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Oxfam Testimony from Congo: "We are the Wretched of the Earth; They are Killing Us in the Name of Peace."

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: Drc, Rwandan Militias, Rape, War, United Nations, Oxfam, Monuc, Georgianne Nienaber, Congo, Fdlr, Laurent Nkunda, Conflict, Fardc, Cndp, Hrw, Media Lies, Alan Doss, Kivus, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

The aid group OXFAM did something no one else has done and took a survey of the civilians in eastern Congo and asked them how the campaign was affecting them.

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Who Are the Drug Lords?

Dean Becker | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Grim, Ryan, Law Enforcement, Drug, Prohibition, Truth, War, Politics News
Dean Becker

The real kingpins are bankers, pharmaceutical house CEOs, weapons manufacturers and a thousand other corporate interests whose gross profits depend on violence, hatred, distrust and deception.

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How to Resolve the Abortion Conflict

Aspen Baker | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Pro-Voice, War, President Obama, Breaking Politics News, Pro-Life, Common Ground, Pro-Choice, Peace, Politics News
Aspen Baker

A just and lasting peace between pro-choice and pro-life people is possible, but it lies in the history of those who have fought over this issue, not in the tired rhetoric of "common ground."

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Sarah "Barracuda" Doesn't Sleep With The Fishes!

Warren Holstein | Posted 08.05.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Russia, Wasilla, George Bush, Mark Sanford, Sarah Palin Resigns, Depression, John McCain, Afghanistan, Swine Flu Pandemic, Economy, The Rapture, War, Swine Flu, Axis of Evil, Nadya Suleman, Iran, Recession, Iraq War, Religion, Nuclear Weapons, Todd Palin, Sarah Palin, Financial Crisis, Christianity, Alaska, Iraq, Bristol Palin, Sarah Palin Reaction, David Letterman, Barracuda, North Korea, Politics, Gop, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

She is not a narcissist. She just has the good sense to realize she is better and more deserving than most people to rule the planet and prepare humanity for the end of days.

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Jingoism Isn't Journalism: Why I Don't Trust CNN & Corporate Media to Cover Iran

Linda Milazzo | Posted 08.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Indymedia, War, Violence, Iraq, Barack Obama, Cable Television, Iran, Brutality, Cnn, Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Paul Wolfowitz, Opposition Movement, Corporate Media, New Media, Invasion, Wolf Blitzer, Iranians, Satellite Television, Media News
Linda Milazzo

Old media, and specifically CNN, are learning the difficult lesson that with or without their vast resources and state of the art studios, the Iranians' stories will be told. And they'll be told to tens of millions more viewers than cable and satellite programs tend to reach.

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Top Ten American War Propaganda

Susan Brewer | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Propaganda, War Propaganda, War, Politics News
Susan Brewer

Propaganda messages serve to simplify complex international crises for public consumption. Here are the top ten messages used by the U.S. government over the past century to rally public support for war.

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Marine Finds Unlikely Reinforcements Online: Nerds

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Veteran, Ning, Michael Bloomberg, War, Rey Leal, Technology, Iraq, Afghanistan, Personal Democracy Forum, Paul Rieckhoff, Gina Bianchini, Craig Newmark, Media News
Paul Rieckhoff

Nerds -- and I say that with the utmost respect -- are changing the lives of thousands of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines.

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Iraqi Prime Minister Calls For Unity

AP | PATRICK QUINN | Posted 07.28.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, War, Nouri Al-Maliki, Unity in Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, Iraqi Prime Minister, War on Terror, World News

BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister said Saturday that the full withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from cities and towns was a message that his countr...

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Take Action: Demand an Exit Strategy in Afghanistan

ZP Heller | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rethink Afghanistan, Jim McGovern, Spending, Exit Strategy, War, Congress, Tom Andrews, David Swanson, Politics News
ZP Heller

As Congress prepares to authorize $550 billion in military spending -- more than Bush ever requested -- Rep. Jim McGovern is proposing a bill that requires an exit strategy.

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In Waiting To Strike Taliban, Pakistan Committed Strategic Blunder

Ahsan Butt | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistani Military, Pakistan, War, Swat Valley, Pakistan Refugees, Idp, Taliban, Aghanistan, Swat Taliban, Spotlight on Pakistan, World News
Ahsan Butt

When the Taliban overstepped their bounds, both literally and metaphorically, it led to greater public support for aggressive action, and gave the civilian leadership badly needed political cover to order the latest military operation against the militants.

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Hey Lindsay Lohan! Did You Hear About the Major Victory for Thousands of Stop-Lossed Troops?

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stop-Loss, Lindsay Lohan, Veterans, War, Nancy Pelosi, Afghanistan, Iraq, Congress, Kate, Paul Rieckhoff, California, Jon, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

Congress stood up for veterans this week, and delivered retroactive overtime payments for our stop-lossed troops, a new education benefit for children of servicemembers killed since 9/11, and increased VA funding.

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How to Help Afghans When Congress Approves $100 Billion More in War

ZP Heller | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Progressive, Congress, Civilians, Troops, Military, Jane Hamsher, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, War, Taliban, Casualties, Anand Gopal, Death, World News
ZP Heller

The increased presence of US forces in Afghanistan is the single greatest reason for the Taliban insurgency. And the more they surge, the more Congress will fund more war.

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Jane Hamsher's Call to Action Against the War/IMF Supplemental

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Maxine Waters, Firedoglake, Jan Schakowsky, International Monetary Fund, Rahm Emmanuel, War, IMF Bailout, Keith Ellison, Imf, Afghanistan, Timothy Geithner, Congress, Jim McGovern, Jane Hamsher, War Supplemental, World News
Robert Naiman

The White House and the House leadership want progressive Democrats in the House to abandon their constituents, their commitments, and their principles and vote for the War/IMF supplemental. But when progressive Democrats tried to have input into the process earlier, they were locked out by the leadership, on orders from the White House and Treasury.

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CODEPINK Builds a Playground in Gaza: It's all About the Children!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Codepink, Adults, Gaza, Peace, Children, War, World News
Linda Milazzo

It was with enormous pleasure that I watched CODEPINK build a playground in Gaza, where children are spared the ravages of war to be as they should be: happy, joyous and free.

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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Air Raid Victim Tells Obama to Leave Afghanistan

ZP Heller | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Airstrike, Civilians, War, Death, Afghanistan, Farah Province, Bombing, Barack Obama, Video, World News
ZP Heller

Here is a face of the war in Afghanistan. Najibullah, an air raid victim from the Malwand district of Kandahar, points to where three bombs shattered his home during a recent US airstrike.

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People and Policies End; History Never Does

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Military, Iraq, Middle East, War, Politics News
Jeffrey Shaffer

Films and TV have distorted our view of everyday life by making it seem normal to have conflicts resolved in short time spans.

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Ultimately Arms Control Is About One-to-One Relationships

Russ Wellen | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Where's the Rest of Me?, Nonproliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, War, World News
Russ Wellen

At least a couple of the world's most belligerent cold warriors shared their dreams of a world free of nuclear weapons with their counterparts across the frozen aisle.

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Religious Conviction: Effects on the Human Brain

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Errors, Attention, Brain, War, Cingulate, Acc, Forgiveness, God, Anxiety, The Inner Life, Stroop, Living News
Srinivasan Pillay

When our beliefs are invested in something greater than ourselves, they protect us from anxiety because our attention is not on what is going on inside of us.

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The Case for a National Office of Transition

Robbie Gennet | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, Green Jobs, Personal Health, War, President Obama, Green, Jobs, Drugs, Justice Department, Green Energy, War in Iraq, Iraq War, Labor, Military, Unemployment, General Motors, Health, Oil, Financial Crisis, Green Economy, Teachers, Iraq, Unions, Michigan, Health Care, Auto Industry, Personal Finance, Politics News
Robbie Gennet

President Obama is seeking massive changes in the way the US is operating when it comes to energy, transportation, agriculture and labor, among others...

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Words and War

Norman Solomon | Posted 07.08.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Air Strikes, Pentagon, Country Joe McDonald, War, Albert Camus, Afghanistan, Washington Post, Barack Obama, Warfare State, Iraq, World News
Norman Solomon

There's plenty more media invisibility and erasure ahead for Afghan people as the Pentagon ramps up its war effort in their country.

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In Sri Lanka: A Poem of Commemoration

Jim Luce | Posted 07.07.2009 | World

Read More: Ramya Chamalie Hirasinghe, Human Shields, Tamil Refugees, Poetry, War, Tamils Tigers, Into This Water Let Us Sow, Sri Lanka, World News
Jim Luce

The 26-year conflict between the Sri Lankan government and terrorist forces known as the Tamil Tigers has just ended ten days ago in Sri Lanka's Northern Province. Already there is art being created about its dramatic conclusion.

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See No Evil

Robert Koehler | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stress, Military Suicides, Rape, Steven Green, War, Iraq, Dehumanization, Media, Abu Ghraib, Kentucky, Politics News
Robert Koehler

The heavily armed, trained killer was "under stress" when he raped, then murdered a 14-year-old girl and tried to burn her body, after having murdered her parents and 7-year-old sister.

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Our Stop-Lossed Troops Deserve Their Overtime

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stop-Loss, Congress, Iraq, Iava, Afghanistan, Senate, Paul Rieckhoff, War, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

In no other profession would an employee work overtime and not be compensated, and the same must be true of our military.

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After Trauma, Iraqi Refugees Look for Healing

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

Read More: Violence, Iraqi Refugees, Baghdad, Iraq, Lebanon, Kidnapping, Trauma, War, Jordan, Amman, Beirut, World News
Catholic Relief Services

For thousands of Iraqis, kidnapping is a nightmare they cannot wake up from. Between 2004 and 2007, hundreds of children and adults were abducted, tortured and often killed.

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My Memorial Day Reflections

Abdul Malik Mujahid | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

Read More: Patrick Tillman, Afghanistan, Army, Memorial Day, Peace, Pakistan, War, Memorial Day Weekend, Iraq, World News
Abdul Malik Mujahid

How many of us can turn down money for a higher cause? How many of us will leave a life of comfort and go for some thing which has substantial risks and dangers?

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