsberg said. "There is no better way to serve the country than with the truth. You may have to risk your own career and well-being in order to save many lives."Published on Thursday, October 21, 2010 by Ithaca Journal by Rachel Stern For Daniel Ellsberg, the … [Read more...] about Leaker of Pentagon Papers Stresses Importance of Telling the Truth to Student Audience
Not One Word of Remorse’ from Driver Who Crushed Rachel Corrie
Israeli soldier in bulldozer 'did not see her' by Harriet Sherwood in Haifa(Guardian)The Israeli soldier at the controls of the bulldozer that crushed the pro-Palestinian activist Rachel Corrie told a court today that the first time he saw her was when fellow protesters were already tending to her dying body in the dirt. Rachel Corrie's parents, Craig and Cynthia, … [Read more...] about Not One Word of Remorse’ from Driver Who Crushed Rachel Corrie