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Friday, 23 July 2010 04:57 |
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Henry Miller once said that the purpose of the artist is to "inoculate the world with disillusionment." We are in desperate need of disillusionment today -- disillusionment on a vast scale, disillusionment as a constant discipline. Arthur Silber is one of the greatest such artists now at work, and he has just released a remarkable piece aimed at one the deadliest illusions of our time: the myth of American Exceptionalism. I cannot recommend strongly enough that you read the entire piece, but below are a few excerpts to highlight some of the salient points.
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Sunday, 18 July 2010 21:23 |
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.jpg) By Gabriele Maranci
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Sunday, 04 July 2010 19:57 |
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"The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords." -- F.E. Smith, Earl of Birkenhead
Another day, another glittering prize for one of the great war criminals of our day. We speak of course of that tanned and gurning jackanapes, Anthony Charles Lynton Blair.
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Thursday, 01 July 2010 18:46 |
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.jpg) "With US intelligence reporting there are less than 20 Al Queda members in Afghanistan, with the constant bloodshed and intangible objective in Afghanistan --it does not matter what General we put in- we are just changing seats on the Titanic or putting a new color 'lipstick on a pig'. Get us out of Afganistan!"- Mark Ruffalo
Join with Mark as a signer of this statement..and donate to get it published
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Friday, 25 June 2010 06:15 |
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By Kathy Kelly and Dan Pearson 
In accepting General McChrystal's resignation, President Obama said that McChrystal's departure represented a change in personnel, not a change in policy. "Americans don't flinch in the face of difficult truths or difficult tasks." he stated, "We persist and we persevere."
Yet, President Obama and the US people don't face up to the ugly truth that, in Afghanistan, the US has routinely committed atrocities against innocent civilians. By ducking that truth, the US reinforces a sense of exceptionalism, which, in other parts of the world, causes resentment and antagonism.
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