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News Flash, by Mr. Fish
Click to see Mr. Fish’s once again on-the-mark cartoon. The wonderful featured image about organizing is from Ricardo Levins Morales.
And who is Clark Kent when he’s at home?
Chris Hedges: American Bloodlands
“It is the absence of empathy, perhaps the best definition of evil. ”
Killing Democracy in America, by William Astore
“Scenarios of perpetual war haunt my thoughts. For a healthy democracy, there should be few things more unthinkable than never-ending conflict, that steady drip-drip of death and destruction that drives militarism, reinforces authoritarianism, and facilitates disaster capitalism.”
The Forgotten Trauma of a Forgotten War As the World Looks Away, Death Stalks the Democratic Republic of Congo, by Nick Turse
With at least $24 trillion in gold, diamonds, tin, coltan, copper, cobalt, and other natural resources beneath the ground, it’s often assumed that Congo’s violence is intimately connected with the desire to control its mineral wealth. By Nick Turse Tom Dispatch October 10, 2019 GOMA, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo — The boy was sitting next to […]
Violent Political Rhetoric Can Feed Political Violence, by Ed Kilgore
… if political rhetoric in this country continues on its current trajectory, people are going to start getting killed, and then inevitably, the violence will escalate.
Chris Hedges | How ‘Antifa’ Mirrors the ‘Alt-Right’
The corporate state welcomes this violence because violence is a language it can speak with a proficiency and ruthlessness that none of these groups can match.
Trump and the Politics of Nihilism by Henry A. Giroux
This is how democracy ends, with a bang and a whimper.
On Violent and Nonviolent Activism, the Media, Philando, and the G20 (and Charlottesville!)
Do we play into the hands of those who are moving us toward a totalitarian state by succumbing to the temptation to use violence in the streets like the neo-Nazi alt-right?
Michael Nagler | Violence and Evolution: Where Do We Stand?
…contrary to common opinion, violence has been steadily decreasing by a number of measures for several millennia.
Nekima Levy-Pounds: Letter from a Bloomington Jail (Metaphorically Speaking)
Much like protesters during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ’60s, participants of #BlackLivesMatter, have stood on the front lines braving arrests, police violence, surveillance, chemical weapons, and hostility from those who are comfortable with the status quo. Yet, even in the face of such adversity, the young people have demonstrated remarkable courage to continue standing, marching, and fighting for our freedom. They are standing on the right side of history.
Coleen Rowley> Questions for the F.B.I. Nominee
“Why, in April 2005, did you approve 13 harsh interrogation tactics, including waterboarding and up to 180 hours of sleep deprivation, for use on suspects by officers of the C.I.A.?” Eric Hanson By COLEEN ROWLEY OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR Published: July 8, 2013 NY Times APPLE VALLEY, Minn. — WHEN President Obama nominated James B. Comey to lead the F.B.I., he lauded Mr. […]
Jon Stewart Takes Fox News to Warp Speed on Boston Bombing Trial
Jon Stewart Comedy Central Click to watch a video of the show: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ESTHER ZUCKERMAN APR 25, 2013 The Atlantic Wire On The Daily Show last night, Jon Stewart explained how, in the wake of the Boston bombing and at the beginning of the controversial prosecution of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Fox News went all willy […]
Chris Floyd> A Low, Dishonest Decade: New Details for the Iraq War Crime Mosaic
A Low, Dishonest Decade: New Details for the Iraq War Crime Mosaic By Chris Floyd (about the author) OpEdNews Op Eds 3/7/2013 at 22:40:40 Picture Source: Empire Burlesque The truth-telling of the imprisoned Bradley Manning continues to bear rich fruit, even as he faces a lifetime in prison for acting on principle to save innocent lives and prevent his country […]
Insight on Conflict> An Interview with Johan Galtung
AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHAN GALTUNG By Ben Baruch March 12, 2012 Insight on Conflict Professor Johan Galtung talks to Insight on Conflict’s Ben Baruch about the Arab Spring, his concepts of positive peace and negative peace, the conflict in Sudan, his views on mediation and the merits of local vs. outsider participation in peace processes. Insight on […]
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