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by Phil Rockstroh
Writer, Dandelion Salad
August 11, 2019
The US is less of a nation than a collective, psychotic episode.
Bodies on the Ground and the Rise and Rise of the Economic Elite by Phil Rockstroh
Terrorism
CIA: World’s Biggest Terrorist Organization, featuring William Blum
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with William Blum
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Originally posted January 27, 2013
July 25, 2019
Originally on PressTVGlobalNews on Jan 24, 2013
rightwithya1 on Jun 8, 2014
A close look at the history of the CIA from its initial mission of intelligence gathering during World War II to covert subversive, counterrevolutionary, assassination operations around the world to CIA-led coups and regime changes from its backyard of Latin America to Africa, Europe, Middle East/Near East, Far East, Central Asia, … to its present day War on Terror.
Will Griffin and Matthew Hoh: Fighting the Unwinnable War in Afghanistan, Parts 1-3
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With Will Griffin
Writer, Dandelion Salad
The Peace Report
March 8, 2019
“For all these costs, particularly the bloody expenditure of lives, the war remains the same as it was in 2009: neither side can win and neither side will surrender. US proclamations of military success and “hard won gains” are specious and are just one of the ever present lies of war.” — Matthew Hoh
No Man’s Land by Gaither Stewart
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by Gaither Stewart
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Rome, Italy
January 4, 2019
Get out your atlas. You will likely need it when you read farther here about the intriguing but little known story in a lesser known part of Alpine Europe: Italy’s northern territory of Alto Adige, better known as South Tyrol. I used an atlas for geographical details about the borderlands with which this article deals and where I have spent long periods. For it’s the details—often geographical—that will confound you every time. Such details make you aware that military planners of national strategy never spend enough time with their atlases. Over much of my lifetime I have passed through these border territories countless times, from north to south, south to north and yet I still discover new things about them.
Time to End the Ruinous U.S. Alliance with Saudi Arabia by Gareth Porter + Saudi-led Coalition Airstrike Kills 21 Civilians in Yemeni Market
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by Gareth Porter
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Crossposted from Middle East Eye
October 26, 2018
The murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi now seems very likely to prompt Congress to impose some sanctions on the Saudi government, and it may finally act to end the active US role in the Saudi-UAE war on Yemen.
Ray McGovern and Jason Leopold: 9/11 Not an “Intelligence Failure” + Ralph Nader on 9/11: The Empire’s Overkill + Abby Martin: 9/11 and the Belligerent Empire
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Dandelion Salad
Originally posted Sept. 11, 2011
TheRealNews on Sep 11, 2011
Ray McGovern and Jason Leopold: The intelligence agencies had the information, the question is why didn’t they use it?
Chris Hedges: Muslim Extradition and Repression
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with Chris Hedges
Originally on RT America on Sep 8, 2018
The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel on Jul 6, 2022
Sociologist Nisha Kapoor in her new book Deport, Deprive, Extradite – 21st Century State Extremism argues the extradition of Muslim men from the U.K. to the U.S. to face trials over terrorism allegations are being used by the state to enhance laws to silence free expression, dissent and protest.
Warning Sign to Anti-war Movement: Behind the Assassination of Donetsk Leader Alexander Zakharchenko, by Melinda Butterfield
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by Greg Butterfield
Workers World, Sept. 3, 2018
September 4, 2018
Alexander Zakharchenko, prime minister of the anti-fascist Donetsk People’s Republic, was assassinated on Aug. 31 when an explosion ripped through the Separ restaurant in the capital city of Donetsk.
Chris Hedges: The Development and Nature of ISIS
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on June 2, 2018
Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, author of A Theory of ISIS: Political Violence and the Transformation of the Global Order, discusses the development and nature of ISIS.
Capitalism Is Always At War by William T. Hathaway
by William T. Hathaway
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Originally published September 9, 2012
April 27, 2018
Vicious fanatics are trying to kill us and destroy our country. They’re blowing up our soldiers overseas. They’ve infiltrated our country. We must defend ourselves against these mad-dog berserkers before it’s too late.
Chris Hedges: A Recipe for an Emerging Dystopia + Q&A + Transcripts
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Updated: Dec. 30, 2017
with Chris Hedges
mediasanctuary on Dec 1, 2017
Journalist, author and war correspondent Chris Hedges spoke at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy NY on November 10, 2017 on fascism and empire in the age of Trump.
Four Horsemen
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with Michael Hudson, Noam Chomsky, Max Keiser, and John Perkins
Renegade Inc. on Sep 13, 2013
RenegadeInc.com brings you FOUR HORSEMEN – an award winning independent feature documentary which lifts the lid on how the world really works.
The Continuing Debate: Capitalism vs. Socialism by William Blum
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by William Blum
Writer, Dandelion Salad
August 25, 2017
I’m back
It has recently been reported that Senator John McCain has an aggressive brain tumor. Not long ago I would have thought: “Good. It’ll be great to be rid of that neanderthal reactionary bastard!”
Chris Hedges: Home Grown Hatred–Anger and Alienation in the US (2009)
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with Chris Hedges
VulgarTrader on Aug 14, 2017
Is America home to a secret underworld of militant political groups bent on overthrowing the U.S. Constitution? Are apocalyptic Christians akin to religious militants elsewhere in the world in their quest to create a religious state? In a democratic society, should people have the right to preach the extermination of others? Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center is joined by Chris Hedges, author of American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America. Ian Masters moderates.
Charlottesville is a Call to Action Against Fascism + Deandre Harris on Attack by White Supremacists
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(original photos by Zach D. Roberts)
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by Katherine Nolde, Richard Capron and Scott McLemee
Socialist Worker
August 14, 2017
THE FAR-right demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12–probably the largest public gathering of the racist “alt-right” ever–was clear evidence of the murderous forces nurtured and emboldened by Donald Trump over the past two years.
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