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Norman Solomon & Peter B. Collins on the Joan Kenley show
"Our 24/7 media cycle is dominated by opinionated news pundits and an onslaught of celebrity or person-of-the-moment headlines. Do we create a false reality from false information? How do our reactions impact our lives – personally and collectively – from politics to war to the economy to our planet’s very survival? Not afraid to challenge…
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Democrats and War Escalation
Top Democrats and many prominent supporters – with vocal agreement, tactical quibbles or total silence – are assisting the escalation of the US war effort in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The predictable results will include much more killing and destruction. Back home, on the political front, the escalation will drive deep wedges into the Democratic Party……
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These Colors Won’t Run…Afghanistan
Is your representative speaking out against escalation of the Afghanistan war? Last week, some members of Congress sent President Obama a letter that urged him to "reconsider" his order deploying 17,000 additional US troops to Afghanistan… One of several journalists in Afghanistan on a tour "organized by the staff of commanding Gen. David D. McKiernan,"…
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Where the money goes
Early this winter, the PBS "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" interviewed the medical director at a community clinic in Northern California. He recalled the sight of military equipment moving along railroad tracks next to his office. "I've joked with my colleagues," Dr. David Katz said, "if we could just get one of those Abrams tanks we…