Rep. Weiner Resigns: Is Our National Nightmare Over? by Ed Ciaccio

by Ed Ciaccio
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June 16, 2011

With the resignation from Congress of Anthony Weiner, has our “long, national nightmare” finally ended?

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Well, yes, we can expect (hope) that the corporate media overdose/distraction on this cyber-sex scandal and self-humiliation of an elected member (pardon the expression) of Congress will finally end, and, with it, the nearly daily adolescent-level front page headlines in daily scandal sheets such as the N.Y. Post, N.Y. Daily News, and Newsday, much to their self-inflicted shame and discredit, as well as the relentless routines by late-night comedians Jay Leno, David Letterman, and Jon Stewart, among so many others.

Is U.S. Attack on Libya Legal? Rep. Dennis Kucinich Debates Former Reagan Attorney Robert Turner

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Democracy Now!
June 16, 2011

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On Wednesday, a bipartisan group of 10 members of Congress sued President Obama for violating the War Powers Act of 1973 by failing to obtain congressional approval for military operations in Libya longer than 60 days. We host a debate between Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, one of the Congress members suing President Obama, and Robert Turner, who worked as an attorney in the Reagan White House and is a longtime critic of the War Powers Act.

Aiming to Preserve Autocratic Mideast Rule, Saudi Arabia Helps Crush Uprisings in Bahrain, Yemen

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Democracy Now!
June 16, 2011

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While the United States remains heavily involved in the Libya conflict, it has been noticeably silent on the violent suppression of popular uprisings against autocratic regimes in Bahrain and Yemen, both of which are close allies of Saudi Arabia. In March, Bahrain called in Saudi troops to help crush massive pro-democracy protests. We discuss the role of Saudi Arabia in recent regional uprisings with Toby Jones, assistant professor of history at Rutgers University and a former Persian Gulf analyst with the International Crisis Group.

“Regime Change” Right Here in America By Timothy V. Gatto

By Timothy V. Gatto
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liberalpro.blogspot.com
June 16, 2011

The simple fact is that we have lost our democracy (if we ever had one to begin with). Sure, the government gives us an appearance of Democracy but the facts are that the people are excluded from any decisions! In this article I’m going to provide the reader with links to most of what I claim. This is what most readers and site owners now require. Unlike the mainstream media that throws opinion out when supposedly covering the “news”, those in the alternative media now desire that their writers show proof of what they write. Here’s an example of Russia Today defending itself from charges that they are “anti-American”.  Media assault on RT

William Hague: Following in Churchill’s footsteps By William Bowles

by William Bowles
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williambowles.info
16 June, 2011

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“I do not understand this sqeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using poison gas against uncivilised tribes.” – Winston Churchill 1920

Now let me get this straight: In order to save civilian lives (the infamous ‘Right to Protect’), the Empire, through its Rottweiller NATO, not only deindustrializes Libya but it also causes a mass exodus of refugees hundreds of whom drowned

The Weight Of Chains (2010)

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Note: replaced video Oct. 22, 2011

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The Weight of Chains is a Canadian documentary film that takes a critical look at the role that the US, NATO and the EU played in the tragic breakup of a once peaceful and prosperous European state – Yugoslavia.

Peter Corning’s The Fair Society, reviewed by Walter C. Uhler

by Walter C. Uhler
Guest Writer
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www.walter-c-uhler.com
June 16, 2011

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A Review of The Fair Society: The Science of Human Nature and the Pursuit of Social Justice, by Peter Corning

“Seeing every man, not only by Right, but also by necessity of Nature, is supposed to endeavor all he can to obtain all that is necessary for his conservation, he that shall oppose himself against it, for things superfluous, is guilty of the war that thereupon is to follow.” – Thomas Hobbes

Austerity in Greece Meant to Break Workers’ Resistance + Thousands of Greeks Say No to Austerity

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Austerity in Greece Meant to Break Workers’ Resistance

TheRealNews on Jun 14, 2011

Leo Panitch: Greece will default on its debt, banks want to make Greek people pay a heavy price

Michael Parenti: Justice For Sale

replaced videos Oct. 28, 2012

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with Michael Parenti
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www.michaelparenti.org
June 16, 2011

Recorded 1994 or 1995?

Oct 13, 2012 by Pi11z3ury

Dr. Michael Parenti speaks about how law is used as a deterrent to political dissent and lists many social activists whom it has been used against.

Michael Parenti – Lazy Law and Social Control Part 1

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Part 2

. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alCJfgKWp2Q

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Michael Parenti’s most recent books are The Culture Struggle (2006), Contrary Notions: The Michael Parenti Reader (2007), God and His Demons(2010), Democracy for the Few (9th ed. 2011), and The Face of Imperialism (forthcoming April 2011). For further information about his work, visit his website: www.michaelparenti.org.

see

Michael Parenti: Gangster State + The U.S. Empire (2009)

Michael Parenti: Conspiracy and Class Power (1993)