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What I do for Peace: An activists blog of stupid, silly, dangerous and downright funny stories

davidswanson — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:45:36 +0000

This blog is the creation of Elaine Brower. You can contribute by posting stories as Comments or sending them to Elaine.

Tomgram: Engelhardt, Armed Violence in the Homeland

TomDispatch — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:56:28 +0000

Our Jihadis and Theirs

The Real (Armed) Dangers of American Life
By Tom Engelhardt

Holding a Thumb to the Wind: America, Land of the Fearful, is No Place to Hitch-Hike

dlindorff — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:29:57 +0000

By Dave Lindorff

Yesterday, I hitch-hiked to the gym.

Solidarity & Resistance: Participatory Journalism

dlindorff — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:10:58 +0000

By Ron Ridenour

(Part II of journalist Ridenour’s political autobiography, Solidarity and Resistance: 50 Years With Che)

Wilfred Burchett was a key source of information for many of us who wanted to understand what the United States was doing against Southeast Asians. Burchett was an intrepid reporter for decades. He was the first correspondent to enter Hiroshima after the nuclear bombing and brought the world the military-censored news of its horrors.

CNN Reignites The Death Panel Myth & Sparks My "Network" Moment

Linda Milazzo — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:55:48 +0000

By Linda Milazzo

When will we change the course of corporate media? When will sane Americans take media to task? Can't we end this media madness before the fabric of our society irreversibly tears?

Across America people suffer end-of-life illness. They agonize in pain. They agonize in fear. They're in drug induced stupors. Modest people soil themselves in front of friends and family. They avert their eyes in shame. They lose and regain consciousness. They welcome the unconscious moments that shield them from feelings of helplessness and burdening those they love.

This is no way to live. This is no way to die.

Throughout the recent debate on the health care bill, the media - in particular cable TV and talk radio - inflamed the rhetoric on the bill; on the bill's size, its number of pages, its fiscal impact, its social impact, excluding abortion, surviving death panels...

DEATH PANELS?!

CA Nurses Strike Billion-Dollar Felon, HCA

Linda Milazzo — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 16:17:22 +0000

by Linda Milazzo

Registered Nurse Estella Chavez (photo by Linda Milazzo)

Tale Of A Pissed-Off Peace Activist

Linda Milazzo — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:06:14 +0000

By Dede Miller

Photo by Linda Milazzo

On Monday, November 29th, I attended an event at Saddleback Church, or, as I now call it, Sodom and Gomorrah, in Lake Forest California. George Bush was the guest Philistine. Sodom and Gomorrah is located deep in the heart of VERY conservative Orange county California. I, and my fellow defenders of good and justice, were literally in the belly of the beast..

American Midterm Candidates Pandered For Pro-Israel Money and Votes

Linda Milazzo — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 12:45:38 +0000

By Linda Milazzo

At a time when Israel faces near universal condemnation for the May 30th killings of eight Turkish citizens and one Turkish American aboard the Gaza bound Mavi Marmara, and worldwide rebuke for its continued blockade of Gaza and ongoing expansion into Jerusalem and the West Bank, American midterm candidates still pandered for pro-Israel money and votes during this 2010 midterm election.

Cognizant of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC) financial support for American politicians who legislate on Israel's behalf, allegiance to Israel played a role in several of this year's races.

111th Congress put policy before politics

jimstaro — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:37:39 +0000

And the 110th and 111th put Veterans and Military personal and their families above War, catching up to What Wasn't Done, and moving further even for us older vets, just previous in the 108th and 109th as they waged Wars of Choice {Afghanistan stopped being about 9/11 as soon as the drums beat at Iraq} and terror on others, creating more hatreds thus enemies towards us {including others around this planet not even in those regions}, not what we are or what we stand for, or did once!! And none of the previous decade has anything to do with any religious ideology, never did and never will!!

LA’s Sheriff Baca Stirs Fear Against Marijuana Days Before The Election

Linda Milazzo — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:15:34 +0000

All through the George W. Bush administration, Americans were fed a steady diet of fear, strategically orchestrated by Bush and Cheney to promote their political agenda. Americans were scared into supporting war. They were frightened into buying masking tape. They were jolted by elevated color codes. They were unnerved about flying on planes. And much much more...

For eight long years Bush and Cheney were masters of mania, preying on a nervous nation through well-timed machinations. What coincidence that terrorist threats would arise before elections and critical legislation. Even Osama bin Laden and Ayman Al Zawahiri would broadcast messages that helped push G.W.'s platform.

Using unjustified fear is an abuse of governance. Sadly for Los Angeles, Lee Baca, its Sheriff of twelve years who is running unopposed in this election, is employing the same fear tactics as George Bush and Dick Cheney.