Photo manipulation is becoming an art. However, the photo below depicting a large pro-US crowd in Iraq took no art at all. Instead, it is a ham-fisted doctored photograph reminiscent of Sen. Joe McCarthy's famous cropped photo of the 1950s, Alexander Haig's claim that a 1981 photo showed the Sandinistas burning bodies of the contras in Nicaragua (in actuality, that lie was … [Read more...] about -Fake Photos of Iraqis Welcoming Bush and Blair
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-The End of Arms Control and the Normalization of War
"What Colin Powell Showed Us: The End of Arms Control and the Normalization of War" by Carl Conetta. PDA Briefing Report #14, 05 May 2003 (.pdf file) -- https://www.comw.org/pda/fulltext/0305br14.pdfAn appreciation of the value and limits of arms control is necessary in order to understand how debasing the standards of proof leads ultimately to the demise of diplomacy and … [Read more...] about -The End of Arms Control and the Normalization of War
What sometimes should be said
What sometimes should be said, before it is too late...The comparisons below are eerily familiar...Found these on the Web;DOES THIS LOOK FAMILIAR? Nazism was a form of government that restricted personal freedom but permitted private ownership of property. It called for aggressive nationalism, militarism and expansion of Germany's spheres of control through military … [Read more...] about What sometimes should be said
-Vandana Shiva: Trade First is Suicidal for Farmers AND Food Security
ZNet Commentary The Crisis Of Potato Growers In U. P. April 24, 2003 By Vandana Shiva THE HARVEST OF TRADE LIBERALISATION POLICIESBy Dr. Vandana ShivaFollowing Andhra Pradesh and Punjab, agricultural debts and farmers suicides are now knocking on the doors of U.P. especially potato rowers. While the farmers are spending Rs. 255/Quintal on production, potatoes are being sold … [Read more...] about -Vandana Shiva: Trade First is Suicidal for Farmers AND Food Security
-Walking through life with your eyes closed: Fighting Alienation
by Robert JensenRobert Jensen is a journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin, a member of the Nowar Collective (www.nowarcollective.com), and author of "Writing Dissent: Taking Radical Ideas from the Margins to the Mainstream." He can be reached at rjensen@uts.cc.utexas.edu.I have lived in the United States all my life, and for personal and political … [Read more...] about -Walking through life with your eyes closed: Fighting Alienation