Anti-Imperialism/Anti-War

Calling All Rebels

Published on Monday, March 8, 2010 by TruthDig.com
Calling All Rebels

by Chris Hedges  read more »

Afghanistan, Another Untold Story -By Michael Parenti

Barack Obama is on record as advocating a military escalation in
Afghanistan. Before sinking any deeper into that quagmire, we might do
well to learn something about recent Afghani history and the role
played by the United States.

Less than a month after the 11 September 2001 attacks on the World
Trade Center and the Pentagon, US leaders began an all-out aerial
assault upon Afghanistan, the country purportedly harboring Osama bin
Laden and his al Qaeda terrorist organization. More than twenty years
earlier, in 1980, the United States intervened to stop a Soviet
“invasion” of that country. Even some leading progressive writers, who
normally take a more critical view of US policy abroad, treated the US  read more »

Howard Zinn Celebration of Life Memorial-this Saturday, February 6th, 3 P.M. Lecture Hall 1, Evergreen

Dear Friends --


Many of you have been influenced by Howard Zinn and read or even worked with his People's History of the United
States.  He had planned to speak here in Olympia,
Saturday, Feb. 6, at 3 P.M. but passed away last week.  He'd be delighted to know
people will gather to consider the people's history and tell the
people's stories that day anyway.

Come honor and celebrate
Howard Zinn's life and work at The Evergreen State College this
Saturday Feb. 6 from 3 - 5:15 in Lecture Hall 1.  T
he program will feature
a recent interview of Zinn with David Barsamian and a recording of the
address "Three Holy Wars" that Zinn had promised to bring to Olympia.   read more »

Haitians dying by the thousands as US escalates military intervention


Bill Van Auken 




WSWS, January 22, 2010

Thousands of Haitians are dying every day for lack of medical care and
supplies, according to a leading humanitarian aid group. Meanwhile, the  read more »

Afghan 'Dirty War' Escalates

By
Douglas Valentine  http://www.consortiumnews.com/2010/010410b.html
January 4, 2010

On
Dec. 31, I listened in dismay as an NPR “terrorism” expert condemned
the suicide bombing that killed seven CIA employees in Afghanistan as
especially hideous because the CIA victims were spreading economic
development and democracy in the area as members of a Provincial
Reconstruction Team (PRT). 
   read more »

REMEMBER WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IMPERIALISM???

Haitians aren't living in hell just due to bad luck. It's called imperialism, stupid.

The following is from True/Slant.

US debt policies left Haiti vulnerable to catastrophe

Haitians protest against the cost of living on...

Haitians protest against the cost of living in Port-Au-Prince in 2008. Image by AFP/Getty Images via Daylife

The same message is resonating from all corners of the Internet: Poor Haiti. That little, miserable island just can’t catch a break, can it? Yes, thousands are feared dead, and the pictures coming in from Haiti are heartbreaking, but no one can be blamed for an earthquake.  read more »

The Pictures of War You Aren’t Supposed to See

by Chris Hedges  read more »

Freedom March: Activists Reject Egypt's Gaza Offer

Members of an international group gathered in Cairo to protest against the siege of Gaza have rejected an Egyptian offer to allow 100
of them entry into the Palestinian territory.
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