Social Networking, Military Expeditions and America’s Holy Crusade

July 1 2012 by rowan wolf in Uncategorized |No Comments
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By Felicity Arbuthnot. Republished from Global Research.

“Diplomacy: The conduct of the relations of one state with another by peaceful means; skill in the management of international relations … “

“Duplicity: deception; double dealing.” (Collins Dictionary.)

“Crusade: Medieval military expeditions undertaken by the Christian powers … to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims.”

Remember that “Crusade”? It is back, it seems – if it ever went away.

On 16th September 2001, George W. Bush announced: “. . . this Crusade, this war on terrorism, is going to take a while.”

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America: Drugged Up, Dumbed Down and Crazy Dangerous

June 30 2012 by rowan wolf in GUEST AUTHOR, IMPERIALISM, MIDDLE EAST AND/OR ISLAM, US MILITARY |2 Comments
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By Robert Bridge. Republished from RT.

Picture from Arab Revolution 2011

The dogs of war are barking in the backyard and some deranged minds seem determined to swing open the gates – again. At the same time, the American people, the only ones who can stop the savagery, are saddled with long-term debt, deficits and depression.
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The Predicament of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

June 29 2012 by rowan wolf in GUEST AUTHOR, MIDDLE EAST AND/OR ISLAM |No Comments
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By Ramzy Baroud

Image courtesy of Intifada: Voice of Palestine.

When Lebanese security reportedly killed 18-year-old Ahmad al-Qasim over a documentation dispute in the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, the camp’s Palestinian refugee population erupted in anger and dismay.

Within a few days of the June 15 incident, the outrage had spread and more refugees were killed. Fouad Muhi’edeen Lubany was killed on June 18, as a crowd of mourning refugees attempted to bury the first victim of Nahr al-Bared, near Tripoli in the north. Another victim of the violence was Khaled al-Youssef, who was shot in Ein al-Hilweh refugee camp, near Saida, about 30 miles south of Beirut. More Palestinians were reportedly injured, along with three Lebanese security officers.
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Are Wars Inevitable?

June 28 2012 by rowan wolf in CJO'S OpEds, GUEST AUTHOR, IDEOLOGICAL COMBAT |No Comments
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By William T. Hathaway. Republished from Dandelion Salad.
Image courtesy Dandelion Salad.

“We’ve always had wars. Humans are a warring species. Without an army to defend us, someone will always try to conquer us.”

These assumptions have become axioms of our culture. They generate despair but also a certain comfort because they relieve us of the responsibility to change.
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Africa’s Deadly Spy Infestation

June 27 2012 by rowan wolf in COVERT OPS & INTELLIGENCE, GUEST AUTHOR, IMPERIALISM, US MILITARY |No Comments
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By Mark P. Fancher. Republished from the Black Agenda Report.

The expanding U.S. spy infrastructure in Africa, including a network of landing strips to service a fleet of intelligence-gathering aircraft, is inherently hostile to African self-dermination. That’s because “those who dictate U.S. intelligence policy make decisions on the basis of where access to oil and valuable minerals is threatened, or where an African leader has in some way resisted the imperialist program.” Washington is establishing the structures to recolonize Africa, in the guise of anti-terrorism.
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Social Stratification in Modern Day United States

June 26 2012 by rowan wolf in GUEST AUTHOR, INEQUALITY |1 Comment
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By Andrew Springer, student author.

Popular culture of modern America celebrates equality. The United States displays it’s affinity for fostering equality in nearly any facet imaginable, in forms both formal and informal. We flaunt how far we have come in our government-recognized holidays such as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, local festivals that celebrate diverse communities, the presence of ethnic diversity in advertising and entertainment (although it could be debated that this is merely the effect of institutions formal policy that implements affirmative action to help sway public opinion of it’s image). In our capitalistic society, we have easy access to the goods and services that were once limited to the ethnic groups and subcultures they are most often associated with. Popular information dictates that social stratification based upon such factors as race, ethnicity, creed, gender and sexual orientation are outdated and shameful traditions of the past. Examining current social environments of different minority groups will reveal and unspoken culture of inherent social stratification obtained and maintained by behavior including, but not limited to, institutionalized discrimination that directly opposes popularly held values of American culture.
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With Liberty and Justice For All

June 25 2012 by rowan wolf in Uncategorized |1 Comment
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By Robert Nebergall, student author.

Picture courtesy Women’s Press.

The United States, the fabled land of opportunity, of the free, of democracy and equality. These are the promises America touts, that one can take root and be accepted with tolerance no matter your beliefs or physical makeup and, through perseverance and determination, can be highly successful, a beaming example of the American dream. The reality of our country, however, is far from this ideal, and the monikers of our nation are more fable than reality. Throughout our history, inequality has pervaded our perspectives, reinforced by the very system intended to prevent such injustices: our government.

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Injection Wells: The Poison Beneath Us

June 24 2012 by rowan wolf in CORPORADOES, ENVIRONMENTAL STRUGGLES, GUEST AUTHOR |No Comments
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By Abrahm Lustgarten. Republished from ProPublica.

Over the past several decades, U.S. industries have injected more than 30 trillion gallons of toxic liquid deep into the earth, using broad expanses of the nation’s geology as an invisible dumping ground.

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