by Doug RawlingsHe never thought of himself as a cancer or even a lesionbut he needed a jobNow here he isin the belly of the beastdoing the bidding of those evil enough to manufacturethe butterfly bomb*cruel enough to name it suchfucking cold enoughto build a munitioninviting enough to entice a child's intimate touchAccording to … [Read more...] about Getting a Job at the Munitions Factory
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My Lai, Sexual Assault and the Black Blouse Girl: Forty-Five Years Later, One of America’s Most Iconic Photos Hides Truth in Plain Sight
by Valerie Wieskamp - It has become almost a requirement in American culture that people talk about “supporting our veterans”. But this is what our soldiers do-they invade, they rape, they silence.Not every soldier, of course. But militarism embraces violence, and no- our soldiers have not died defending our freedoms. They have died defending our right to go anywhere, … [Read more...] about My Lai, Sexual Assault and the Black Blouse Girl: Forty-Five Years Later, One of America’s Most Iconic Photos Hides Truth in Plain Sight
Not the whitewashed Martin Luther King that most people know
The first video is of of Martin Luther King speaking on the Merv Griffin show about the war in Vietnam and communism. Below that is his speech at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on April 30, 1967. When you see a military band performing in an MLK day, ask yourself what is wrong with that image. When you see the prosecutors of our modern wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan … [Read more...] about Not the whitewashed Martin Luther King that most people know