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Rise Like Lions after Slumber: John Pilger on Peace
The following is John Pilger’s acceptance speech for the Sydney Peace Prize. It comes to you courtesy of Zcom, where the verbose, informed radicals hang out. “Thank you all for coming tonight, and my thanks to the City of Sydney and especially to the Sydney Peace Foundation for awarding me the Peace Prize. It’s an [...]
Posted: November 10th, 2009 under Media, consciousness, democracy, identity, identity politics, imperialism, indigenous, indigenous culture, inequality, journalism, justice, media bias, peace, politics, race, racial profiling, racism, truth, war, warfare, white.
Tags: 9/11, Aborigine, afghanistan, apartheid, australia, barack obama, bombing, border, bystanders, church, communism, communist, consciousness, crime, democracy, disobedience, diversity, dominance, Eddie Murray, Edmund Burke, edward bernays, First Australians, freedom, george bush, harold pinter, hypocrisy, illegal immigrants, illusion, incarceration, insurrection, Iran, Israel, john howard, john pilger, journalism, justice, Kevin Rudd, malnutrition, media bias, Milan Kundera, NATO, Nobel Prize, palestine, peace, pedophilia, Percy Shelley, poetry, poverty, PR, propaganda, public relations, Puggy Hunter, racism, Rupert Murdoch, russia, Saddam Hussein, sex slavery, social class, stalin, stock, terrorism, terrorists, Thomas Paine, thrachoma, truth, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam, war, WMD
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Chilling with Human Rights Abusers? Bad move, McCain.
John Sidney McCain III. You’d think that this candidate, of all people, would not want to hang out with a dictator heading a notoriously murderous and oppressive regime. But no. The Huffington Post reports that McCain hung out with Augusto Pinochet, whose reign was marked by the assasination without trial of over 3,000 civilians and [...]
Posted: October 31st, 2008 under Department of Justice, criminal, culture of fear, democracy, dictatorship, justice, politician, politicians, politics, terrorism.
Tags: assassination, communism, democracy, dictator, dictatorship, egg, extradition, John McCain, justice, justice department, mccain, pinochet, ted kennedy, terrorism, torture, without trial
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Speak To Me: David Brooks' Speech to the Delegates
My fellow Americans, it is an honor to address the Democratic National Convention at this defining moment in history. We stand at a crossroads at a pivot point, near a fork in the road on the edge of a precipice in the midst of the most consequential election since last year’s “American Idol.” One path [...]
Posted: August 30th, 2008 under America, American, God, John McCain, M&Ms, Senator, acropolis, american dream, american idol, americans, anteater, ants, barack, biden, boulder, bushmccain, candidate, candidates, coca-cola, coke, coke zero, colony of ants, colorado, crocs, democracy, democrat, democratic, democratic national convention, denver, dnc, election, elizabeth edwards, god bless america, hillary, hillary clinton, human race, joe biden, john edwards, michelle obama, middle class, natural gas, obama, party, patton's army, political, politician, politicians, politics, presidency, president, president bush, presidential, presidential candidate, presidential debate, republican, starbuck's coffee, taxi, wolf blitzer.
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'It's Not Rape if She Blinks Twice for Yes' and Other Phallacies of Rape Culture
The New York Times recently reported that yet another rapist is being let off of the hook – as the majority are. Nearly 95% of men standing trial for rape in the United States and the United Kingdom are cleared of all charges, which is a shocking number considering the social, personal and political consequences [...]
Posted: May 11th, 2008 under Attack, Female Sexuality, Misogyny, Research, Sex Roles, alcohol, chauvinism, chauvinist, consent, constitution, constitutional, court, cultural bias, cultural criticism, culture, definitions, degradation, democracy, discrimination, disempowerment, disrespect, domestic violence, equality, exploitation, exploitative, feminine, femininity, feminism, feminist, feminist theory, feminists, fuck, fucking, gang rape, gender, gender culture, gender disparity, gender dynamics, gender equality, gender power, gender role, gender roles, gender socialization, gender theory, gender violence, genitalia, genitals, government, human dignity, human rights, humanism, humanist, humanity, identity politics, inequality, injury, injustice, institution, intercourse, international women's day, justice, legal, legal definition, male perspective, male sexuality, maleness, males, masculine systems, men, misogynisitic, misogynist, misogynistic, misogynists, morality, object, objectification, objectification of women, partner abuse, partner violence, physical power, pop culture, popular culture, power, power dynamic, power structure, propaganda, punishable offense, rape, rape case, rape culture, rape trial, rape victim, rapist, rapper, respect, science, science and gender, self image, self-esteem, sex, sex object, sex partner, sex research, sexism, sexist, sexual abuse, sexual activity, sexual advance, sexual assault, sexual difference, sexual exploitation, sexual inequality, sexual morality, sexual morals, sexual relations, sexual subordination, sexual violence, sexuality, social class, social inequality, socialization, society, survivor, vagina, violation, violence, violence against women, women, women's health, women's liberation, women's rights, women's studies.
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You Can Kill a [Wo]man, but Not an Idea: Benazir Bhutto & Female Leadership
Benazir Bhutto was catapulted into public consciousness in Western media on December 27th when a suicide bomber took her life, as well as those of at least 26 others. Bhutto, a former Pakistani Prime Minister, graduate of Harvard Law School, wife, and mother of three, will be missed not just by the ordinary family members, [...]
Posted: December 30th, 2007 under Harvard, Islam, Media, New York Times, Pakistan, Western, amnesty, asif ali zardari, assassination, benazir, bhutto, bilawal bhutto zardari, candidate, corruption, death, democracy, dubai, east, economy, election, farooq leghari, female, general, general election, ghulam ishaq khan, government, law, leader, leadership, opposition, pakistani, pakistani people's party, politics, power, president, school, socialism, suicide bomber, west.
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Political Propaganda for your Toddler!
Jeremy Zilber wants to promote the Democratic Party . . . to small children. His book, Why Mommy Is A Democrat, illustrates sentances such as “Democrats make sure we all share our toys, just like Mommy does”, with full page spreads of squirrel children and squirrel Mommy. For more squirrels and testimonials from congressmen and [...]
Posted: June 19th, 2007 under Congress, Jeremy Zilber, Why Mommy Is a Democrat, book, capitalism, children's books, democracy, democrat, imperialism, indoctrination, motherhood, parenting, politicians, politics, propaganda, revolution, socialism, squirrel.
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