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June 28, 2012 – 12:08 am

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Good essay in Counterpunch. http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/06/26/the-evils-of-humanitarian-wars/ The article concludes: If the West succeeds in its slow-motion, proxy intervention in Syria and disables yet another Arab state for refusing to toe its line, the stage will be set for the next war against the next target: Iran. That is not an argument condoning Assad’s continuing rule. Syrians […]

War is a racket. It preserves the racket of capitalism.

June 26, 2012 – 11:50 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket The US Marine Corps most highly decorated general in its history, Smedley Butler (1881-1940) wrote a biting and scathing indictment of capitalism and the role of the US military in preserving it. It was called “War Is A Racket” (1935). But it is important to understand that the political economy we call capitalism is […]

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What We Know After Rio

June 26, 2012 – 11:06 am

What We Know After Rio: Governments Have Given Up on the Planet | Common Dreams. The governments represent the interests of nation-state corporatocracy, not the people. Thus, it is clear, again, that we the people must take responsibility in our local regions to identify our problems and the solutions for resolving them. This is as […]

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Choosing nonviolence or nonexistence

June 26, 2012 – 12:23 am

I wrote this on August 28, 1986, as I was preparing to embark upon a water only, open-ended fast on the east U.S. capitol Steps with three other veterans protesting U.S. policies of terror being waged against the campesinos of Central America. It is as relevant now as it was then, perhaps more so. …………………………………………………………………………. […]

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