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with Chris Hedges
RT on Sep 23, 2014
Abby Martin speaks with journalist and author, Chris Hedges, going over where the recent mass climate change demonstrations in New York fall short, as well as why he believes revolt is the only solution to restoring a functioning American democracy.
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Chris Hedges at #FloodWallStreet
ItsTheFree on Sep 25, 2014
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Updated: Sept. 24, 2014
Turkish-Syrian Border “A Gaping Hole” in Obama’s UN Speech
TheRealNews on Sep 24, 2014
Vijay Prashad says Obama’s comments on enforcing international norms have no currency with most people around the world and are aimed at appeasing liberal Democrats.
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UNSC unanimously adopts resolution on foreign terrorist fighters
RT on Sep 24, 2014
In the wake of the rise of the Islamic State the UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution demanding all member states to make it a serious criminal offense for their citizens to travel abroad to fight with extremists or support them.
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‘US can’t defeat ISIS without Syrian government’
RT on Sep 24, 2014
The United Nations’ most-powerful body has unanimously approved a resolution aimed against jihadist volunteers who join the ranks of extremist groups. Brian Becker from the anti-war Answer coalition says that to defeat Islamic State Washington must cooperate with Damascus.
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US Bombs Syria Without Congressional Approval
with David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
warisacrime.org
Sept. 24, 2014
TheRealNews on Sep 24, 2014
After the House passes a rule banning calls for a debate or vote on war authorization, critics say Obama and Congressional leadership are curbing dissent within their ranks
see also
Video: David Swanson on Ed Schultz Show on MSNBC
from the archives:
Chris Hedges Calls Van Jones a Whore + Capitalism Exploits Humans + Mass Arrests (#FloodWallSt)
Chris Hedges, Gaza Rally in NYC: God’s Covenant in the Promised Land + #GazaDayofRage Protests
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David Swanson is right, a weapons embargo should be the first priority!
Hmmm, Israel is suspiciously silent, very quiet, why? Seems like their future is secured so long as other peoples’ chaos rules. So no liability or possible engagement there. Besides this “new barbarism” conveniently renders the never-ending agony of Gaza as merely a necessary “historical” blip. That’s yesterday’s news, so why care about the enduring suffering, pain and horror of “subhumans?”
Everyone knows, the last thing US energy tycoons, imperial war-hawks, corporate death-cult franchises & the armchair peddlers of prohibitively costly ordnance need is more (congressional) war business…so, I guess it’s just another moral crusade.
Well done Obama. Yes you can, buddy! Feels so good…
What a holy man.
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Updated again. Added an interview with David Swanson and Medea Benjamin, “US Bombs Syria Without Congressional Approval.”
Updated: added a couple more video reports.
Updated: added a video interview with Vijay Prashad, “Turkish-Syrian Border “A Gaping Hole” in Obama’s UN Speech.”
Listening to Obama’s insipid, pompous histrionics today was one of the most nauseating public examples of hypocritical “presidential” drivel I can recall.
I’m sure it was nauseating. I haven’t the stomach to listen to it myself. Read a few of the titles on videos and that was enough.
Truly in so many ways the US/world would have been better off if McCain (2008) or Romney (2012) had been elected instead of Obama. At least there would have been an antiwar movement (in contrast to the little one that we do have).
Did hear a bit of the speech in the video report/interview that I just added to this post. The hypocrisy is laughable if the issue wasn’t so deadly.