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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Henri Barbusse: Selections on war
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Henri Barbusse
From Light (1918)
Translated by Fitzwater Wray

RT | June 4, 2013

Monsanto claims it has no idea how its herbicide-resistant strain of wheat made its way onto an Oregon field. The global biotech giant based in Missouri says it abandoned research on it in 2004 and is mystified by its emergence nearly a decade later.

Articles in the American media usually portray China as a potential adversary, and recent press coverage is no exception. Stories have appeared about China’s military hacking into the computer systems of the American government and business and Chinese oil companies’ reaping of unfair gains in Iraq on the backs of dead American soldiers. Yet the [...]

A small non-violent protest against the development – some would say over-development – of Istanbul’s Taksim Square has turned into the Turkish equivalent of the Tahrir Square protests in Cairo, Egypt, that brought down Hosni Mubarak, that country’s pro-US dictator. What do the Taksim Square protesters want? Or, rather more to the point in this [...]

McCain seems pretty bitter. Just 13 years younger than the recently departed Frank Lautenberg, McCain is fighting with everyone these days. Determined to start one more war before he dies, he's especially bitter that Republicans he and Lindsey Graham have dubbed "the wacko birds" are blocking his attempts to involve the U.S. in a war with Iran via Syria.

At least four Iraqis were killed and nine more were wounded.

By Sabrina Hummel | The Argentina Independent | June 4, 2013

Minister of the Interior and Transport, Florencio Randazzo, is set to announce changes in the railway sector – most importantly the nationalisation of passenger and cargo trains.

As I stated in last Sunday's rant, I have been an avid reader of a great truth seeker, John Kaminski, for years now.... It was through John that I came to realize that the gloves really do have to come off, and the criminals behind the ruination of our world, the Jews, must be named by name... No more of this "Zionist" or "New World Order" crap... It is the JEWS.....John just released his latest article over at The Rebel website, at www.therebel.org, and it is a must see by everyone.....

From Frank Brodhead’s Iran War Weekly:

"Recently a reviewer complained that my new book of poems is much too preoccupied with death. He appeared to suggest that I ought to be more upbeat, dispensing serene wisdom in the autumn of my life, instead of reminding readers every chance I get of their mortality. Just you wait, I said to myself, till you reach my age and start going to funerals of your friends.

The sharpest minds and most dedicated activists in the progressive mold will gather under a single roof for the annual Left Forum this coming weekend (June 7-9) at Pace University in NYC. But even amongst this select assemblage, one panel will stand out. For it features a stout band of Libertarians and Leftists determined to trespass beyond the bounds set by gatekeepers on both sides.

Webster G. Tarpley Ph.D. The Webster Tarpley Program – UnboundRadio.com June 4, 2013 [download audio]

Obamabots sometimes waste their time sending me letters asking me to stop exposing negative crap about Obama. Why don't they just write to Obama and ask him to stop generating so much negative crap?

Marine Corps Forces Africa
U.S. Africa Command
USAG Stuttgart, Germany SP-MAGTF Crisis Response Arrives in Spain
By Staff Sgt. Lukas Atwell

Maidhc Ó Cathail | The Passionate Attachment | June 5, 2013

Russian Information Agency Novosti
June 4, 2013
Russia Slams US Patriot Plans for Jordan
MOSCOW: Moscow considers the US move to send Patriot missiles and fighter jets to Jordan as an attempt to pump foreign weaponry into a highly volatile region, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
“We have repeatedly voiced our position on this issue – foreign weapons are being pumped into a highly volatile region,” ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.

CORBETT REPORT - Syriana Pipelinestan, EU Electioneering, Japanese Insanity Please find below a link to a recent VIDEO interview, between myself and James Corbett, founder and owner of the Corbett Report – www.CorbettReport.com. This interview is another in the series of monthly conversations on economics, finance and politics.

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June 4, 2013

Al-Akhbar | June 4, 2013

A Cairo court on Monday sentenced 43 Egyptian and foreign employees of several non-governmental organizations to jail sentences ranging from one to five years for working illegally.
Twenty-seven of the defendants were sentenced in absentia to five years by the Cairo criminal court.

Joe McNamara-- fighting for progressive values and against political corruption2013 will be a critical year for progressive across the country, as there are many important races, even beyond New Jersey and Virginia, that will help to build the Democratic bench for the future. Ohio is no different, although perhaps in more dire need for solid progressives who fit the independent-minded Sherrod Brown mold.

MEMO | June 4, 2013

Stars and Stripes
June 4, 2013
NATO considers training Libya security forces
By Steven Beardsley
NATO is dispatching a fact-finding team to Libya as it considers training security forces in the North African country, where the government has struggled to rein in well-armed militias after the alliance-backed ouster of…Moammar Gadhafi.

The Good News from Bilderberg 2013 is that  Bassma  Kodmani,         Member of the Executive Bureau and Head of Foreign Affairs for Syrian National Council, was not invited back. That Free Syrian Army has been a real disaster of late for NATO. That is good news for Syria. The Bad News is that after reading the bios of the Bilderberg attendees David Petraeus is an angel compared to half a dozen of the Israeli Firsters who are also attending including a couple from PNAC. You remember them. The guys who helped do 911.

Equals?...... I don't know what. Seriously.It seems plausible that genuine resentment in Turkey was brought to the boiling point to pressure the Turkish government. That type of tactic cannot be ruled out. I spent last night mulling this over.Here is the latest: Erdogan is visiting Africa. His Deputy PM offered something resembling a olive branch, after a meeting with President Abdullah Gul who has been taking an opposing position to Erdogan

  US diplomats lobbied aggressively to support its genetically-modified food industries, a campaign group has revealed in a new report. The US even pushed EU countries to change laws to allow GM crops in. The diplomatic cables were published two years ago by Wikileaks, and most of them weren't even marked secret.

By Justin Doolittle | Crimethink | 6.03.2013

Agence France-Presse
June 4, 2013
U.S. might support Colombia NATO bid: State Department official
The United States might support a bid by Colombia for NATO membership just as it has backed the close Latin American ally in other international fora, a senior State Department official said Monday.

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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Romain Rolland: Selections on war
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Romain Rolland
From Death of a World (1933)
Translated by Amalia de Alberti

RT | June 4, 2013

Nine years ago a German drone nearly collided with a passenger plane over Afghanistan. The classified drone camera footage drew public attention after the German defense ministry scrapped a drone program for its lack of anti-collision technology.

Frank Lautenberg died Sunday night. He was, at 89 the oldest member of the Senate, had been ill for a long time and his death doesn't surprise many. Now Obama's BBF, Gov. Chris Christie gets to appoint a successor. Lautenberg was a dependable progressive across the board. His ProgressivePunch crucial vote score was 94.05, just between Barbara Boxer and Tammy Baldwin.

Prensa Latina | June 3, 2013

Managua – The supposed initiative to incorporate Colombia in a military group like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an attack on Latin American and Caribbean unity, the governments of Nicaragua and Venezuela denounced today.

RT | June 4, 2013

Russia cannot see NATO expansion towards its borders as positive, as under certain circumstances the possibility of military confrontation remains, the Russian PM has said at the Euro-Arctic Council’s forum.
When a reporter asked Dmitry Medvedev how the balance of forces in Europe will change if Sweden and Finland decide to enter NATO, the Russian Prime Minister answered that his country would have to react to such developments.

The court martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning on charges that could land the celebrated Army whistleblower in prison for life, enters Day Two at the Fort Meade courtroom in Maryland on Tuesday.
Credit: William Hennessy/AP
Check in with Kevin Gosztola and Alexa O’Brien, who are both covering the proceedings, for regular updates and commentary.

In this week’s appearance on Radio Liberty, James and Dr. Stan discuss a range of issues, including the current state of the economic crisis in Europe, and the possibility of another housing bubble in the US. They also take listener calls on a range of economic and geopolitical issues.

WASHINGTON—If you weren’t paying attention last week, you might have missed the news that Chinese hackers have accessed blueprints of our most advanced military weapons and communications systems, including Patriot missile technology, the V22 Osprey, the Aegis Ballistic Defense System, and the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship. This epic fail of our so-called “cyber security” efforts [...]

Although we had to swelter in the Maryland sun on Saturday, I found the pre-trial rally at Ft. Meade to support Bradley Manning particularly spirit-filled. It seemed there was an unspoken but widely shared consciousness that Manning is as much Biblical prophet as Army private. I think Manning can be seen as a classic prophet [...]

Everybody the world over knows that drones are the next big thing militarily, so it probably seemed like a safe bet when German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere signed off on investments in the “Euro Hawk” drone. That’s just the sort of thing a DM, especially one who’s been tapped as the next Chancellor, would do.

On Saturday I asserted that Darrell Issa should be a top priority target for the DCCC, rather than just another vile Republican committee chairman who gets a free reelection pass from Steve Israel, like he did last year.

A car bomb at a Balad restaurant left three dead and four wounded. Security forces killed two gunmen in Shirqat. In Baghdad, gunmen tried to assassinate a lawmaker, but killed a companion instead. A lawyer was wounded in a shooting in Saidiya. Two soldiers were wounded in an I.E.D. attack in Abu Ghraib. A bomb [...]

The worldwide March Against Monsanto this past Saturday was no mere political demonstration. Rather, it was a worldwide mobilization against corporate greed, the assault on our health and environment, and the oppression of small farmers.

International Solidarity Movement | June 3, 2013

The senator in 2010by KenI know it's in terrible taste, but instead of paying tribute to New Jersey's senior senator, who died today of viral pneumonia at 89, I'm going to jump to the political aftermath. I'm afraid I can offer only two justifications:(1) I don't know quite what to say about the senator -- at least nothing that DWT readers don't all know. At a time when it becomes harder and harder to identify authentic liberals in the U.S.

Our colleague in Denver, Mr. J.P.J., writes to allege that the “traditional Catholic" Matt family paper The Remnant states:“Interior Minister Manuel Valls announced that the French government has begun monitoring certain groups for ‘religious pathology,’ including, you guessed it!

By Glen Ford | Black Agenda Report | May 29, 2013

By Hüsnü Mahalli | Al-Akhbar | June 3, 2013

Overnight, what was once a consensus on the stability of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government turned into a schism. The barrier of fear collapsed and demonstrations spread throughout the country, leading to clashes that left many injured. However, the “Sultan” remains, at least for now.

Webster G. Tarpley on INN World Report Radio with Tom Kiely I.N.N. World Report June 3, 2013 Note: Interview recorded on May 28, 2013 [download audio]

Both Beltway political parties have been having problems with their conservative wings. Inside Congress, ascendant "New Dems"-- the Republican wing of the Democratic Party-- are making common cause with Republicans on a range of issues, many-- they claim, at the behest of Steve Israel who didn't learn any useful lessons from the Great Blue Dog Apocalypse of 2010.

From R Street’s Andrew Moylan:
As lawmakers begin discussing the National Defense Authorization Act in earnest this week, many in Washington are wondering, is it possible to defend America’s national interests and defend taxpayers’ wallets at the same time? According to a joint report from the National Taxpayers Union and the R Street Institute, the answer is an emphatic “Yes.”