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with Abby Martin
Empire Files on Feb 26, 2022
Abby Martin and Brian Becker discuss the Ukraine war and what it means for the anti-war movement.
Abby Martin and Brian Becker: Questions for the US Anti-War Movement
Kosovo
The Media and Their Atrocities by Michael Parenti (2000)
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by Michael Parenti
Writer, Dandelion Salad
michaelparenti.org, May 2000
December 5, 2016
For the better part of a decade the U.S. public has been bombarded with a media campaign to demonize the Serbian people and their elected leaders. During that time, the U.S. government has pursued a goal of breaking up Yugoslavia into a cluster of small, weak, dependent, free-market principalities. Yugoslavia was the only country in Eastern Europe that would not dismantle its welfare state and public sector economy. It was the only one that did not beg for entry into NATO. It was — and what’s left of it, still is — charting an independent course not in keeping with the New World Order.
Embracing the US-NATO War Criminals Who Destroyed Our Country by Milina Jovanovic
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by Milina Jovanovic
Guest Writer, Dandelion Salad
September 7, 2016
Serbia’s Agreements with NATO. A War for US Hegemony in Europe
Seventeen years have passed and many people have already forgotten that the U. S. and a number of other NATO countries collectively waged one of the most destructive wars on the European continent since the end of World War II–the modern aerial bombing campaign against the Serbian people. In the tradition of the New World Order, this “intervention” wasn’t called “war.” It was argued by various Western politicians and the corporate media that the bombing campaign was directed against the late Serbian President Miloševic and his “propaganda machine.”[i] In fact, the NATO bombs loaded with depleted uranium[ii] were falling on bridges, maternity hospitals, private residences of ordinary people, a moving train, a Serbian TV station, the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, as well as water plants, schools, electrical power plants, and many other objects that were crucial for the society to function.
Provoking Nuclear War by Media by John Pilger
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by John Pilger
johnpilger.com
August 23, 2016
The exoneration of a man accused of the worst of crimes, genocide, made no headlines. Neither the BBC nor CNN covered it. The Guardian allowed a brief commentary. Such a rare official admission was buried or suppressed, understandably. It would explain too much about how the rulers of the world rule.
Is There Anyone Out There Who Still Believes in Barack Obama’s Lies? by William Blum
by William Blum
Writer, Dandelion Salad
www.killinghope.org
April 7, 2014
Indoctrinating a new generation
Is there anyone out there who still believes that Barack Obama, when he’s speaking about American foreign policy, is capable of being anything like an honest man? In a March 26 talk in Belgium to “European youth”, the president fed his audience one falsehood, half-truth, blatant omission, or hypocrisy after another. If George W. Bush had made some of these statements, Obama supporters would not hesitate to shake their head, roll their eyes, or smirk. Here’s a sample: Continue reading
The West Hell Bent On Starting World War III by Felicity Arbuthnot
by Felicity Arbuthnot
Writer, Dandelion Salad
London, England
March 21, 2014
As the US, EU and Britain huff and puff in barrel loads of clichés: “red lines” are “crossed”, “sovereignty and territorial integrity” has been “violated”, they stand “shoulder to shoulder” with their shoe-horned in fascist government in Ukraine, they are “resolute” against “Russian aggression”, and will not “stand idly by”, sanity seems in short supply.
Vladimir Putin: As Crimea as Kosovo, West Re-writing its Own Rule Book + Transcript
RT on Mar 18, 2014
Crimea’s secession from Ukraine was just like Kosovo’s secession from Serbia, and any arguments otherwise are just attempts to bend the West-advocated rules that were applied to the Kosovo case, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. Continue reading
Barack Obama’s Message to the Congress — Report Consistent with War Powers Resolution
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Propaganda Alert!
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
December 13, 2013
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)
I am providing this supplemental consolidated report, prepared by my Administration and consistent with the War Powers Resolution (Public Law 93-148), as part of my efforts to keep the Congress informed about deployments of U.S. Armed Forces equipped for combat.
The War on Terrorism … or whatever. by William Blum
by William Blum
Writer, Dandelion Salad
www.killinghope.org
October 8, 2013
“U.S. hopes of winning more influence over Syria’s divided rebel movement faded Wednesday after 11 of the biggest armed factions repudiated the Western-backed political opposition coalition and announced the formation of an alliance dedicated to creating an Islamist state. The al-Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra, designated a terrorist organization by the United States, is the lead signatory of the new group.” 1
Pity the poor American who wants to be a good citizen, wants to understand the world and his country’s role in it, wants to believe in the War on Terrorism, wants to believe that his government seeks to do good … What is he to make of all this?
If You See Something, Say Something. Unless It’s US War Crimes + United States Bombings (1950 to 2013) by William Blum
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by William Blum
Writer, Dandelion Salad
September 3, 2013
Found at last! After searching for 10 years, the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction have finally been found – in Syria!
Secretary of State John Kerry: “There is no doubt that Saddam al-Assad has crossed the red line. … Sorry, did I just say ‘Saddam’?”
Barack Obama’s Letter — Regarding the War Powers Resolution
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A little wrap-up on the status of permanent war.
Propaganda Alert!
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
June 14, 2013
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)
I am providing this supplemental consolidated report, prepared by my Administration and consistent with the War Powers Resolution (Public Law 93-148), as part of my efforts to keep the Congress informed about deployments of U.S. Armed Forces equipped for combat.
Rick Rozoff: From Kosovo to Missiles, NATO and the US are Planning to Not Only Take Over the World, But Take Over the Universe
by Rick Rozoff
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Stop NATO
May 23, 2013
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John Robles
Voice of Russia
May 22, 2013
Western support for KLA terrorists and support for the self-declared independence of Kosovo are part of a pan-Albanian plan for the region, NATO is reaching its tentacles into space and there has never been any real offer of cooperation by NATO to Russia, all of these issues were recently discussed with regular Voice of Russia contributor Rick Rozoff, the owner and manager of the Stop NATO website and mailing list.
Rick Rozoff: European Guantanamo: Why The U.S. Wants Serbia To Give Up Kosovo
by Rick Rozoff
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Stop NATO
May 17, 2013
John Robles
Voice of Russia
May 17, 2013
The U.S. military base in Kosovo was constructed in 1999 without consulting with the government of Serbia and is the largest U.S. military base built outside of the U.S. since the Vietnam War. The site was apparently used for extraordinary renditions and has been referred to as a “little Guantanamo”. Continue reading
Hidden Away Somewhere Within The Labyrinth Of The Pentagon… by Gaither Stewart
by Gaither Stewart
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Rome, Italy
Oct. 29, 2012
Hidden away somewhere within the labyrinth of the Pentagon there must be a top secret euphemism department engaged in the invention of the Orwellian surrogate words that have crept surreptitiously into the American English vocabulary and from there translated into many other languages. In my mind I see a unit of studiously serious executives, coffee mugs in their hands and their neckties awry, devising senseless terms for terrible things and used unthinkingly by people today from New York to California, from Maine to Texas. The goal of my imaginary secret unit is to render ugly terms meaningless or to transform them into their opposite. To quote the perceptive Scottish writer, Candia McWilliam, “plain words are always under threat.” There are words that don’t say what they mean and there are words that say what they don’t mean.
Lethal Hypocrisies—of Haunting Lily Pads by Branford Perry
By Branford Perry
Review of Gaither Stewart’s book, Lily Pad Roll: Journey to the Outposts of the Empire
Dandelion Salad
Hipographia
Oct. 27, 2012
Lily Pad Roll: Journey to the Outposts of the Empire
by Gaither Stewart
Trepper & Katz Impact Books, 344 pp, $12.45 (Paper)
Also available in electronic format at $6.99
I just finished a second reading of Gaither Stewart’s explosive and highly disturbing new novel, Lily Pad Roll, volume two of the Europe Trilogy.
At the end of such a novel I like to sit in silence, in semi-obscurity if possible, and let the atmosphere sweep over me in order to feel the sum effect of my reading and the residue and the mood I know I will feel come over me each time I think of the work in the future.
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