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Original Technorati articles tagged “militarism”

• in Politics
  Can Paul Slay Leviathan?
  Or will the GOP ride it to Hades?
  by insteadofpolitics / on Jan 20, 2012
• in Politics
  Assassination is not Justice
  How Lynch Mob Justice Subverts the Rule of Law
  by insteadofpolitics / on Oct 5, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “militarism”

 

• General Carter Ham’s Case for Dismantling AFRICOM

  
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  There is enough evidence that the US Africa Command has increased resource exploitation and imperial expansion, instigated more violence, intensified regional conflicts and undermined the authority of regional organizations and the African Union. First published as: “Dismantle AFRICOM! General Carter Ham makes ...
  5 days ago

• Militarizing Africa and African Studies and the U.S. Africanist Response

  
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  By David Wiley [First published as: Wiley, David. (2012). "Militarizing Africa and African Studies and the U.S. Africanist Response." African Studies Review , 24(2) September, pp. 147-161.] There was an ironic and troubling confluence in the 1958-64 years when simultaneously the majority of African nations won ...
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• The Big Deal Surrounding Bradley Manning

  
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  With the court-martial underway, I was wondering if the scale here is saying anything to you? ( photo : Gary Cameron/Reuters. caption : U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning (3rd L) departs after day two of his court-martial at Fort Meade, Maryland June 4, 2013. The court-martial of Manning, accused of the ...
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• Somerville Artist Ariel Freiberg:: An interesting mix of found objects, eroticism and militarism.

  
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  Blazoning Arms by Ariel FreibergSomerville Artist Ariel Freiberg:: An interesting mix of found objects, eroticism and militarism.Doug Holder Ariel Freiberg is an artist I see in passing at the Bloc 11 Cafe on any given morning from my table outpost. About a year ago I interviewed this 30 something woman in the said ...
  2 weeks ago

• Church holds historic simultaneous global hour of prayer today

  
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  The Catholic Church is synchronising an unprecedented global hour of prayer and eucharistic adoration from 5.00pm to 6.00pm Rome time or 11.00pm to midnight Malaysian time. Cathedrals and parishes around the world are expected to join in with synchronised prayer services and adoration of the presence of Jesus in the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Naming Our Nameless War

  
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  By Andrew J. Bacevich, TomDispatch Upon succeeding to the presidency in 2009, Barack Obama junked Bush’s formulation of the “Global War on Terror” without fanfare. Yet if the appellation went away, the conflict itself, shorn of identifying marks, continued. Related Entries May 26, 2013 Carbon ...
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• This is totalitarianism: German life under the Third Reich

  
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  Awhile back I set myself the huge project of reading, and thinking in pixels here, about Richard J. Evans history of Nazi Germany. This three volume opus has been acclaimed as "masterpiece of historical scholarship." It better be; its more than 2000 detailed pages in three books. I offered some reflections on the ...
  3 weeks ago

• A salute for Memorial Day

  
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  During World War II, Ray Gordon, my partners deceased father, created a series of woodblock prints, of which this is one. At least thats what he did when the Army didnt have him drawing public health posters . Many soldiers had worse wars. According to an oped in the NY Times , in World War II, twelve percent of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Memorializing

  
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  “I think people, to some degree, know we’re at war,” Ruak says. “People are going to die, but when they’re confronted with, ‘This is an individual with a name,’ that makes a difference.” – Steve Ruark, AP I have long admired Ashley Gilbertson’s work personifying US soliders killed in Iraq and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Hidden Costs of Crumbling Infrastructure…

  
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  Bridges, not Drones! Recent collapse of I-5 bridge in Washington State due to lack of repairs Filed under: Infrastructure, Militarism
  3 weeks ago

• The President tries to turn the ship of state

  
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  Headline at TPM Yesterday President Obama called out many of the follies and crimes that have passed for national policy since 9/11. Good for him! I mean that, though I remain mad as hell that he didnt give essentially the same speech on January 21, 2009 when coming into office. I dont believe for a minute this ...
  3 weeks ago

• Woolwich: All That Confusion Over Michael Adebolajo’s Soldier Cool

  
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  “I have never seen anything like this before, or even heard of it happening before. For two suspects to carry out a brutal attack like this then stand around in plain sight waiting for the police is crazy.” – Former Detective Chief Inspector Peter Kirkham ( Guardian ) Are they or ...
  3 weeks ago

• Military Sexual Harassment Pic of the Day: The West Point Student Body

  
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  Talking about the military’s latest sexual harassment black eye, I was wondering what you thought of the photo accompanying yesterday’s  NYT story about female cadets at West Point being taped surreptitiously in the shower? I guess someone could argue it’s an effective one, the skirt view with the heads cut ...
  3 weeks ago

• Quote of the day

  
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  Glenn Greenwald points out that: That the Obama administration is now repeatedly declaring that the “war on terror” will last at least another decade (or two) is vastly more significant than all three of this week’s big media controversies (Benghazi, IRS, and AP/DOJ) combined . The military historian ...
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• Ruddy Roye from Iraqi Kurdistan: Among the Names of the Dead

  
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  Hapsa Hama Faraj clutches the purse her daughter was carrying the day the bombs landed on Halabja. She said the purse was found not far from her daughter’s body. I must admit I knew nothing about the existence of Kurdistan before arriving at Sulaimaniyah for a film and video workshop. My only knowledge of the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Andrew Bacevich takes a skeptical look at our glorious generals and their organizational culture

  
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  Andrew Bacevich has been doing great work for years on the US military. But since his analyses generally fall outside the lazy assumptions of the Very Serious People, you dont see him on the TV gab-fests where such VSPs as David Brooks and Tom Friedman hold forth. In Good Guys Make Bad Generals The American ...
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• Japan’s nationalist agenda: The year so far

  
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  Is the Japanese government turning more nationalistic and militaristic every day? The evidence tells us so. This week Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto’s comments about WWII sex slaves caused a lot of offense in nearby Asian countries who suffered brutal Japanese occupation during the 1900s. Here is a look at some of the ...
  4 weeks ago

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