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by Tom H. Hastings
Writer, Dandelion Salad
April 19, 2022
Many attempts have been made to stop war.
Many fail.
How to Convert a War to Peace, by Tom H. Hastings
Philippines
Abby Martin: “United States” to Imperial America: Our Hidden Empire
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with Abby Martin
Empire Files on Jul 28, 2019
The global expanse of US military bases is well-known; but its actual territorial empire is largely hidden. The true map of America is not taught in our schools.
Abby Martin: The Roots of the Philippines Trafficking Epidemic, Part 2
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This video may contain images depicting the reality and horror of war/violence and should only be viewed by a mature audience.
with Abby Martin
teleSUR English on Jun 20, 2017
In this sequel to The Empire Files’ report on trafficked Filipina domestic workers, Damayan’s Linda Oalican provides a deeper context to the epidemic of human trafficking by guiding us through the history of colonialism, resistance and US domination of the islands.
Abby Martin: Buying a Slave – The Hidden World of US-Philippines Trafficking, Part 1
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with Abby Martin
teleSUR English on May 16, 2017
Human trafficking is a hidden industry that brings in $150 billion in illegal profits every year. In the United States, tens of thousands are trafficked annually—the biggest clients being major hotel chains and foreign diplomats.
Hong Kong Protests: Why Imperialists Support ‘Democracy’ Movement by Sara Flounders + Pepe Escobar: Operation ‘Occupy Central’
by Sara Flounders
Workers.org
October 7, 2014
Demonstrations in Hong Kong, China, raising demands on the procedures to be followed in city elections in 2017, have become an international issue and a source of political confusion.
The protests, called Occupy Central, have received enormous and very favorable U.S. media coverage. Every news report describes with great enthusiasm the occupation of central business parts of Hong Kong as “pro-democracy” protests. The demonstrations, which began on Sept. 22, gained momentum after Hong Kong police used tear gas to open roads and government buildings. Continue reading
COP 19: Activists Demanding Climate Justice
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democracynow on Nov 18, 2013
We are broadcasting all week from Warsaw, Poland, where the U.N. climate summit, known as COP 19, has just entered its second week. On Saturday, thousands of protesters marched in Warsaw calling for climate justice, culminating in a rally outside the National Stadium where the climate summit is being held. Speakers from all over the world addressed the crowd, urging world leaders to take action on global warming, including climate activists from the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice, the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, and organizers of a chartered train that brought more than 700 people from Belgium, Britain and France to join the demonstration. Polish activists also spoke, including residents of the village of Zurawlow, where resistance to fracking is growing despite massive shale gas concessions. democracynow.org
Disaster Follows Disaster in the Philippines + Typhoon Haiyan One of Worst Storms in History
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by Alessandro Tinonga and Nicole Colson
SocialistWorker.org
November 12, 2013
“WORSE THAN hell.” That’s how Magina Fernandez, a survivor of Typhoon Haiyan in the now-decimated Philippines city of Tacloban, described the aftermath of the storm to CNN.
Southeast Asia: U.S. Revives And Expands Cold War Military Alliances Against China by Rick Rozoff
by Rick Rozoff
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Stop NATO
June 9, 2012
On May 30 the two officials most in charge of the U.S.’s formidible global military machine, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey, visited Pacific Command headquarters in Hawaii to launch multi-nation tours of the Asia-Pacific region and formally commence the announced shift of American military concentration and assets to the area.
Michael Parenti: The Spanish American War (1990)
by Michael Parenti
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
www.michaelparenti.org
December 4, 2010
US foreign policy of our time is clearly interventionist. From the 1950s to today, from Korea, Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan and countless smaller wars in between the country has moved away from the sentiment once expressed by George Washington: Beware of foreign entanglements.
The Golf War (1999)
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February 02, 2010
“The Golf War” documentary tells the story of Filipino peasants being violently and illegally kicked off their ancestral land to make way for one of Asias largest golf resorts. Filmmakers Jen Schradie and Matt DeVries interviewed developers and politicians, as well as armed guerrillas and peasants fighting the development. They even caught Tiger Woods promoting golf in the Philippines.
Dancing Inmates: Michael Jackson’s “They don’t care about us”
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January 22, 2010
CPDRC
Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center
a maximum security prison in the PhilippinesMichael Jackson’s long time choreographer Travis Payne and MJ dancers Performed with the Dancing inmates on January 19, 2010. Sony Studios made this event possible!
Humanitarian Disaster in the Philippines – In the Cruel Aftermath of Tropical Storm Ketsana by Michel Chossudovsky
by Michel Chossudovsky
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October 6, 2009
I arrived in Manila barely a week after the disaster struck, affecting the lives of more nearly 4 million people, devastating more than 700,000 households, creating a public health disaster, destroying the lives of population groups, which were already living well below the poverty line.
During my visit to Manila, I was hosted by the Ibon foundation and the CDRC, one of the main NGOs involved in relief efforts, in close liason with people’s organizations in the affected areas.
Under the auspices of CDRC and other NGOs involved in relief work, I visited Marinika, one of the main disaster areas in Metro Manila, where an entire urban area was devastated by the floods, with water levels reaching the second floor of people’s homes. There was no government presence, no medical or public health officials on location, no electricity, no drinking water. Toxic waste, garbage, piles of mud have accumulated.
Abnormal weather in the Philippines (video)
Despite signing the Kyoto protocol, Australia – along with the US, Canada and Japan – is resisting pressure to agree to deep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions.
That’s unwelcome news for parts of the globe where the effects of climate change are already being felt.
Marga Ortigas went to Sultan Kudarat in the southern Philippines, where she found farmers struggling to deal with unpredictable weather. Added: December 12, 2007
Al Jazeera: Behind the Philippine ‘Thriller’ video (video)
July 29, 2007
Al Jazeera’s Marga Ortigas gets behind the scenes of the Cebu provincial detention centre’s, Michael Jackson ‘Thriller’ remake.
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