Category Archives: Brian’s Blog

A LETTER TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE “WITH ALL DUE RESPECT…I MUST REFUSE YOUR REQUEST”

January 24, 2016 – 6:04 pm

Dear Official of the Internal Revenue Service and/or Judge of the U.S, District Court, or other Judicial or Quasi-Judicial Officers: I am aware of your request for my cooperation in producing monetary amounts or documents to aid in the collection of those amounts, to satisfy a debt that you claim I owe the U.S. government. […]

By brian | Also posted in Brian's Blog, Envisioning Nonviolent Revolutionary Alternatives | Comments (3)

Reflections – Thirty Years

January 7, 2016 – 12:45 pm

While watching the docudrama film “Romero” (1989) today, Thursday, January 7, 2016, I flashed back 30 years ago this weekend when I was in Esteli, Nicaragua. The Reagan Contra terrorists attacked three nearby cooperatives, killing 11 campesinos. That weekend the war became viscerally real for me and I have never been the same since. It […]

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The Weight Of It All: From July 3, 1979 to 9/11 to Paris 2015

January 1, 2016 – 8:44 pm

President Jimmy Carter’s Fateful July 3, 1979 Decision On July 3, 1979, as the “Cold War’ marched on, President Carter signed the first presidential “finding” granting secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. He “authorized the CIA to spend just over $500,000 on propaganda and psychological operations, as well as provide […]

By brian | Also posted in Brian's Blog, The Most Dangerous of Rogue Nations: The United States, Challenging Traditional Patriotism, Pax Americana, Terrorism & Homeland Security | Comments (4)
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