Chris Hedges: The World As it Is

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with Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
May 13, 2011

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“You can’t sustain a democracy in an oligarchic state. The writers on Athenian democracy understood that 2000 years ago,” says Chris Hedges, whose new book The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress explores the problems of a crumbling empire, inside and out.

Chris joins Laura in studio for a conversation about the death of Bin Laden and the continuing concern over terrorism, the end of empathy in the U.S., and what avenues are left for progressives to fight back.  “The elites are not going to help us,” he warns, “We’re going to have to help ourselves.”

David Ray Griffin: What is the proof?

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with David Ray Griffin
Bonnie Faulkner
Guns and Butter
May 11, 2011
July 22, 2009 interview

We examine all the evidence, both that indicating bin Laden died, and that suggesting he was still alive in 2009; the important bin Laden videos and audio recordings, the significance, if any, in the timing of their release; and statements by significant political and intelligence figures.

End the Land Mine Plague, by Ralph Nader

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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page
May 13, 2011

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Everyday around the world innocent people, many of them children, are killed or injured by millions of unexploded land mines and cluster bombs. Some of the cluster bomblets look like candy or a toy which attract a child in a field, orchard, schoolyard or by the roadside.

Powerful aggressor nations are responsible for most of these anti-personal weapons being laid from land or by air. Most recently, Libya’s rulers laid mines on the outskirts of Ajdabiya as part of its battle against the resistance.

Rick Rozoff: NATO’s Attack On Africa

by Rick Rozoff
Featured Writer
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Stop NATO
Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism
May 13, 2011

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May 11, 2011

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Brendan Stone

NATO’s Attack on Africa

“There are two full-fledged wars in the world right now, and both of them are commanded by NATO.”

Summary: Rick Rozoff draws parallels between the attack on Libya and NATO’s earlier war on Yugoslavia. But more than that, NATO’s attack represents an attack on Africa itself, and the idea that anyone can be independent of U.S. hegemony.

Ron Paul announces 2012 Presidential Candidacy

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May 13, 2011

“Because we don’t have true democracy in this country. We lose lives going overseas, spreading our goodness and great democracy and we orchestrate elections. We don’t like them, we void them. We ignore them — I’m saying — if we don’t get the people we support and the people the CIA supports. But running as an independent here is just about impossible, unless you’re a billionaire like Ross Perot. You don’t get on the base. If I was an independent, George, you would not have me on this program this morning,” Paul explained.

Stephen Kohn: Whistleblowing and the First Amendment, interviewed by Peter B. Collins and Sibel Edmonds

by Peter B. Collins and Sibel Edmonds
Featured Writer
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Originally published by Boiling Frogs Post
May 13, 2011

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Stephen Kohn joins us to discuss his book The Whistleblower’s Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Doing what’s Right and Protecting Yourself. He explains whistleblowing as a civil liberties and a First Amendment issue, the role of whistleblowers as enablers of congressional oversight, and discusses the legal and political implications involved in whistleblowing. Mr. Kohn presents us with astounding statistics and reports illustrating how whistleblowing is far more effective than regulatory authorities, and how contributions by corporate whistleblowers uncover far more fraud and corruption within their companies than all the government police and regulatory authorities combined.

Skepticism Grows. Who Did the Rambo Squad Kill? by Cameron Salisbury

by Cameron Salisbury
Featured Writer
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Opedinfo.com
May 13, 2011

If one listens between the lines, it seems clear that the U.S. government has serious doubts about who it murdered in Abbottabad. The problem is not just the changing account coming from spokespersons. The problem is the facts themselves.

At first they were 90% sure that they had killed Osama Bin Laden, meaning a one in ten chance that they had screwed up. Pretty poor odds for an assassination. Then the odds went to 95%, and finally, after the fastest DNA analysis in history, to 99.9%.