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  • Why I Didn’t Go to Vietnam
    20 December 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    It was a bright, blue-topped Saturday in the spring of 1963. Dave Walker met me at the front door of his house in Glen Burnie. He was a big guy, with red hair, and I knew he had played football, unlike me, but like me had been a favorite of our English teacher, Mr. Forsythe. That’s why we were getting together. Dave was just finishing his freshman year at Johns Hopkins, and I had just been accepted, so Forsythe gave me his phone number and suggested we get together.
    His parents weren’t (…)

  • Democratic Nazism: Germany complicit in 4.5 million excess deaths US Afghan Holocaust & Afghan Genocide
    18 December 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Germany is examining what happened when German Occupying Forces in Occupied Afghanistan ordered in US airstrikes that killed 142 Occupied Afghans (see “German military filmed Kunduz strike from ground”, The Local, Germany: ).
    However Germany ignores the horrendous 3.4 million non-violent excess deaths (non-violent avoidable deaths, deaths that did not have to happen) associated with occupation of Afghanistan by the war criminal US Alliance composed of the US, UK, France, Germany, other (…)

  • U.S. Creates Its Antithesis in Iraq
    16 December 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Nicola Nasser*
    Nowhere it is more obvious than in Iraq that the existence of an election law, elections themselves and the constitution they are based on are not indicators of democracy or legitimacy, because these mechanisms are merely symbols of the antithesis of the mechanisms of democracy as practiced back home by the U.S. occupying power.
    An editorial of The Washington Post on December 8 hailed the passing two days earlier of an amended version of the 2005 election law by the (…)

  • Once More Through the Slaughter House
    14 December 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    By David Glenn Cox
    There is an expression that says the quickest path to vegetarianism is through the slaughterhouse. It is true that many times we are complacent with things as they are until reality chomps its teeth firmly into our ass.
    I feel certain that the thousands of mid-level GM and Chrysler executives recently put out to permanent pasture due to the restructuring were strong proponents of outsourcing. “Why, boss, we can save $1.75 per car by having this part made in China.” I (…)

  • Video: “End-the-Wars,” A Rally at the White House (A Slideshow)
    13 December 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Sights and scens, in 25 photos, from the “End-the-Wars” rally of Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009. The spirited event was held in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. See, for background: http://www.enduswars.org/

  • Video: Kathy Kelly: “If You Want to Conquer Terror—Build Justice!”
    13 December 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, Kathy Kelly was one of the featured speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See, for background:
    http://www.enduswars.org/
    The spirited event was held in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. Ms. Kelly is a social justice activist, author and a former Nobel Peace Prize nominee on three separate occasions. For a short bio on Ms. Kelly, go to:
    http://vcnv.org/speaker-bio/kathy-kelly and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Kelly

  • Video: Ralph Nader: Dubya and Obama are “a Seamless Transition” on the War
    13 December 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, Ralph Nader, a political gadfly par excellence, a distinguished and best selling author and a persistent Third Party presidential candidate, was one of the featured speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See, for background:
    http://www.enduswars.org/
    The spirited event was held in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. For a short bio on Mr. Nader go to:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Nader This video contains excerpts from his remarks.

  • Video: Chris Hedges: “We Live in a Time of Radical Evil!”
    13 December 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, Chris Hedges, journalist/author, was one of the speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See, for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The event was held in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. For a short bio on Mr. Hedges, go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hedges Many of his most recent commentaries can be found here: http://www.truthdig.com/ This video contains excerpts from Mr. Hedges’ remarks.

  • Video: Ex-Rep. McKinney: “President Obama, Stop Bankrupting our Nation!”
    13 December 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, ex-Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) was one of the speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See for background: http://www.enduswars.org/
    he event was held in Lafayette Park, directly opposite the White House. Rep. McKinney ran for President of the United States in the 2008 election on the Green Party ticket. She is also a champion of Human Rights and has consistently, and courageously, stood up for the beleaguered peoples of Occupied Palestine.

  • Video: Rep. Kucinich: “These Wars Are Corrupting...our Nation!”
    13 December 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) was one of the featured speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The event was held in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. Rep. Kucinich has acted as the conscience of the House of Representatives in opposing U.S. wars of aggression in Iraq and Afghanistan.