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When I think about the Confederacy and The Civil War, as I think about all wars, I am struck with the tragedy. Wars are tragic things. The Civil War was a horrible war fought for horrible, indefensible ends. I often resent a plantation elite who...
by cabaretic
on Thu Jan 25, 2024 at 05:46 PM PST
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www.nytimes.com/… Tom Smothers, the older half of the comic folk duo the Smothers Brothers, whose skits and songs on “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” in the late 1960s brought political satire and a spirit of youthful irreverence to network...
by Blank Regina
on Wed Dec 27, 2023 at 10:09 AM PST
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Pre-ramble[sic] The hundreds of trillions of Dollars equivalent spent by humanity on war during its brief occupation of planet Earth is mind-boggling. The cost of the damage done is incalculable. The number of human lives lost is unimaginable, how much...
by LaFeminista
on Fri Nov 10, 2023 at 08:58 AM PST
with 30 Recommends
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In recent decades, a segment of the global Left has looked upon the U.S. government as the Great Satan in international affairs, responsible for the world’s major ills. Thus, on those occasions when countries at odds with the United States behaved like...
by Lawrence S Wittner
on Sat Aug 05, 2023 at 10:13 AM PDT
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If war was about profits, torture, rape, and killing then you could argue that it is going swimmingly. The various global MICS do rather well out of the concept, threat, and actualization of war. The so-called and generally misnamed strongmen may have...
by LaFeminista
on Sat Jul 22, 2023 at 10:37 PM PDT
with 33 Recommends
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Julia Ward Howe (in 1870) in her response to all the Civil War death so recently perpetrated upon the children of mothers began a Mother’s Peace Day. Here is her speech: Arise, all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be that of water or of...
by daddybunny
on Fri May 12, 2023 at 04:08 PM PDT
with 9 Recommends
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I was reminded that it is 20 years ago this month that Bush started the Iraq war in large part using lies from Colin Powell. I remember being in the streets to protest this choice over an over. Here are some of the people who agreed, and flooded the...
by kimoconnor
on Sun Mar 19, 2023 at 09:46 AM PDT
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Women in London were already reeling from the revelation that in 2021 a Met police officer had abducted and murdered a young woman, Sarah Everard . Women pushed for answers about how the Met was ...
by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
on Sat Jan 21, 2023 at 05:00 PM PST
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Wake Up World!!! When is this madness going to end? When do we as a Species realize that these elaborate and very expensive War Machines are useless, and worthless in the end? How many more Wars do we need to have before we realize that wars don't...
by SonofEarth
on Thu Jul 21, 2022 at 12:13 PM PDT
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I know this poem will not end the war in Ukraine, but as the world’s consciousness continues to grow, this might be helpful... Unnamed in Headlines & Nary a Footnote To historians and recorders of history everywhere: Must we always remember the names...
by Paul Frea
on Fri Mar 11, 2022 at 03:22 PM PST
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We desperately need a reset, I’ll explain. Globalization: It is basically the wild west out there. This enables owners/investors/corporations to maximize profits. This also permits money laundering/wage gauging/tax evasion for those that can afford it....
by LaFeminista
on Thu Mar 10, 2022 at 08:08 AM PST
with 3 Recommends
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I awoke this morning with great sadness in my heart at the suffering of the Ukrainian people. Innocents, having their lives upended or destroyed by greedy hateful men. �And thinking of all of the ...
by isitso
on Wed Mar 02, 2022 at 07:00 AM PST
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I am anti-war and have demonstrated against all wars in my lifetime, I am normally a pacifist as I believe violence resolves nothing. However. I support the rights of people to defend themselves from aggressors by all means. I will leave it to our...
by LaFeminista
on Mon Feb 28, 2022 at 02:48 AM PST
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On Saturday, hundreds gathered for a "Stand with Ukraine" protest in West Los Angeles in front of the office of California Senator Dianne Feinstein. The demonstration grew rapidly and is part of a growing trend of pro-Ukraine rallies seen across the...
by VPSReports
on Sun Feb 27, 2022 at 09:21 PM PST
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A Friend/ Quaker in Russia asked that this be shared as widely as possible. This Friend’s letter speaks for many in Russia, who are grieving for their country’s actions. "This Morning." From a Friend in Russia: This morning, President Putin declared...
by Laurel in CA
on Thu Feb 24, 2022 at 10:14 AM PST
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Heroes? When I was a kid, among my heroes — and I was joined in this by so many Americans — was Jackie Robinson. Yes, he was the...
by TomDispatch
on Thu Jan 27, 2022 at 09:46 AM PST
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I’m a Lefty. I’m to the left of President Biden on pretty much everything, as far as I know anyway. But I support him 100 percent for ending the U.S.�war against Afghanistan after 20 years of ...
by BentLiberal
on Thu Sep 02, 2021 at 12:15 PM PDT
with 13 Recommends
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No one has forgotten about Daniel Ellsberg , even as the Washington Post remains relevant to national defense policy. By 2022 there should be some correction of the disastrous turn in foreign policy ...
by annieli
on Sun Jul 04, 2021 at 09:05 PM PDT
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The events of 6 January this year made me reflect on another January in 1973. Richard Nixon’s Second Inauguration came in the midst of a deeply...
by BehindTheLines
on Sat Mar 13, 2021 at 02:31 PM PST
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UPDATE: Scroll to the bottom for Bernie’s live remarks on this incident, starting 1:00 p.m. EST No other candidate produced a more pitch perfect soundbite BEFORE this calamitous turn of events, beginning with the looting and burning of the world’s...
by emerly
on Fri Jan 03, 2020 at 06:57 AM PST
with 160 Recommends
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