Pox Americana

SUBHEAD: Our unilateralists drove blithely through “The gates of hell”, imagining that they were the gates to paradise.By Tom Engelhardt on 7 February 2011 in TomDispatch -(http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175351/tomgram:_engelhardt,_goodbye_to_all_that)Image above: Poster promoting movie "Team America". From (http://www.allmoviephoto.com/photo/2004_team_america_wallpaper_001.html).As we've

The Great Unravelling

SUBHEAD: Tunisia, Egypt and the protracted collapse of the American empire.By Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed on 1 February 2011 in Energy Bulletin - (http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-02-01/great-unravelling-tunisia-egypt-and-protracted-collapse-american-empire)Image: Egyptian bread ready for sale in front of fading poster of Hosni Mubarik. From (http://www.greywoolknickers.net/?p=79=1). The

Resist military expansion at Pohakuloa

SOURCE: Shannon Rudolph (shannonkona@gmail.com)SUBHEAD: From the mountains of Afghanistan to the slopes of Mauna Kea, Empire is endless war.Image above: Seastallion helicopter in live fire exercise at Pohakuloa range during RIMPAC 2010. From (http://www.hookelenews.com/rimpac-in-high-gear).IMO, the military on Hawai'i Island has been a terrible tenant and land steward. Do we really want them

See South of the Border

SOURCE: Kenneth Taylor (taylork021@Hawaii.rr.com)SUBHEAD: A film to be shown on Kauai by Oliver Stone about the ongoing revolution in South America. Jan 21st.By Kauai Alliance for Peace on 3 January 2011 - Image above: Evo Morales, Oliver Stone and Hugo Chavez at Film Society of Lincoln Center 2009 screening of "South of the Border". From (http://www.upi.com/enl-win/

My Dad, in 1984

SUBHEAD: “Pop? What if Mondale gets elected, and guns are outlawed and some people come to take them?” “Open fire, boy.”By Danny Showalter on 30 December 2010 in Nature Bats Last - (http://guymcpherson.com/2010/12/my-dad-in-1984)Image above: Father and son in scene from post-apocalyptic movie "The Road". From (http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/08/07/six-new-photos-from-cormac-mccarthys-the-road).I

WikiLeak's lesson on Haiti

SUBHEAD: People who do not understand U.S. foreign policy think that control over Haiti does not matter to Washington.By Marv Weisbrot on 17 December 2010 for the Guardian - (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/dec/17/haiti-wikileaks)Image above: Demonstration to free Haiti from occupation in Calgary, Canada. From (http://www.flickr.com/photos/grantneufeld/1799669476).The

Anonymous attacks for WikiLeaks

SUBHEAD: "Operation Payback" - WikiLeaks Supporters' cyberattacks are targeting its online 'enemies'.By Staff on 9 December 2010 for Huffington Post - (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/08/operation_payback_wikileaks_cyberattacks_n_793861.html)Image above: Anonymous members target Scientology in Los Angeles. From (http://mikephilbin.blogspot.com/2010/12/anonymous-cyber-attack-bitches.html).An

Reports from Rapa Nui

SUBHEAD: Pacific churches launch aid effort in Rapa Nui conflict; considering island part of Polynesia.By Staff on 7 December 2010 for Radio New Zealand International -(http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=57535)Image above: Young man from Rapa Nui prepares for traditional banana race. From (http://www.allposters.com/-sp/

Attack on Rapa Nui natives

SUBHEAD: Chilean police use force to oust indigenous people on Easter Island out of their homes.By Staff on 4 December 2010 for the BBC - (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11917511)Image above: Photo of Rapa Nui woman with head injury from confrontation with Chilean police. From BBC article."The land on this island has always been Rapa Nui. That's why we're asking for our land to be

Time to take Exception

SUBHEAD: Once you start spouting that your nation is superior to anything that has ever existed, then you are going to start acting like God.Indicative of American Exceptionalists, Mitt Romney's book is entitled No Apologies: The Case for American Greatness By Jon Letman on 12 November 2010 in Clear Sky Press - (http://httpclearskypress.blogspot.com/2010/11/time-to-take-exception.html)On any day

It's Armistice Day!

SUBHEAD: Somehow we have turned the remembrance of the horrors of war into a celebration of patriotic nostalgia.Image above: Member of Army recruiting team at a Plainfield High School football game in New Jersey, 11/26/09. From (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8168790@N04/3961446872/).By Juan Wilson on 11 November 2010 - Yesterday my wife, Linda, called me from the elementary school where she works

Empire of Lies

\SUBHEAD: The only question of economic significance at this point is which event puts the stake in the heart of the industrial economy.Image above: Famous capitalist and banker J. P. Morgan in top hat on Wall Street. From (http://irrationalgeographic.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/the-giant-and-the-midget).By Guy McPherson on 31 October 2010 in Nature Bats Last -(http://guymcpherson.com/2010/10/