Category Archives: Europe

Obama’s Plan for Afghanistan NOT “Good Enough” #AfghanistanTuesday

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

Stolen directly from activist Joe Scarry’s Scarry Thoughts blog. Part of the campaign among U.S. elites to soft-peddle the failure of U.S. warmaking in Afghanistan in general and the latest Obama/NATO “solution” for Afghanistan in particular — which I’ve been discussing … Continue reading →

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NATO: A War Crimes Alliance

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

By Joe Scarry of Scarry Thoughts A lot of people are wondering: NATO is coming to Chicago, so what’s the big deal? The most important point to stress is this: NATO is a war crimes alliance. NATO is an abbreviation … Continue reading →

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Three Words: NATO War Crimes

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

by Joe Scarry of Scarry Thoughts. Today’s Chicago Tribune featured an exchange between Eric Zorn and Andy Thayer on why people are protesting NATO. It’s important that people are turning to the substance of the protests against NATO, particularly in a … Continue reading →

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War is a Racket by Smedley Butler

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

War is a Racket by Smedley Butler is a famous speech denouncing the military industrial complex. This speech by two-time Congressional Medal of Honor recipient exposes war profits that benefit few at the expense of many. Throughout his distinguished career … Continue reading →

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Return of the Burning Times

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

By Mary Beaudoin The Great Hunt of today takes various forms with the whole world as hunting grounds: there are fishing expeditions to identify domestic enemies, hunts to apprehend undocumented people and suspected terrorists, and hunts for declared enemies in … Continue reading →

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Come Home America Director Kevin Zeese on Manning, Occupy and Peace

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Kevin Zeese, Executive Director of VotersForPeace and Co-Chair of Come Home America, discusses whistleblower Bradley Manning’s treatment at Fort Leavenworth prison; why the UN torture investigator is still being denied a private interview with Manning; how Manning’s chance for a … Continue reading →

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NATO breaks Libya, but they won’t be around to fix it!!

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

NATO’s war in Libya is supposedly nearing an end since Moammar Qaddafi and his loyalists are cornered and have no where to go.  NATO, however, won’t be around after the war ends to help put Libya back together, though. In … Continue reading →

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Counterpunch asks “Who Will Save Libya From Its Western Saviours?”

Posted on August 16, 2011 by

Jean Bricmont and Diana Johnstone at Counterpunch take a scalpel to the arguments for the current NATO war with/at/against/for Libya.  They explain, The bombing is targeting civilian infrastructure, to deprive the majority of the population living in territory loyal to … Continue reading →

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