05 February 2010
Top 10 problems with America assassinating Americans
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David Swanson
The director of U.S. national intelligence told the House Intelligence Committee the government has the right to kill Americans abroad.

Here are 10 problems with this:

1. Acts that are crimes under national and...
05 February 2010
On war, conformity, the Democratic Party and progressive possibilities
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Norman Solomon
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05 February 2010
Kvetcher in the Rye
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Greg Palast
In the sixth grade, the Boys' Vice-Principal threatened to suspend me from school unless I stopped carrying around The Catcher in the Rye I think because it had the word "fuck" in it. Since the Boys' Vice-Principal hadn't read the book -...
04 February 2010
Blocking war funding just got easier
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David Swanson
Last June we were handed an opportunity to block the funding of our illegal, murderous, counterproductive, catastrophic, and hated wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The president insisted on an off-the-books "emergency supplemental" bill, and...
02 February 2010
Blocking war funding just got easier
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David Swanson
Last June we were handed an opportunity to block the funding of our illegal, murderous, counterproductive, catastrophic, and hated wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The president insisted on an off-the-books "emergency supplemental" bill, and...
02 February 2010
Don't call it a "defense" budget
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Norman Solomon
This isn't "defense."

The new budget from the White House will push U.S. military spending well above $2 billion a day.

Foreclosing the future of our country should not be confused with defending it....

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