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Worth a Look: Empire, Racism, and Genocide – A History of U.S. Foreign Policy

In its entire history, there has been very little time when the United States has been at peace. As it wages its many wars and ‘interventions’, the stated goal is always something few people could argue with: fostering democracy when a struggling people are resisting tyranny, removing threats to U.S. security, or punishing a cruel …

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CounterPunch: WikiLeaks vs. the Empire – the Revolutionary Act of Telling the Truth

Wikileaks vs. the Empire: the Revolutionary Act of Telling the Truth To the rulers of the world in Washington and Europe, Syria’s true crime is not the oppressive nature of its government but its independence from American and Israeli power – just as Iran’s true crime is its independence, and Russia’s true crime is its …

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Review: Decline and Fall – The End of Empire and the Future of Democracy in 21st Century America

John Michael Greer 5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Primer, July 8, 2015 I come at this book with something most readers do not have, over 2,000 non-fiction book reviews here at Amazon, and I mention it only because there are some negative reviews that I think are lacking in the larger context one gets …

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Review (Guest): The Empire of Necessity – Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World

Greg Grandin The complexity of the moral landscape during America’s founding generation, March 2, 2014 Herbert L Calhoun “paulocal” The reader is unlikely to find a book that better contextualizes or sharpens the focus of the moral issues confronting America’s founding generation than this book. Using the metaphor of “empires of necessity,” the author shows …

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Gordon Duff: Are the Mormons in Charge of America’s Drug Empire? Is NSA Part of Their Power Base?

America’s Drug Empire Narcotics: Business of Western wars “Heroin trafficking is the lubrication that keeps the wheels of Western politics moving as intended.”   It was only a week ago that the US government released Eric Harroun, a former soldier who had been fighting with foreign backed al-Qaeda terrorists and the CIA against the Assad …

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