Chris Hedges is an award-winning American author, journalist and teacher and an outspoken critic of globalization, war and U.S. foreign policy. Speaking at the Veterans for Peace 25th anniversary convention in Portland, Maine in August, Hedges presented a wide ranging…
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America’s war on terror comes home to roost
The Nazification of the United States By Paul Craig Roberts, Counterpunch, Aug. 27-29, 2010 Chuck Norris is no pinko-liberal-commie, and Human Events is a very conservative publication. The two have come together to produce an important article, “Obama’s US Assassination…
Resistance to militarization in Costa Rica
Costa Rican Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Entry of US Military Civil Society Is Organizing to Maintain the Country’s Status as a Nation Without Armed Forces By Jamie Way, Narco News Bulletin, July 28, 2010 The Costa Rican Supreme Court last…
The Siege against Gaza: America’s Ongoing Support of Israeli Military and Intelligence Operations
by Prof. Michel Chossudovsky, GlobalResearch.ca, July 22, 2010 The Israeli Commando had an explicit order to kill. What was the role of the United States? The raids on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, bear the mark of previous Israeli operations directed…
Oppose the G20 Agenda
Council of Canadians-Winnipeg Chapter invites Winnipeggers to join in opposition to G20 Agenda! June 22: PEOPLE’S CARAVAN TO TORONTO 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Come out to the Front of the Union Station at the corner of Broadway and Main…
Afghanistan’s mineral riches and the war
TheRealNews: Did a 2007 report of massive mineral deposits in Afghanistan affect President Obama’s 2009 decision to widen the scope of the Afghan war? Afghanistan claims mineral wealth is worth $3 trillion By Ben Farmer, The Telegraph, June 17, 2010…
Campaign to remove U.S. military bases from Okinawa
AlJazeeraEnglish — May 13, 2010 — Almost 50,000 US military personnel are stationed in Japan, more than half on the island of Okinawa. But their presence has often been controversial. The Okinawa base is vital to the US in protecting…
America’s growing military expansion in Africa
New Colonialism: Pentagon Carves Africa Into Military Zones By Rick Rozoff, Global Research, May 5, 2010 Last year the commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), General William Ward, said the Pentagon had military partnerships with 35 of the continent’s 53…
The decline of the American empire
War with China? The Dangers of a Global Conflagration Rising and Declining Economic Powers: The Sino-US Conflict Deepens By Professor James Petras, Global Research, April 29, 2010 Will the intensified conflicts between the US and China inevitably lead to a…
America’s strategy for military dominance
America’s Imperial Design. Prompt Global Strike: World Military Superiority Without Nuclear Weapons by Rick Rozoff, Global Research, April 11, 2010 A war can be won without being waged. Victory can be attained when an adversary knows it is vulnerable to…