Tag Archives: Afghanistan

Robert Jensen : War, the Ecology, and the Quest for Justice

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Professor Robert Jensen.War, ecological crises, and the quest for justice:An interview with Robert Jensen If you feel overwhelmed, it’s because we face an overwhelming situation. By Calvin Sloan / The Rag Blog / November 3, 2009 [The following is an … Continue reading →

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Afghan Hawks : Make Your Case (And Chill with the Hot Air)

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Michael Yon / Big Hollywood.A suggestion to the Afghan hawks:Give us facts, not just hot air By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / October 30, 2009 The supporters of Joe Biden seem to be on the defensive … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Some Cockamamie Ideas about Afghanistan

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Afghani women: Offer micro-loans for economic development. Photo from UNHCR.Remembering Pharaoh, Plagues and Exodus…Afghanistan: There has to be a better way By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / October 29, 2009 When some of us outside Washington (and … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan : Tom Friedman’s ‘Cronkite Moment’?

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Tom Friedman’s “Walter Cronkite Moment”?Times columnist reverses field on Afghanistan.By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / October 29, 2009 The Iraq war’s chief New York Times cheerleader has reversed field on Afghanistan. Does it mean there will be no … Continue reading →

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American Peace Movement : Missing in Action

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Demonstration in San Francisco. Photo from basetree.Two cheers for health care reform effortsBut whatever happened to the peace movement? By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / October 27, 2009 For purposes of comparison I want to make some predictions … Continue reading →

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Virtual Coup : Times, Pentagon Returning us to Vietnam?

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Afghanistan:Beware a Times/Pentagon ‘virtual coup’ It was the military’s manipulative misreporting in Vietnam that fueled Lyndon Johnson’s 1965 disastrous escalation. By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / October 24, 2009 Some military coups are still done the old-fashioned way. … Continue reading →

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Life During Wartime : Extreme Makeover

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag BlogThanks to Dr. S.R. Keister /The Rag Blog

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Austin : Billionaires for Wealthcare!

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Healthcare Not Warfare demonstration in Austin. Above: “Billionaires for Wealthcare.” Below, demonstrators stage a “die-in” for peace. Photos by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog.Austin rally calls for healthcare reform,An end to the Afghanistan War By Alice Embree / The … Continue reading →

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Mariann G. Wizard : Danger Found Code Blue

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Cody Ryan Patterson on graduation day from basic training. Family photo.Army Spec. Cody Ryan Patterson:Danger found him in his own home He was a proud, happy soldier of the Imperium when he died, had never been under hostile fire nor … Continue reading →

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AfPak War : Not a Pretty Picture

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Here there be monsters. Graphic from Asia Times.War destabilizing Pakistan;Veteran officer urges Afghan drawdown By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / October 16, 2009 The news regarding the war in Afghanistan just keeps getting worse. The NATO alliance war … Continue reading →

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Nobel Screams : ‘Out of Afghanistan’

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Nobel Chairman Thorbjoern Jagland. Obama has a lot to live up to.Nobel Prize is mandate to exit Afghanistan,Build a green-powered, nuke-free earth By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / October 10, 2009 Above the din, the Nobel message screams: … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Let’s Help Obama EARN that Nobel

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

The Nobel Prize, Obama, and Afghanistan(And especially its women) By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / October 9, 2009 The first person I told this morning that Obama had won the Nobel Prize for Peace said, “For what?” … Continue reading →

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