The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Heather Linebaugh’s personal account of her work on the US drone program gives one set of reasons for why that program should be stopped immediately. Another reason was given by the Prime Minister of Pakistan two days ago: the use of drones in Pakistan violates the national sovereignty of that country and is protested by …
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A Jewish State Would Not Be Oppressive or Racist Toward the Powerless, the Immigrants, the Homeless, The Other–an essay by Uri Avnery Editor’s Note: Uri Avnery, a committed atheist, and chair of Israel’s peace movement Gush Shalom, recognizes that the real problem in Israel today is not that it is a Jewish state, but that it …
Great news! Congessman Keith Ellison, who represents Minneapolis/St Paul in the U.S. House of Representatives, introduced a resolution in effect endorsing the NSP version of a Global Marshall Plan into the House of Representatives as H Res 439. It was referred to the Republican controlled Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives. Please read …
Obama Suppressing 6,000-Page Report on CIA Torture Adopted by Senate Intelligence Committee by: David Harris-Gershon on December 14th, 2013 | 3 Comments » Over a year ago, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to adopt a historic, 6,000-page report which contains “startling details” about CIA misdeeds related to its torture program. The report, which cost $40 …
Tikkun’s Contributing Editor Stephen Zunes shows why non-violence became so significant in the struggle for liberation in South Africa. Mandela’s utilitarianism and the struggle for liberation STEPHEN ZUNES 13 December “Mandela was a great leader because he recognized that the movement had become a civil insurrection, a largely nonviolent struggle. A great leader is one who …
Revolutionary Suicide: Risking Everything to Transform Society and Live Fully by Lynice Pinkard Tikkun, October 22, 2013 Global capitalism is a system, or rather, an interlocking network of systems. Permeating every area of our lives, it operates much like the Catholic Church operated in Europe before the Reformation. It transcends nationhood but is immersed in …
7 Reasons for Spiritual Progressives to Engage Humbly with Fundamentalists by: Sigfried Gold on November 12th, 2013 | 6 Comments » Progressives deliver lofty words about embracing people who are different from us, but we often fail to put those words into practice when it comes to religious fundamentalists. In truth, there are many deep …
