Protesters Demand Problem-Solving, Not DemonizationSaturday 05 June 2010
by: Sarah Lazare, t r u t h o u t | Report
(Photo: evan.finn / Flickr)
Vietnam War-era veteran and member of the Phoenix Veterans for Peace chapter, David Winkler, was one of 50,000 people who converged in Phoenix on May 29th to protest Arizona Senate Bill 1070. "In Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as on the U.S.-Mexico border, the U.S. is attempting to use the military to solve social problems," he said. "Immigration is not a military problem, and it should not be dealt with by the military." (Read More)
Pariah Nation
Friday 04 June 2010
by: Alexander Cockburn, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed
Vietnam War-era veteran and member of the Phoenix Veterans for Peace chapter, David Winkler, was one of 50,000 people who converged in Phoenix on May 29th to protest Arizona Senate Bill 1070. "In Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as on the U.S.-Mexico border, the U.S. is attempting to use the military to solve social problems," he said. "Immigration is not a military problem, and it should not be dealt with by the military." (Read More)
Pariah NationFriday 04 June 2010
by: Alexander Cockburn, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed
(Photo: freegazaorg)
As the TV networks give unlimited airtime to its apologists, the message rolls out that Israel is permitted every illegal act in the lexicon of international law, from acts of violence against a civilian population (the people of Gaza, starved under permanent blockade) to piracy on the high seas, in the lethal attacks by Israeli commandoes on the relief flotilla. The guiding rule in this tsunami of drivel is that the viewers should be brainwashed into thinking Israel somehow has the right and the duty to act at will as the mad-dog of the planet. (Read More)
Former UN Official Urges Irish-Americans to Defend the Rachel Corrie
Thursday 03 June 2010
by: Robert Naiman, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis
Former UN Assistant Secretary General Denis Halliday said it was imperative that the Obama administration supported Ireland's call on the Israeli authorities to ensure safe passage for the Irish-flagged Rachel Corrie to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza, the Irish Times reports. (Read More)
As the TV networks give unlimited airtime to its apologists, the message rolls out that Israel is permitted every illegal act in the lexicon of international law, from acts of violence against a civilian population (the people of Gaza, starved under permanent blockade) to piracy on the high seas, in the lethal attacks by Israeli commandoes on the relief flotilla. The guiding rule in this tsunami of drivel is that the viewers should be brainwashed into thinking Israel somehow has the right and the duty to act at will as the mad-dog of the planet. (Read More)
Former UN Official Urges Irish-Americans to Defend the Rachel Corrie
Thursday 03 June 2010
by: Robert Naiman, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis
Former UN Assistant Secretary General Denis Halliday said it was imperative that the Obama administration supported Ireland's call on the Israeli authorities to ensure safe passage for the Irish-flagged Rachel Corrie to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza, the Irish Times reports. (Read More)
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