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More Fear-Mongering Claptrap from Max Boot

Malou Innocent | Posted 11.29.2009 | World

Read More: Empire, Colonialism, Imperialism, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, World News
Malou Innocent

Instead of increasing troops, America should scale back its military presence. Rather than trying to protect Afghan villages from the Taliban, the United States should concentrate on al Qaeda cells in Pakistan.

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Speaking Truth to Power: The Mythology of Imperialism

Rick Ayers | Posted 10.17.2009 | Books

Read More: Literature, Academia, Imperialism, Critical Theory, Orientalism, Books News
Rick Ayers

When I decided to teach Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness at Berkeley High School, it had been out of favor as an appropriate text because it was considered too controversial.

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Decline Can Make Britain a Better Country

Alex Higgins | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, History, Newsweek, Labour Party, Tony Blair, Foreign Affairs, Decline, Slavery, Africa, Britain, America, Afghanistan War, South America, Nazi Germany, Colonialism, The Civil War, Tony Blair European Union, India Economy, Foreign Policy, Great Britain, Britain-Afghanistan, World War II, Imperialism, China Economy, Britain Iraq, World News
Alex Higgins

There is a distinct lack of enthusiasm for attempting to govern other parts of the world by force, let alone envy of the global superpower.

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Warfare Over Health Care

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Iraq War, Warfare, Health Care Debate, F-22 Jet Fighter, Senate Finance Committee, Afghanistan, President Barack Obama, Military Spending, Imperialism, Pentagon Budget, Empire, Health Care, War in Iraq, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Senators are wrestling with saving a penny here and a penny there when they're aimed at bolstering people's health, but they believe the sky is the limit so long as the money is being funneled into foreign occupations.

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Three Good Reasons to Liquidate Our Empire

Chalmers Johnson | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Empire, US Military, Military, Afghanistan, Military Spending, Foreign Affairs, Imperialism, Afghanistan War, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Chalmers Johnson

Few empires of the past voluntarily gave up their dominions in order to remain independent, self-governing polities. If we do not learn from their examples, our decline and fall is foreordained.

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If We Ask Nicely, Can We Have Our Marbles Back?

Eleni Gage | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: Britain, Acropolis, Greece, Art History, New-Acropolis-Museum, Athens, Parthenon, Museums, Imperialism, World News
Eleni Gage

The Greeks have been tripping all over themselves trying to be uncharacteristically polite, lest anyone think them rude because the New Acropolis Museum is also a reproach to the British Museum.

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Why Obama's Speech in Cairo Matters -- and Why it Doesn't

Kamran Pasha | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

Read More: Koran, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Islam, Jerusalem, Prophet Mohammed, Obama Cairo, Quran, Imperialism, Europe, Israel, Barack Obama, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
Kamran Pasha

America will not advance our economic, educational and political stature. That is something only Muslims can and must do.

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The Imperialist Right Threatens Obama on Iraq

Gareth Porter | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Iran Violence, US Military, Bush Administration, Robert Kaplan, Iraq Iran, Imperialism, Iraq, Barack Obama, Politics News
Gareth Porter

The idea of linking Obama's troop withdrawal plan to the Iranian position in Iraq makes no sense objectively, but it is the logical political response by those who led the United States into a disastrous war.

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