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So, the Prisons in America use clergy to radicalize inmates.

Hardly surprising, but the US government usually labels other nations with that honor. There was a report years ago that the guards at Abu Ghraib had gotten prisoners to attack “radical Islam” meaning their fellow prisoners who weren’t being cooperative … Continue reading

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Screw McCain, with a bayonet, sideways so it hurts more

So he chose a career path after almost becoming an Communist Flying Ace (destroyed three U.S. airplanes including the one he ditched into the bayou in North Vietnam) to exploit his status as a POW after he got arrested, lawful, … Continue reading

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October

2- “One Nation” JOBS, PEACE, JUSTICE, March on Washington, DC 2-9 KEEP SPACE FOR PEACE Week 4- Arrest Dick Cheney Now, at the Broadmoor, 7:30am 5- Arrest George W. Bush Now, at the Broadmoor, 7:30am 6- Erik Larson, “Devil in … Continue reading

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Failed Musicians, Earning Potential and Tort Reform

Charlie Manson, David Koresh… described as “failed musicians” because they played the guitar, and like the vast thundering herd of people who pick the git-fiddle they didn’t make a career of it. Adolf Hitler, a “failed artist” even though, in … Continue reading

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just when things couldn’t get worse…

McChrystal replaced by… Generally Betrays Us. Yep, “king” David Petraeus, the one whose staff leaked a protocol statement he had made sometime last year, announced on the Memorial Day weekend, of a military version of an Executive Order giving himself … Continue reading

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Cool Runnings vs selling out the whales

Forget putting together a Winter Olympic delegation to tap into your nationality’s PR budget, the real money is in the International Whaling Commission. Right now Japan is showering aid to nations willing to enroll in the IWC, to help Japan … Continue reading

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Propaganda Story “Military Medics Fight to Keep Afghan Boy Alive”

While in actuality, they were just prior to the kid getting blown apart, fighting to kill him. Military Medics are NOT non-combatants. They’re COMBAT support. That was impressed on us in Basic Training and once again in Tech School, we … Continue reading

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Beyond MLK worship: Beyond Vietnam

“A time comes when silence is betrayal. That time has come for us in relation to Vietnam.” — Martin Luther King Beyond Vietnam: Time to Break the Silence Full text of 1967 speech below. Riverside Church, New York City, 4 … Continue reading

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Top 10 secret armies of the CIA

Found this on the web, will try to retrace provenance, worth a read: The United States have a well known history of providing military support to countries in need. But from time to time, the US Government has provided secret … Continue reading

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Declaration of Independence

“Declaration of Independence from the War in Vietnam” By the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Reprinted in Ramparts (May 1967), pp. 33-37. OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, as I have moved to break the betrayal of my own silences and … Continue reading

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The US – Islam War nears halfway mark

I have to do more research, but I’m pretty sure October 7, 2009 should mark the HALFWAY POINT of the US-ISLAM WAR. I realize the Pentagon brass are calling for fifty years more of insurgency suppression in Afghanistan and Iraq, … Continue reading

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Message to the Tricontinental

Che Guevara, 1967 “Now is the time of the furnaces, and only light should be seen.” Jose Marti Twenty-one years have already elapsed since the end of the last world conflagration; numerous publications, in every possible language, celebrate this event, … Continue reading

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The Port Huron Statement

Port Huron Statement of the Students for a Democratic Society, 1962 Introductory Note: This document represents the results of several months of writing and discussion among the membership, a draft paper, and revision by the Students for a Democratic Society … Continue reading

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The Movement and the Workers

By C. Van Lydegraf Second edition, May 1972 About the second edition: By 1969 “The Movement” had become a real force with its own identity. And just because there was promise of success in the air, the new revolutionaries were … Continue reading

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How long before we learn from Vietnam?

Americans can’t find their wars on a map as fighting spills into Pakistan Southwest Asia could be Southeast, Cambodia and Laos

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WUO terrorized government property

To clarify, the terrorist acts for which Bill Ayers and the Weather Underground are being demonized targeted only property damage and resulted in no casualties. Here is a list of 25 bombings attributed to the WUO, with notes from the … Continue reading

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Clarifying a few terms…

Because some have expressed disdain at the mere thought of being considered right wing apologists… aka people who wish to accommodate and justify right wing philosophy, here are a few things to remember: Catchwords and phrases, talking points, something you … Continue reading

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Paying reparations will make US as poor as Chad

Noam Chomsky has just written that the US should pay reparations for the damages done to Iraq’s infrastructure by the US invasion and occupation. While I can’t disagree with the justice of this, doing it would make America as poor … Continue reading

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Vietnam vet selective memory

Am I to deduce by your Vietnam Veteran cap that you served in the Vietnam War? May I say, of course, thank you for your service, and sorry for what you had to endure, and I would be interested to … Continue reading

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Justice delayed, denied, for now

Not to worry, not to worry. The Bush and GOP plan to indemnify themselves from responsibility for their war crimes will be to scant avail. Let them pass whatever bill they want. It’s true, justice delayed is justice denied. And … Continue reading

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