Afghanistan

Gratitude, Guile, and Guts: September’s Gone, Banned Book Week is Here

And, so, THAT Anniversary too is on my mind: 22 Years Ago, October 7, 2001, US-NATO Invaded Afghanistan: It Was Presented as “Act of Self Defense.” “America Was Attacked by an ‘Unnamed Foreign Power.'” From silly to serious, these national and international celebration days give pause for serious writers. Shoot, here are some powerful dates […]

NACC Ignores Huge Australian War Crimes & Carbon Debt

Australian National Anti-Corruption Commission NACC ignores huge Australian War Crimes & Carbon Debt I have made 5 huge successive Submissions to the newly formed  Australian National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC). However my 2 most serious Submissions – on horrendous Australian war crimes (Submission #2: 6 million Afghan avoidable deaths from deprivation under Australian and US Alliance […]

Les illusions sur l’Afghanistan aveuglent les États-Unis sur le dossier Russie-Ukraine

À l’occasion du deuxième anniversaire du retrait de Kaboul, si Washington oublie les leçons de la guerre, ses erreurs risquent d’être répétées. Source : Responsible Statecraft, Anatol LievenTraduit par les lecteurs du site Les-Crises À l’occasion du deuxième anniversaire de la débâcle finale de l’engagement américain en Afghanistan, nous devrions nous pencher sur les leçons […]

How America Hides the Human Toll of its Forever Wars, with Norman Solomon

America is addicted to war. But its citizens rarely see the brutal realities of the U.S. military industrial complex up close. That is because our pliant media hides the carnage from the public, refusing to report on the victims of the war machine, and uses euphemisms like "surgical strikes" and "enhanced interrogation techniques" to mask the barbarity meted out by Washington around the world.

Army Doctor Who Quoted Helen Joyce Saying “Men Cannot be Women” Cleared by Official Investigation

A doctor who was forced out of the army for quoting Helen Joyce on his personal Facebook account has been cleared, thanks to legal help from the Free Speech Union.
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The Mass-Media Memory Hole: Blair, Ukraine and Libya

A key function of state-corporate media is to keep the public pacified, ignorant and ill-equipped to disrupt establishment power. Knowledge that sheds light on how the world operates politically and economically is kept to a minimum by the ‘mainstream’ media. George Orwell’s famous ‘memory hole’ from ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ signifies the phenomenon brilliantly. Winston Smith’s work […]

9/11: The Onslaught of an Endless War on Humanity

Monday, September 11, 2023 marked the 22nd Anniversary of the NYC 9/11, a day of global mourning, the beginning, or activation, of a crime of biblical proportions like never before in history remembered. Activation stands for onslaught of a colossal War on Humanity. What the small supremacist elite calls War on Terror is nothing less […]

Remember What Happened Right Before 9/11? It's Happening Again.


After Uncle Sam's ignominious retreat from the graveyard of empires in 2021, the Taliban infamously regained control of the country and set about reinstituting their campaign to ban the cultivation of opium poppies. And, once again, the results of that ban have been nothing short of remarkable. So, are we likely to see history repeating with this next iteration of the Afghan poppy story? Let's find out.

All Across The World The US Gov Is Arming Terrorists & Destabilizing Nations In Your Name

Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (8/22/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth Read More...

Taliban’s Massively Successful Opium Eradication Raises Questions About What US Was Doing All Along

It has already been called “the most successful counter-narcotics effort in human history.” Armed with little more than sticks, teams of counter-narcotics brigades travel the country, doing something the US military never could, cutting down Afghanistan’s poppy fields.
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