I’m almost 60, and in these many decades I’ve seen people—some of them good friends—taken down by all kinds of things. Alcohol and drugs, mostly. … You Really Need to Quit TwitterRead more
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Squeezed to Death
Half a million children have died in Iraq since UN sanctions were imposed – most enthusiastically by Britain and the US. Three UN officials have … Squeezed to DeathRead more
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A Moral Outrage
It was the public, not politicians, who forced the Australian government to end the betrayal of East Timor. On October 11, the Guardian published a … A Moral OutrageRead more
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ExxonMobil Lobbyist on Playbook for Plastic
“It’s Just Like on Climate Change” Greenpeace UK has released additional video clips of its explosive, undercover interview of one of ExxonMobil’s top lobbyists. In … ExxonMobil Lobbyist on Playbook for PlasticRead more
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Father Stan Swamy: A Soft-Spoken Man With a Fire Within
I write this seething with rage. Livid about the injustice, the cruelty, the sheer inhumanity of the senseless death of a simple, committed human being … Father Stan Swamy: A Soft-Spoken Man With a Fire WithinRead more
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We helped them descend into hell
It had been a long night of waiting for the Indonesian troop convoy to pass. Two of us then crossed the border into East Timor … We helped them descend into hellRead more
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Stan Swamy Passes Away After Contracting COVID-19 in Jail
Jesuit priest and tribal rights activists Stan Swamy passed away on Monday afternoon, two days after he was placed on ventilator support in Mumbai’s Holy … Stan Swamy Passes Away After Contracting COVID-19 in JailRead more
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Cold War was a marketing campaign for subsidization of the aerospace industry
Hitler Wouldn’t Risk Doomsday, But The United States Did Daniel Ellsberg on RAI (2/8) [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LpRdP7Ge64&rel=0&feature=relmfu]
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The Elites Are Fighting a Vicious Class War All the Time
In 1967, Noam Chomsky emerged as a leading critic of the Vietnam War with a New York Review of Books essay critiquing US foreign policy’s … The Elites Are Fighting a Vicious Class War All the TimeRead more
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Ethical Problems With Modern Cars Containing Proprietary Software That Drivers Cannot Remove/Replace
THE folks lurking in our IRC channels have likely seen this recurring theme; cars and the things that nowadays go into new cars concern us. … Ethical Problems With Modern Cars Containing Proprietary Software That Drivers Cannot Remove/ReplaceRead more