Tag: Feature
Palestinian Pastor Calls for an End to Colonialism, Empire, and Apartheid from MLK’s Pulpit
Kenny Cordasco - 1
On April 4, 1967, from the pulpit of Manhattan’s storied Riverside Church, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered one of his most powerful sermons. Titled “Beyond Vietnam—A Time to Break Silence,” it was the first time King had publicly denounced the Vietnam War. He had long avoided...
DNC Convention Features Former CIA Director Who Was in Charge of Drone Programs that Killed Thousands
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 1
Leon Panetta was drowned out by anti-war activists when he spoke at 2016 convention, but not this time
Former CIA Director Leon Panetta (2009-2011) was among the featured speakers on the final day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago on August 22 when Kamala Harris accepted the party’s...
Spy Spoof: The Spy Who Shrinked Me
As I entered Los Angeles’ Pacific Resident Theatre’s smaller “co-op space,” Herb Alpert’s jaunty, trumpet-y instrumental piece “Casino Royale” was playing on the P.A. system.
In fact, this clever choice was a perfect mood-setter that (literally) set the stage for Gregg Ostrin’s The Spy...
Protests/Color Revolution in Bangladesh Brings to Power Tax Evading Banker Who Plunged Poor People Into Debt Through Micro-finance Loan Scheme
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 4
Muhammad Yunus awarded Nobel Peace Prize and given Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama despite screwing over poor
On August 8, Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank and a pioneer in the issuance of micro-finance credit loans, was sworn in as Bangladesh’s Prime Minister after protests forced the...
The news that the Waihopai spy base was going to be built led to the birth of the Anti-Bases Campaign (ABC) in 1987. ABC has campaigned for the closure of Waihopai ever since (our most recent protest there was in 2023).
We have consistently said that it is a U.S....
Defense Secretary’s Abrogation of Plea Deal For 9/11 Suspects Will Extend Life of Guantanamo Bay Prison
John Kiriakou - 0
Biden administration wants to look tough in an election year
Late on August 3, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin threw out a plea deal, without comment, that would have seen three of the most notorious September 11 terror suspects at Guantánamo imprisoned without parole for the rest of their...
Harris’ VP choice embellished his military record, and voted to fund war after war even when claiming to be against some of them
Kamala Harris’s selection of Tim Walz as her running mate has garnered rave reviews in various liberal media outlets.
However, during his 12 years in Congress, Walz voted...
The Democratic National Convention is taking place in Chicago this week. Amidst the fanfare and extravagance, there’s very little actual democracy inside as big-name politicians and those trying to make a name for themselves attempt to make the case for Kamala Harris to be the next president...
Victims of Guardianship Exploitation and Racism in U.S. Marshall Services Speak Out at 12th Annual Whistleblowers Summit
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 2
Laura Martinez was living an idyllic life in an upscale San Antonio suburb with her common-law husband Charlie Thrash, 78, when, on March 6, 2019, Charlie was taken by police from their home and placed in an assisted living facility.
Charlie was declared to be incapacitated and placed under guardianship...
Biden Says U.S. Should Not Have “Killing Fields,” While He is Complicit in the Israeli “Killing Fields” in Gaza
Colonel (Ret.) Ann Wright - 0
As Israel continued its relentless genocide on steroids of Palestinians in Gaza with hundreds killed in past weeks, imprisonment without charges of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank and destruction of the hospitals, universities, schools (8 UNRWA schools bombed in the past 10 days), cultural centers and indiscriminate...