by Debra Sweet I was listening to the “foreign policy debate” while reading blogs and tweeting. Among people I follow there was a lot of interest in whether the drone war would…
Welcome to the Age of Hell: Entrenching Murder as the American Way
by Chris Floyd The Washington Post has just laid out, in horrifying, soul-slaughtering detail, the Obama Administration’s ongoing effort to expand, entrench and “codify” the practice of murder and terrorism by the…
The 9/11 Trial: Torturing Justice
by Andy Worthington The last time the US government wheeled out Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the four other men accused of initiating and being involved in the terrorist attacks on September 11,…
Obama Moves to Make the War on Terror Permanent
by Glenn Greenwald A primary reason for opposing the acquisition of abusive powers and civil liberties erosions is that they virtually always become permanent, vested not only in current leaders one may…
Louisiana Woman Arrested After Chaining Herself to Keystone XL Pipe Yard Gate
By Kevin Gosztola In an act of nonviolent direct action, a Gulf Coast mother Cherri Foytlin was arrested after chaining herself to a gate to the multinational energy corporation TransCanada’s Keystone XL…
Inside Out: Social Justice, Activism, and the 2012 Vote
Thursday October 25 at UCLA Political scientist Mark Sawyer moderates a diverse panel including Dennis Loo, member of the steering committee of World Can’t Wait exploring the meaning of the 2012 elections…
Illusions, US imperialism and Islamic Fundamentalism
You are fooling yourself if you think that that the U.S. does not have the blood of this young girl and millions of other children like her on their hands. by Emma…
Blood is Their Argument: The Real Campaign Trail
by Chris Floyd “…for how can they charitably dispose of any thing, when blood is their argument?” — Shakespeare, Henry V Even as the presidential candidates meet in ersatz agon to spew…
Videotaping = Trespass? Chicago Man Faces Jail For Use Of iPhone
Gregory Koger faces months in Cook County jail for “unauthorized use of an iPhone.” He attempted to videotape a peaceful statement by Sunsara Taylor opposing the censorship of her talk prior to…
On Facing Two Years in Jail for Protesting Stop-and-Frisk
by Jamel Mims On Tuesday October 23, I will be on trial along with Carl Dix, who, with Cornel West, initiated the campaign of nonviolent protest to stop Stop-and-Frisk. We are facing…