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with Chris Hedges
“Anyone who has been in war would understand that evil is real.” — Chris Hedges
Interview with Chris Hedges: The Greatest Evil is War
Author: dandelionsalad
The Military to American Youth: You Belong to Me, by Robert C. Koehler
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by Robert C. Koehler
Guest Writer, Dandelion Salad
September 26, 2022
Ah, the children!
They belong to us, sayeth the Department of Defense. At least some of them do.
PSL Editorial: Democrats Deepen Embrace of the Cops with Police Funding Bills
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by Liberation Staff
LiberationNews.org, Sept. 22, 2022
September 25, 2022
Democrats in the House of Representatives today passed a police funding bill aimed at further distancing themselves from the movement against racist brutality that burst onto the scene in 2020. While many Democratic Party politicians cynically attempted to position themselves as supporters of the movement when it first emerged, now they are showing their true selves – loyal supporters of the cops.
Whatever Happened to the Mass Rallies That Used to Command the Attention of Congress? by Ralph Nader
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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page, Sept. 23, 2022
September 24, 2022
Long before the Covid pandemic, it was important to ask, where are the mass movements to enact in Congress majoritarian-supported changes and reforms? Another question: Whatever happened to the mass rallies that used to command the attention of our 535 members of Congress to whom we have given our sovereign power?
Chris Hedges and John Shipton: Julian Assange’s Looming Extradition and the Imperative of Mass Resistance
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with Chris Hedges
TheRealNews on Sep 23, 2022
A society that prohibits the capacity to speak in truth extinguishes the capacity to live in justice.
Debate: Can War Ever Be Justified? Arnold August vs. David Swanson
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by David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Let’s Try Democracy, Sept. 21, 2022
September 22, 2022
Debate set up by World BEYOND War on September 21, 2022, International Day of Peace.
Roger Waters: The Occupation of the American Mind
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Dandelion Salad
Previously posted April 24 2018
Warning
This video may contain images depicting the reality and horror of war/violence and should only be viewed by a mature audience.
Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay on Aug 27, 2021
A documentary film narrated by legendary musician and activist Roger Waters of Pink Floyd trains a harsh light on Israel’s decades-long propaganda war in the U.S.
David Swanson, et al: How to Get to a World BEYOND War + Why Abolish War, by David Swanson
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by David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Let’s Try Democracy, Sept. 19, 2022
September 20, 2022
Plenary: How to Get to a World BEYOND War
UNITY EARTH on Sep 19, 2022
Why it’s needed, what educational work moves us toward it, and what nonviolent activism can accomplish.
The “American Experiment” Is Dying. What Will Replace It? by Rainer Shea
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by Rainer Shea
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Rainer Shea’s Newsletter, Sept. 18, 2022
September 19, 2022
The United States is considered the longest standing “democracy” by bourgeois thinkers because it’s never actually been a democracy, and has survived so long by undemocratically suppressing its proletariat. The jingoists who say it’s a republic and not a democracy are at least being honest about the nature of the social order they support. The USA was designed to be a modern version of Rome, an empire that only represented the interests of those who most directly benefit from the violence against the oppressed nations. Those being the rich, and the social base that’s bribed to align with the interests of the rich.
Ten Days of Bloated Pageantry and Ritual Overkill: It’s Time for the Monarchy to Go, by Andy Worthington
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by Andy Worthington
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Andy Worthington website, Sept. 17, 2022
September 18, 2022
In 2022, when it’s often difficult to get people to pay attention to anything for more than a few minutes, when the country faces an economic crisis unprecedented in our lifetimes, and the spectre of total environmental collapse looms ever closer, it seems to be extraordinarily anachronistic for the British establishment to insist that there must a ten-day period of national mourning following the death of Queen Elizabeth II last Thursday, at the age of 96, after 70 years on the throne.
Michael Parenti: How To Think About Class
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with Michael Parenti
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Originally posted Jan. 31, 2019
September 17, 2022
“But you can’t do that with Class. By definition, you can’t say we’ll have a society where the rich capitalists and workers are equal together.” — Michael Parenti
Chris Hedges: How George Armstrong Custer Became a Martyr Used to Justify Genocide and US Imperialism
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with Chris Hedges
TheRealNews on Sep 16, 2022
Custer became in death a martyr to the American empire. He was in popular mythology the last to die in the battle, a symbol of martial valor, although there is scant evidence for this assertion.
World BEYOND War Volunteers to Reproduce “Offensive” Peace Mural, by David Swanson
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by David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
World BEYOND War, Sept. 14, 2022
September 15, 2022
A talented artist in Melbourne, Australia, has been in the news for painting a mural of Ukrainian and Russian soldiers hugging — and then for taking it down because people were offended. The artist, Peter ‘CTO’ Seaton, has been quoted as saying he was raising funds for our organization, World BEYOND War. We want to not only thank him for that but offer to put the mural up elsewhere.
Michael Hudson: A Short History of Inflation in Modern Times
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by Michael Hudson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
September 14, 2022
Multipolarista on Sep 8, 2022
Economist Michael Hudson discusses partial student debt relief in the US, inflation and the Fed, disaster capitalism in Ukraine, and China’s challenge to the petrodollar.
We Have A Violence Problem — Campaign Nonviolence Strives To Solve It, by Rivera Sun
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by Rivera Sun
Writer, Dandelion Salad
September 13, 2022
We have a violence problem. It runs through our nation like an invisible road system, touching every front door, cutting through each town and city. Mass shootings kill our children in their schools. Forty-five thousand people will take their own lives this year. An additional 14,000 are likely to be killed by gun violence. Twelve million of our fellow citizens will experience intimate partner violence this year. More than ten million children face violence in the forms of maltreatment, verbal abuse, sexual assault, extreme neglect, and physical abuse.
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