June 2012
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“Many of us believe we know who Gandhi was and what he represented. The truth is...”
– Julian Assange on Norman Finkelstein’s What Gandhi Says
Jun 4th
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Sue Coe: ‘Mad as Hell!: New Work (and Some... →
The New York Times raves about Sue Coe’s latest show: In these politically blasé art-world days, a few outspoken artists — Thomas Hirschhorn, Ai Weiwei — are acceptable, even fashionable. Ms. Coe, in her unfashionable way, should be considered in their company.
Jun 1st
May 2012
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Tom Hayden reviews 'Drone Warfare'
“After reading Medea Benjamin’s Drone Warfare, Killing by Remote Control, I can only wish she will invest more time in writing and less time getting arrested, because there are so few activists with her gifts of research, analysis and communication. But she wouldn’t be Medea without being arrested and pepper-spraying one front or another, because she is a true witness in both the Quaker...
May 31st
May 31st
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May 23rd
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May 23rd
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Amazon is not the last word in bookselling |... →
OR’s John Oakes lays out the simple steps towards disintermediating Amazon. Join us!
May 22nd
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May 17th
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May 16th
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May 15th
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May 4th
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May 2nd
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A picture of true courage: CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin (author of DRONE WARFARE) articulately and bravely disrupts US government whitewash over drone use in DC.
May 2nd
On May 14, the Franklin Park Reading series hosts... →
May 1st
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WatchWatch
Medea Benjamin appeared on Democracy Now! to discuss her anti-drone activism and her new book, Drone Warfare. -“…many people who spoke out against George Bush’s extraordinary rendition and Guantánamo and indefinite detention have been very quiet when it comes to the Obama administration, who is not putting people in those same kind of conditions, instead is just taking them out and...
May 1st
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April 2012
21 posts
Apr 27th
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Apr 26th
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“Manning is easier to marginalize than Ellsberg. Manning is just a private,...”
– Philip Weis talks to Chase Madar about his critical new book, The Passion of Bradley Manning on Mondoweiss. Here he discusses the Manning/Daniel Ellsberg parallels. Bradley Manning could become the Ellsberg of our age (if the media would just stop marginalizing him) | Mondoweiss
Apr 25th
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Apr 25th
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Until Further Notice: Non-Negotiable Instructions... →
by Miles Klee
Apr 23rd
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