Tag Archives: Collateral Murder

Hedges: The Lie of American Innocence

March 23, 2022 · by · in corporate empire, Media, U.S. Foreign Policy, war/military

“Industrial war destroys existing value systems that protect and nurture life, replacing them with fear, hatred, and a dehumanization of those who we are made to believe deserve to be exterminated. It is driven by emotions, not truth or fact. It obliterates nuance, replacing it with an infantile binary universe of us and them.”

Chelsea Manning and the New Inquisition, by Chris Hedges

March 19, 2019 · by · in corporate media, Freedom of Speech, Media Criticism · 1 Comment

The corporate state hardly intends to stop with Manning and Assange. The target is the press itself.

Somerset Bean: An infographic detailing Assange’s time in the Embassy and the circumstances that led to his asylum.

June 19, 2014 · by · in corporate media empire, Independent Media · 1 Comment

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Tom Engelhardt: BRIDE AND BOOM!

December 22, 2013 · by · in Ground All Drones, Human Rights, Military Madness, U.S. Foreign Policy · 1 Comment

And were a wedding party to be obliterated on a highway anywhere in America on the way to, say, a rehearsal dinner, whatever the cause, it would be a 24/7 tragedy. Our lives would be filled with news of it. Count on that.    By Tom Engelhardt  December 21, 2013  truthdig.com   This piece first appeared at TomDispatch.    […]

Truthdigger of the Week: Bradley Manning

March 3, 2013 · by · in Civil Liberties, Constitutional Rights, Human Rights, Military Madness, U.S. Foreign Policy

Truthdigger of the Week: Bradley Manning By Alexander Reed Kelly  Posted on Mar 2, 2013  truthdig.com      “I believe[d] that the public release of these cables would not damage the United States,” Manning said.  AP/Patrick Semansky Thanks to last week’s Truthdigger of the Week, journalist Alexa O’Brien, the public has access to a complete rushed transcript of the statement Pfc. Bradley Manning […]

People’s Blog for the Constitution » DOJ goes after Icelandic parliamentarian Birgitta Jónsdóttir for role in WikiLeaks video

February 22, 2012 · by · in Globalization/Empire, Human Rights, Media Advocacy

DOJ goes after Icelandic parliamentarian Birgitta Jónsdóttir for role in WikiLeaks video Lindsey Needham   January 29, 2012    BORDC Birgitta Jónsdóttir, member of Iceland’s parliament since 2009, is being targeted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for her role in producing Collateral Murder with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The controversial video shows footage, reportedly […]