War

Hillary Clinton in Congo: Tempers, Human Rights, and Media Cliché

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Uganda, Mugunga I, Georgianne Nienaber, New York Times, Kabila, Congo Rape, Democratic Republic of Congo, War, Chilren, Radio Okapi, Refugees, Mugunga II, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Media reports of Hillary Clinton's visit to Congo have so far focused on her testy remark to a Congolese student. But what about human rights and continuing corruption in the Kabila government?

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What Britain's Oldest Soldier Said

Deepak Chopra | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Peace Movement, Harry Patch, Nuclear Weapons, WWI Veterans, War, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

The most heartening sign for peace may be the absence of an anti-war movement, in that Obama holds anti-war views, not as his crusade, but as a natural aspect of his generation's thinking.

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The Price of this War Just Keeps Going up

Christina Patterson | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

Read More: Lies, Iraq, Armando Ianucci, Snatch Land Rovers, Iraq Casualties, Ministry of Defence, War, World News
Christina Patterson

War is an abomination. It's a last resort. It's a thing you do when it's the only thing to do.

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The New Blood Diamonds

John Prendergast | Posted 09.03.2009 | World

Read More: Cell Phones, u.s. Foreign Policy, Ipod, Sexual Violence, Consumerism, Rape, Mining, War, Africa, Hillary Clinton, Congo, World News
John Prendergast

Being held at gunpoint in one of the most dangerous war zones in the world was not our plan, but we were digging into links between the illicit mining of Congo's conflict minerals and a war.

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UN Report Confirms Troop Increases Fail to Reduce Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan

Derrick Crowe | Posted 09.01.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Military, Rethink Afghanistan, Mcchrystal, Civilian Casualties, Escalation, War, Taliban, Afghanistan, Drones, World News
Derrick Crowe

U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan have increased every year since 2001. In every year since systematic civilian casualty data collection started, civilian casualties caused by pro-government have increased.

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Declaring Victory, Going Home

Rory O'Connor | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, George Aiken, Ray Odierno, Colonel Reese, Retreat, War, Victory, Vietnam, Politics News
Rory O'Connor

Colonel Timothy R. Reese, a senior American military adviser in Baghdad, concluded, in what the New York Times called "an unusually blunt memo," that it is time "for the U.S. to declare victory and go home."

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Beyond Towering Babble: Good Schools, Real News

Mort Rosenblum | Posted 08.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, Education, Journalism, War, Foreign Policy, Media, Journalism School, News, Newspaper Industry, Media News
Mort Rosenblum

The operative part of newspaper is news. If changing tastes prefer something different, why not? But online-only options are not ready, and TV hardly takes up the slack.

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ReThinking The Iron Giant: Cold War Anti-Gun Fun...For Kids!

Jonathan Kim | Posted 08.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Children, War, Gun Control, Militarism, The Iron Giant, Cold War, Movie Reviews, Rethink Reviews, Jonathan Kim, Military, Nuclear Weapons, Brad Bird, Kids, Film Critic, Kids Movies, Anti-Gun, Movie Critic, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

What's an anti-violence parent/babysitter to do? Isn't there a kids' movie out there that's fun and adventurous while advocating non-violence?

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Star Spangled Banner, Union Jack, or White: Which is the Flag of True Power?

Isha Judd | Posted 08.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Living News, Enlightenment, Surrender, Dogs, Spirituality, War, White Flag, English Bulldog, Jack Stars and Stripes, Union, Living News
Isha Judd

Our society is always fighting, arguing, debating. We consider peace to be the ideal, but in reality, we feed off conflict, both in our personal lives and on a world scale.

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Hair: The Tribe Has Spoken

Jon Chattman | Posted 08.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 1960s, War, Tony Awards, Kacie Sheik, Broadway, Hippies, Concert, Peace, Tribe, Tom Hanks, Shakespeare in the Park, Ato Blankson-Wood, Vietnam, Hair, Billboard, Steel Burkhardt, Conan, Love, 1970s, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

The stars of Hair know how lucky they've been to experience a journey that started in a concert in Central Park last summer: they've scored the Willy Wonka Golden Ticket in landing this gig.

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I'm Sick of Hearing About the Poor, Poor Millionaires

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Warfare, Wealthy, Tax Rates, Al Franken, Reform, Tax the Rich, Media, Jim Webb, Republican, Reagan, Pelosi, Ultra Rich, Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Ultra Wealthy, Health Care, Robert a Heinlein, Taxes, House, Millionaires, Msm, Franken, War, Democrat, Billionaires, Rich, Webb, Democrats, Mainstream Media, Income Tax, Tax, Chris Weigant, Health Care Reform, Fox News, Class Warfare, Denmark, Healthcare, Heinlein, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Democrats have to get over their knee-jerk reaction to being labeled "tax and spenders" by their opposition. If higher taxes for millionaires are the way to pay for healthcare reform, then let everyone know it, and know why.

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Hey War Hawks: What Are You Thinking These Days?

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Liberation, Politics, Iraq, War, Cheney, Hawks, Iraq Liberators, Iraq Insurgency, Iraq War, Tim Russert, Politics News
Jeffrey Shaffer

Dick Cheney may have thought we'd be welcomed as liberators, but anyone who compared the Middle East of 2003 to Europe before World War Two was off the rails.

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Face The Inquisition

Dean Becker | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Network, Goebbels, Heresy, Hitler, Torquemada, Radio, War, Inquisition, Drug, Truth, Politics News
Dean Becker

Today's "compassionate" drug warriors have fractured the futures and pulverized the possibilities of more than 37,000,000 US citizens.

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The Most Progressive Movement on the Planet

Michael Strong | Posted 08.15.2009 | World

Read More: Creativity, Legal System, Law, Global Poverty, Poverty, Economics, War, World News
Michael Strong

What if we could apply the power of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship to the problem of poverty reduction?

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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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