by David Vine David Vine, a Tom Dispatch regular, is assistant professor of anthropology at American University, in Washington, DC. He is the author of ‘Island of Shame: The Secret History of the US Military Base on Diego Garcia’ (Princeton University Press, 2009). “Are you monitoring the construction?” asked the middle-aged man on a bike […]
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That to me is one of the weakest statements of defence far too often proffered by people with racist views and tendencies. It is the qualifying word at the end of the statement that says “but” which then is usually followed by a statement which is clearly racist. For example, the statement could be followed […]
By Ken Sievers “Lying and war are always associated. Listen closely when you hear a war-maker try to defend his current war: If he moves his lips he’s lying.” Father Philip Berrigan (1923 – 2002) INTRODUCTION The WikiLeaks Party concentrates on publishing stories ignored by the mainstream media. However the party has itself made the […]
By David Cay Johnston, April 13, 2011 For three decades we have conducted a massive economic experiment, testing a theory known as supply-side economics. The theory goes like this: Lower tax rates will encourage more investment, which in turn will mean more jobs and greater prosperity—so much so that tax revenues will go up, despite […]
By Felicity Arbuthnot Accusing politicians or former politicians of “breathtaking hypocrisy” is not just over used, it is inadequacy of spectacular proportions. Sadly, searches in various thesaurus’ fail in meaningful improvement. The death of Nelson Mandela, however, provides tributes resembling duplicity on a mind altering substance. President Obama, whose litany of global assassinations by Drone, […]
By Dan Buettner In 1943, a Greek war veteran named Stamatis Moraitis came to the United States for treatment of a combat-mangled arm. He’d survived a gunshot wound, escaped to Turkey and eventually talked his way onto the Queen Elizabeth, then serving as a troopship, to cross the Atlantic. Moraitis settled in Port Jefferson, […]
By Reed Richardson Everyone’s familiar with the old zen koan: If a tree falls in the forest but nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound? In a way, the same existential question lies at the heart of our modern news profession: If a big story lands on the front page but […]
By Vivien Lesnik Weisman Jeremy Hammond, the Chicago activist and hacktivist (an activist who uses computer networks for political protests and other actions), was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release for hacking into the intelligence contractor Strategic Forcasting (or Stratfor) and other government, law enforcement and military […]
by Noel Pearson November 13, 2013 – Whitlam Institute, University of Western Sydney – The reward for public life is public progress; an appreciation of the public life of the Hon. E.G. Whitlam AC QC – Prime Minister, 1972-75. In his 97th year, in this third oration in honour of Australia’s 21st prime minister, I […]
by James Petras Revelations about the long-term global, intrusive spying by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and other allied intelligence apparatuses have provoked widespread protests and indignation and threatened ties between erstwhile imperial allies. Allied regimes have uniformly condemned NSA espionage as a violation of trust and sovereignty, a threat to their national and […]
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