Dahr Jamail | Iraqi Government Killing Civilians in Fallujah Dahr Jamail, Truthout: Fallujah doctors, residents and NGO workers accuse the Iraqi government of war crimes and crimes against humanity in its ongoing attack against the city, conducted ostensibly against al-Qaeda affiliate the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Read the Article and View the Photos Noam Chomsky | Security and State Power Noam Chomsky, Truthout: A leading principle of international relations theory is that the state's highest priority is to ensure security. The proposition seems plausible, almost self-evident, until we look more closely and ask: Security for whom? Read the Article Ukraine: One "Regime Change" Too Many? Ray McGovern, Consortium News: Russia's parliament has approved President Putin's request for the use of force inside neighboring Ukraine, as the latest neocon-approved "regime change" spins out of control and threatens to inflict grave damage on international relations, ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern explains. Read the Article Campus Rape and the Rise of the Academic Industrial Complex Lauren Chief Elk, Truthout: Sexual assault on college campuses is not a new problem, but it has arguably become an increasingly severe one. Sexual assault is a major safety concern that university administrations have major financial incentives to underreport. Read the Article Dean Baker | President Obama, the Do-Gooder Dean Baker, Truthout: With at least one house of Congress almost certain to be under the control of Republicans, there is little prospect for any major legislative action over the next three years. However, President Obama has said that he intends to use his presidential power to do what he can. Read the Article Intelligence Gathering and the Threat It Poses to Free Press Michael Ratner, Truthout: The latest Snowden revelations - including Julian Assange figuring on a manhunting timeline and a possible classification of WikiLeaks as a malicious foreign actor - clearly demonstrate the National Security State's conflation of journalism and whistleblowing with terrorism. Read the Article Cutting Through Fukushima Fog: Radiation in US? Bernard Weiner, The Crisis Papers: Given the diametrically conflicting views of the Fukushima disaster, it's way beyond time for a full-court-press approach by the US and global community to challenge what may be a whitewashed coverup, and to get to the bottom of what's happening at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Read the Article Missing in Action: What Happened to War and the Imperial Drive To Organize the Planet? Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch: Geopolitically speaking, when it comes to war and the imperial principle, we may be in uncharted territory. Take a look around and you'll see a world at the boiling point. Citizen protest is sparking not just disorganization, but what looks like, to coin a word, de-organization at a global level. Read the Article Hundreds of Keystone XL Protestors Arrested, Look To Influence Obama's Final Decision on Pipeline Jessica Desvarieux, The Real News Network: Hundreds of students demand President Obama reject the Keystone XL pipeline deal, but Obama has already fast-tracked the southern half of the pipeline, which is currently delivering Canadian tar sands to Texas refineries. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript US Prison System Resembling Huge Geriatrics Ward Kanya D'Almeida, IPS News: With over 16 percent of the national prison population falling into the "aging" category, experts say the US prison system is beginning to resemble a gigantic geriatrics ward, at massive economic and humanitarian costs to society. Read the Article Coal Miners and the Green Agenda Robert Pollin, New Labor Forum: We can advance a viable agenda for building a green economy while equally addressing the altogether legitimate concerns of workers and communities that will be hurt by President Obama's "Climate Action Plan." There is no reason for the fight to control climate change to continue becoming discombobulated over false trade-offs between jobs and the environment. Read the Article |
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