Blog 12 Mar 2015 Jesus, Evangelicals, and American Empire image above: thenile.com.au WN: "Empire" by nature is gargantuan evil. There is none known to history that has not been… Editor No Comments
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Blog Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump clash with police officers in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis 23 Jan 2022 Reflections on: The American polity is cracked, and might collapse. Canada must prepare Thomas Homer-Dixon Special to The Globe and Mail Published December 31, 2021; Updated January 2, 2022 photo above: cbsnews.com WN:… Editor No Comments
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Blog 16 Dec 2020 Jesus Was a Victim of Empire. Acknowledging This Should Transform Christianity. Jesus Was a Victim of Empire. Acknowledging This Should Transform Christianity. By Christine Mungai, Truthout Part of the Series: Religion's… Editor No Comments
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Blog 28 Oct 2019 Donald Trump: An American Tragedy for the U.S. and the Entire World By Prof Rodrigue Tremblay Global Research, October 24, 2019 “If this [U.S.] government ever became a tyrant, if a dictator ever took… Editor No Comments
Blog 07 Feb 2018 The Doctrine of Discovery, Manifest Destiny, and American Exceptionalism Posted on July 21, 2015 by christian hegemony Challenging Christian Hegemony Practical tools for recognizing and resisting Christian dominance WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 Dec 2017 Anti-empire, pro-activist … The Last Jedi is as left wing as Jeremy Corbyn The latest Star Wars film is an unlikely champion of the grassroots – and it’s not even subtle about it… Editor No Comments
Blog 18 May 2017 “Born Again” in Deir Nidham: Against the Illegal Military Occupation, from a Black-American Prophetic Christian Perspective Jadaliyya by Taurean J. Webb (a FOSNA Board member) Tactics of Racial Supremacy photo above: A checkpoint in the Israeli Barrier in… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 Feb 2017 Why Do So Many Americans Fear Muslims? Decades of Denial About America’s Role in the World. Jon Schwarz February 18 2017, 6:11 a.m. photo above: During a memorial service in Baghdad, Iraqis gather around a bomb hole… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Sep 2016 Empire’s Religion: Arundhati Roy Confronts the Tyranny of the Free Market Published on Thursday, September 15, 2016 by Common Dreams by Jake Johnson photo above: 'Whether she is writing of Kashmir… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Aug 2016 Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism September 26, 2014 by CHARLES R. LARSON WN: There is someone of my acquaintance who rails against the US Black… Editor No Comments
Blog 18 Mar 2023 Christian Pacifism and Its Cultured Naysayers ***NOTE: Many footnotes add detail and background to the text.*** WN: The Problem I have a good friend who loves… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Nov 2022 The Great Sumas Lake Heist: A Guilty Little Secret in Plain Sight Sumas Lake until a century ago covered about 10% of the Fraser Valley's fertile farmland. Then it was 'disappeared.' Whatever… Editor No Comments
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Blog 14 Sep 2022 Long Live Imperialism?!–Thoughts On: Queen Elizabeth II and The End of Britain’s Imperial age By Ishaan Tharoor, with Sammy Westfall Email photo above: akdenizpazar.com WN: While true that Queen Elizabeth "was perhaps not privy… Admin 2 Comments
Blog 20 Aug 2022 Focus On: Can GOP Voters Handle the Truth? By Tom Nichols August 17, 2022 image above: imgflip.com WN: I have been in profound disagreement over the years with… Admin No Comments
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Blog 12 Jul 2022 Commentary on: John Bolton Casually Admits to CNN That He’s Planned Coups by Justin Baragona WN: Ah, the noble United States of America: ultimate bastion of democracy; exceptionally godly and self-sacrificing; a… Admin No Comments
Blog 21 Jun 2022 Reflections On: Opinion Doug Mastriano’s unhinged ‘Nazi’ claim signals deeper danger ahead By Greg Sargent, Columnist June 2, 2022 image above: thedispatch.com WN: The U.S. has become increasingly unhinged--thanks in significant part… Admin No Comments
Blog 01 Jun 2022 Reflections on: How US gun culture stacks up with the world By Kara Fox, Krystina Shveda, Natalie Croker and Marco Chacon, CNN Thu May 26, 2022 WN: Add to this the overwhelming… Admin No Comments
Blog 09 May 2022 The Mumbai Bombs, July 2006 July 12, 2006 Dear Editor: Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peter MacKay predictably was the pot that called the kettle… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Mar 2022 Capitalism and Racism WN: We have been studying an excellent book in this discussion group: How to Have an Enemy: Righteous Anger and… Admin No Comments
Blog 15 Mar 2022 Reflection on: John Mearsheimer on why the West is principally responsible for the Ukrainian crisis Mar 11th 2022 by John J. Mearsheimer image above: Dan Williams WN: I recently sent out to several people an… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Nov 2021 Reflections on “Drone Strikes and Torture Will Cause Big Blowback” November 5, 2021 by Brian Cloughley photo above: AK Rockefeller – CC BY 2.0 WN: It is ominous to read… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Oct 2021 Interaction With “The CIA: 70 Years of Organized Crime” September 22, 2017 by Douglas Valentine – Lars Schall photo above by Tom Thai | CC BY 2.0 WN: Welcome… Editor No Comments
Blog 20 Oct 2021 Legacy of Shame: October 19, 2021 by Kenn Orphan photo above: Photograph Source: Reagan White House Photographs – Public Domain WN: Saint Augustine… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Sep 2021 Engelhardt, A Hellfire World By Tom Engelhardt photo above: 'THEY ARE ALL DEAD': Harrowing leaked footage shows US drone strikes in Afghanistan as pilot… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Sep 2021 9/11 was a test: Essay by Carlos Lozada Illustration above: by Patrik Svensson Sept. 3, 2021 WN: Below are excerpts from an outstanding essay… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Aug 2021 Bomber Biden Sends in B-52 Bombers in a Tantrum over Taliban Advance August 12, 2021 by Dave Lindorff photo above: AC-130 Spectre gunship rains random death from the sky in the name… Editor No Comments
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Blog 07 May 2021 Alfred McCoy, How Washington Lost the Ultimate Drug War May 6, 2021 By Alfred McCoy photo above: Afghan War Kills 3 Children a Day: Report | Common Dreams News… Editor No Comments
Blog 07 May 2021 Joe Biden’s War Powers: Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill April 28 2021 Recording: Go to website and listen to Joe Biden's War Powers 2021-04-28·36 min. Transcript… Editor No Comments
Blog 26 Feb 2021 There Is No Christian Case for Trump January 30, 2020 Peter Wehner Contributing writer at The Atlantic and senior fellow at EPPC photo above: President Trump speaking… Editor No Comments
Blog BAYONNE, NJ - MAY 3: A wind blown American flag at the Tear Drop 9/11 Memorial flies over the skyline of New York City as the sun sets on May 3, 2020 in Bayonne, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) 16 Aug 2020 The Unraveling of America by Wade Davis August 6, 2020 Wade Davis holds the Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Aug 2020 Life Under the Bomb Means a Life of Resistance Published on Thursday, August 06, 2020 by Common Dreams by Rev. John Dear photo above: "Our message over the years… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Oct 2019 Saying Goodbye to Sam Oct 28, 2019 Opinion | TD originals sketch above: Mr. Fish / Truthdig Chris Hedges Columnist Chris Hedges is a… Editor No Comments
Blog 20 Mar 2019 Why Did Bush Go to War in Iraq? The Answer Is More Sinister Than You Think Why Did Bush Go to War in Iraq? The Answer Is More Sinister Than You Think No, it wasn't because… Editor No Comments
Blog 17 Mar 2019 Christchurch, the White Victim Complex and Savage Capitalism Christchurch, the White Victim Complex and Savage Capitalism March 15, 2019 by Ben Debney drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Oct 2018 Trump’s Massive Corruption Exposé Trump's Massive Corruption Exposé WN: The sooner the All-In-One Ultimate Ugly American, Planet Enemy Number One and Supreme Narcissist is… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Sep 2018 The Kavanaugh Hearings The Kavanaugh Hearings by John Graham WN: This is very wise commentary -- thanks to one of my nieces for… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Sep 2018 Obama’s Imperial Presidency September 14, 2018 by Carl Boggs photo above: The U.S. Army | CC BY 2.0 WN: It is astounding that… Editor No Comments
Blog 31 Aug 2018 Reckoning With John McCain Respecting the best of McCain requires grappling with the rest of McCain. By Timothy Patrick McCarthy Twitter August 27, 2018… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Aug 2018 Millennial Evangelicals Diverge from Their Parents’ Beliefs The separation of families at the border, climate change, and various progressive causes have galvanized young Christians. By Eliza Griswold… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Jul 2018 Trump is now dangerous – that makes his mental health a matter of public interest Bandy Lee This world authority in psychiatry, consulted by US politicians, argues that the president’s mental fitness deserves scrutiny Sun… Editor No Comments
Blog Attendees came from 18 different nations. 25 Jun 2018 Rwanda Dispatches May 18 to July 12, 2018 NOTE (December 13, 2022): The following article, by Jeffrey Smith | December 13, 2022((Jeffrey Smith is the founding director of Vanguard… Editor No Comments
Blog 22 Mar 2018 The Last Temptation How evangelicals, once culturally confident, became an anxious minority seeking political protection from the least traditionally religious president in living… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Mar 2018 Billy Graham & The Cold War Before the Culture War – White evangelical voters, Donald Trump, and the evolution of the religious right The Cold War before the culture war March 6, 2018 by Fred Clark WN: What emerges with great clarity in… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Feb 2018 The Last Real Evangelical: Evangelist Billy Graham Feb 23, 2018 photo above: Evangelist Billy Graham speaks in Dallas at the 1974 Southern Baptist Convention. (AP) by Mel… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Feb 2018 Billy Graham and the Gospel of Fear February 21, 2018 byCecil Bothwell Photo above by Richard Bromley | CC BY 2.0 [NOTE: For a differing view with… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Feb 2018 Kipling, the ‘White Man’s Burden,’ and U.S. Imperialism by John Bellamy Foster and Robert W. McChesney (Nov 01, 2003) photo above: The Moro Massacre (March 9, 1906): Phillipines… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 Oct 2017 1,516 mass shootings in 1,735 days: America’s gun crisis – in one chart Monday 2 October 2017 19.09 BST WN: In the introductory essay to my website, I write: ***************************************************************** Nuclear strategist Albert Wohlstetter described… Editor No Comments
Blog Buy the book 26 Aug 2017 Exploring the Shadows of America’s Security State Or How I Learned Not to Love Big Brother By Alfred W. McCoy [This piece has been adapted and expanded from… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Jul 2017 The Demolition of U.S. Global Power Donald Trump’s Road to Debacle in the Greater Middle East Tomgram: Alfred McCoy, Trumping the Empire Posted by Alfred McCoy at… Editor No Comments
Blog 03 Jul 2017 Worried About Those Global Cyber Attacks? They Were Started by Washington Worried About Those Global Cyber Attacks? They Were Started by Washington The notorious US spy agencies invented this monster, first… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Jun 2017 The Gospel Counter-Narrative WN On April 4, 2017, our pastor, Rob Brown, at Eden Mennonite Church in Chilliwack BC preached a great sermon… Editor No Comments
Blog 03 Jun 2017 Obama: a Hollow Man Filled With Ruling Class Ideas Obama: a Hollow Man Filled With Ruling Class Ideas JUNE 2, 2017 by PAUL STREET WN: The review below of… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 May 2017 America’s Iran Hysteria The Irrationality of Iran Vilification By Danny Sjursen Posted by Danny Sjursen at 7:46am, May 30, 2017. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. WN: It… Editor No Comments
Blog 22 Apr 2017 Getting Through U.S. Immigration – Spoof WN: This brief spoof captures something tragically larger about American Empire. Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Apr 2017 The Banality of War WN: Below is the first footnote of an essay for a possible chapter in an upcoming book slated for fall… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Feb 2017 Constantine in Canada – Ron Dart – with Vancouver letter re: Franklin Graham February 27, 2017 Constantine in Canada: The Conservative Evangelicals Ron S. Dart WN: Years ago, I wrote an editorial in The… Editor No Comments
Blog 22 Nov 2016 We Are All Deplorables Posted on Nov 20, 2016 By Chris Hedges an excerpt: Those cast aside by the neoliberal order have an economic identity that both the liberal… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Oct 2016 An Open Letter to Michelle Obama, October 13, 2016 WN: A friend reminded me, in response to that below, that none of us in the first world is… Editor No Comments
Blog 29 Mar 2015 The London Bombs, July 2005 By Wayne Northey July 9, 2005 Dear Editor: Prime Minister Tony Blair hypocritically called the London bombings “barbaric attacks.” On… Editor No Comments
Blog 29 Mar 2015 Mr. Harper, But Emperor Bush Has Nothing on At All!!! By Wayne Northey Stephen Harper is a scary man. He is at best sycophant, at worst dupe, of the confidence… Editor No Comments
21 Apr 2014 Blowback The Costs and Consequences of American Empire, Chalmers Johnson, New York: Henry Holt, 2000, 268 pp. It is the human… Editor
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Blog 21 Mar 2023 Reflection on: How the U.S. broke Iraq By Ishaan Tharoor with Sammy Westfall | Email image above: A U. S. marine checks the bag of a man,… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Mar 2023 The United States and ICC have an awkward history By Adam Taylor with Sammy Westfall Email image above: bicakhukuk.com WN: "Oddly, the U.S. position on the ICC is the… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Feb 2023 Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Kristin Kobes Du… Editor No Comments
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Blog 15 Feb 2023 Extensive Commentary On: What white Christian support for Trump reveals about systemic racism By Robert P. Jones | November 12, 2020 WN: Beyond tragic the pullquote to the right, this means four-fifths of American… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Jan 2023 State Terror: Tyre Nichols’s Death Is America’s Shame Jan. 27, 2023 By Charles M. Blow Opinion Columnist image above: Protesters gather in NYC’s Union Square Friday night after… Admin No Comments
Blog 21 Jan 2023 Thoughts On: The Great Santos January 20, 2023 Matthew Stevenson image above: Original cover art for the 1927 edition of The Great Gatsby by Francis… Admin No Comments
Blog 25 Sep 2022 The US media and public seem to suffer from collective amnesia. September 24, 2022 image above: Trump Kyle Rittenhouse Award WN: My only quibble with this pointed article: the author only… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Sep 2022 NY AG Sues Trump and Children Over ‘Staggering’ Criminal Fraud Julia Conley September 21, 2022 WN: I have a close relative who railed against the dishonesty of the Clinton's, Obama,… Editor No Comments
Blog 03 Sep 2022 Commentary On: The seeds of Biden’s democracy speech sprouted long before the Mar-a-Lago search By Sam Stein, Eugene Daniels and Jonathan Lemire 09/03/2022 WN: Of The Prison of Democracy: Race, Leavenworth, and the Culture… Admin No Comments
Blog 16 Aug 2022 ‘West Wants to Change Regimes for Itself’ August 15, 2022 Julie Varughese Admin, Africa, Archives image above: On left: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken with Rwandan… Admin No Comments
Blog 14 Aug 2022 In Afghanistan, a legacy of U.S. failure endures By Ishaan Tharoor with Sammy Westfall August 14, 2022 image above: A crying Afghan woman begs for help from US troops.… Admin 2 Comments
Blog 30 Jul 2022 Pope Francis says Catholic Church committed cultural ‘genocide’ of Canada’s Indigenous peoples Jul 30, 2022 by Christopher White Christopher White is the Vatican correspondent for NCR. His email address is cwhite@ncronline.org. Follow him… Admin No Comments
Blog 04 Jul 2022 Reflections on: How to Read Donald Trump By Ariel Dorfman July 3, 2022 image above and below: "If there was a single company that embodied the overarching… Admin No Comments
Blog 02 Jul 2022 How Trump World pressures witnesses to deny his possible wrongdoing By Rosalind S. Helderman, Josh Dawsey and Jacqueline Alemany June 30, 2022 image above: Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to… Admin No Comments
Blog 30 Jun 2022 Do Christians Have a Responsibility to Protect? By Elias Crim April 18, 2022 WN: In the article highlighted, there is this: Here’s Augustine’s most famous passage on… Admin No Comments
Blog 11 Jun 2022 Interaction With: When the US Is Truly Run by These Fascists It Will Be Too Late Thom Hartmann June 8, 2022 image above: That single strongman Leader is the key to understanding everything else that happens… Admin No Comments
27 Mar 2022 The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean Book Review of The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North… Editor No Comments
Blog Anti-riot police give signal to be ready. Government power concept. Police in action. Smoke on a dark background with lights. Blue red flashing sirens. Dictatorship power. Selective focus 06 Mar 2022 Is Violence Master of Us All?: Fight, Flight or Just Peacemaking WN: The host was the affable lawyer Gerry Palmer, quite well-known in Abbotsford for his work with numerous non-profit organizations,… Editor No Comments
Blog 25 Feb 2022 Spotlight on: Putin’s spiritual destiny Giles Fraser is a journalist, broadcaster and Rector at the south London church of St Mary’s, Newington image above: ft.com… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Nov 2021 Thoughts on: “White People Explain Racism to Me” By Elie Mystal Twitter November 15, 2021 photo above: (Fizkes / Shutterstock) WN: We Whites, lacking the lifelong experiences described… Editor No Comments
Blog 25 Oct 2021 Commentary: “As Sen. Joe Manchin’s Star Rose in West Virginia, the FBI and IRS Probed His Closest Allies” Daniel Boguslaw October 23 2021 photo by Dominik Vanyi on Unsplash WN: The story below is about unbridled greed. It… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Oct 2021 Engagement With “Frances Haugen: ‘I never wanted to be a whistleblower. But lives were in danger’” Dan Milmo Global technology editor October 24, 2021 WN: Now this is wonderfully gracious theology from Frances Haugen: Because the… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 Oct 2021 On A letter from Hell By Robin Schumacher, Exclusive Columnist photo above: pxhere.com WN: It is interesting that the photo chosen for the article highlighted… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Sep 2021 Josh McDowell steps back from ministry after controversial remarks on black families By Michael Gryboski, Christian Post Reporter September 23, 2021 photo above: Josh McDowell speaks at Talbot Chapel at Biola University… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Jul 2021 This entire country is haunted By Alicia Elliott July 12, 2021 photo above: The Mohawk Institute Residential School, referred to by former students as ‘the… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Jul 2021 “The Apocalypse Has Begun”: by David Cayley January 2, 2016 WN: This is a highly instructive essay. There is much on my website about… Editor No Comments
Blog 29 May 2021 Opinion: It’s ‘The Code’ of the NHL, and it has no cure for stupid Opinion by Ken Dryden May 27, 2021 photo above: Toronto center John Tavares is taken from the ice on a… Editor No Comments
23 May 2021 I Was a Catholic Zionist: A Biblical Challenge to Tribalism and Idolatry WN: This review is from THE AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR JUDAISM Review: "I Was a Catholic Zionist"--An Eloquent Exploration of Judaism's… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 May 2021 Why Canada’s special forces ‘shadow army’ is still fighting ISIS By Adnan R. Khan May 11, 2021 photo above: Spec Ops Magazine WN: In short, Canada’s Special Operations Regiment (CSOR),… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Apr 2021 Tribes Want Medals Awarded for Wounded Knee Massacre Rescinded Mark Walker April 23, 2021 photo above: Kristina Barker for The New York Times WN: This kind of story can… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Apr 2021 How Trump Unleashed a Domestic Terrorism Movement— “He tells them what to do. He tells them why they’re angry.” Mark Follman March+April 2021 Issue photo above: Nate… Editor No Comments
Blog 26 Mar 2021 Restorative Justice: Peacemaking Not Warmaking; Transformative Justice: Penal Abolitionism Not Prison Reform by Wayne Northey for The Kenarchy Journal, Volume 2. image above: cccu.org PLEASE NOTE: Below are excerpts of my paper… Editor No Comments
Blog 25 Mar 2021 The fight to unionize Amazon is the most important labor story of this century John W. Miller March 25, 2021 photo above: Screenshot, America: The Jesuit Review WN: Amazon/Jeff Bezos is possibly America's most… Editor No Comments
24 Mar 2021 The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America Of the extraordinarily valuable and informative works for which Mr. Valentine is responsible, his latest, CIA As Organized Crime, may… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Mar 2021 Cornel West: The Whiteness of Harvard and Wall Street Is “Jim Crow, New Style” By George Yancy, Truthout Published March 5, 2021 photo above: yankeewikis.com WN: I first became involved with men in prison… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Mar 2021 Houses of hate: Dangerous, racist and falling apart. By nearly every metric, the nation's penal system is not just failing, it's making things… Editor No Comments
Blog 26 Feb 2021 Technology of Death: March 26, 2020 by Ramzy Baroud photo above: Sgt. Paul L. Anstine III, U.S. Marine Corps – Public Domain WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Feb 2021 On Some Bad House Manager Language February 12, 2021 by Paul Street photo above: Backbone Campaign – CC BY 2. WN: The highlighted article is a… Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Feb 2021 Reckoning with the Toxicity of Christian Nationalism By Bill Berkowitz February 8, 2021 WN: The article highlighted below is very disturbing for followers of the one Mark… Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Feb 2021 On the Relative Vileness of George W. Bush and Donald Trump, Liz Cheney and Marjorie Taylor Greene February 10, 2021 by Gary Leupp photo above: via The Huffington Post WN: One can imagine with the above photo… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Jan 2021 Killing Nora: The Real Reason Trump Should Have Been Impeached January 22, 2021 by Nicky Reid cartoon: too true! WN: What is true of the Criminal Justice System is also… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Oct 2020 The Man Card WN: Please see this new and powerful video--free until November 3! It tells America's story of the past half century… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Jul 2020 Baseless: My Search for Secrets in the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act Baseless: My Search for Secrets in the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act July 22, 2020 Bats With Napalm… Editor No Comments
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Blog 11 Jun 2020 An Open Letter To Joe Biden Dear Mr. Biden. If I might be so bold, I wonder about connecting some dots at this incredible kairos moment… Editor No Comments
Blog 31 May 2020 Cornel West Says ‘Neo-Fascist Gangster’ Trump and Neoliberal Democrats Expose America as ‘Failed Social Experiment’ WN: Please see in light of the title this outstanding article by Canadian Wade Davis: The Unraveling of America. 1.… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Jan 2020 Itching for a brawl To interpret the latest round of US-Iran tension, here is some history you need to know by Ken Sehested WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Oct 2019 Crises in Iraq and Haiti Expose the Failure of Militarized Neoliberalism It should be no surprise that the new governments installed by all these U.S. wars and coups are among the… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Oct 2019 Why this ‘genius’ scholar is mapping out the world’s largest jail system photo above: Kelly Lytle Hernández, who received the MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, views prison abolition through the eyes of rebels Fri… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Oct 2019 Beyond Impeachment: Remove This Regime from Below October 1, 2019 by Paul Street photo above: White House – Public Domain WN: This is a powerful broadside against… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Oct 2019 Donald Trump Is Finished Sep 30, 2019 TD originals Bill Blum photo above: President Donald Trump, with Vice President Mike Pence at left, takes… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Mar 2019 Tribunal Declares Trump and Duterte Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity Tribunal Declares Trump and Duterte Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity By Marjorie Cohn, Truthout Published March 14, 2019 photo above:… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Feb 2019 On the Record: Jody Wilson-Raybould’s Devastating Testimony on the SNC-Lavalin Scandal On the Record: Jody Wilson-Raybould’s Devastating Testimony on the SNC-Lavalin Scandal Trudeau tried to pressure justice minister to cut deal… Editor No Comments
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Blog 16 Feb 2019 Why the Justice Department Can’t Be Trusted to Investigate Abysmal Conditions in Federal Prisons Why the Justice Department Can’t Be Trusted to Investigate Abysmal Conditions in Federal Prisons Natasha Lennard February 9 2019, 6:00 a.m.… Editor No Comments
Blog 17 Jan 2019 New Pro-Life Movement: ‘No’ to Trump; ‘yes’ to atheists New Pro-Life Movement: 'No' to Trump; 'yes' to atheists Jan 17, 2019 by Peter Feuerherd Justice People photo above: Aimee… Editor No Comments
13 Dec 2018 Justice That Restores, Charles W. Colson, Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2001. 172 pages WN: Charles Colson’s book seems so out of place in the Age of Trump. Colson was of course a conservative… Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Sep 2018 Reinforcing US Status as ‘Bully and Hegemon,’ Bolton to Threaten ICC Over Probes into America’s War Crimes Human rights advocates decried the Trump administration's attack on the International Criminal Court as "another low point" in its effort… Editor No Comments
Blog 03 Sep 2018 How Israel Spies on US Citizens A never-shown Al Jazeera documentary on the pro-Israel lobby in the United States reveals possibly illegal Israeli spying on American… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Aug 2018 The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean August 24, 2018 Slavery… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Aug 2018 Tomgram: Alfred McCoy, Will China Be the Next Global Hegemon? Beijing’s Bid for Global Power in the Age of Trump “America First” Versus China’s Strategy of the Four Continents By… Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Aug 2018 Pope revises catechism to say death penalty is ‘inadmissible’ Commits the church to working toward its abolition worldwide((There is clearly moral ambiguity on this issue. I greatly appreciate this… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Jul 2018 Judgment days In a small Alabama town, an evangelical congregation reckons with God, President Trump and the meaning of morality Please go… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Apr 2018 How Martin Luther Paved the Way for Donald Trump To understand why evangelicals support the president, look to the first Protestant. By Michael Massing April 19, 2018 illustration above… Editor No Comments
Blog 14 Dec 2017 “Prison, Sexual Assault, and Editing John Howard Yoder: One Man’s Story” by Andy Alexis-Baker WN: In January 1975, I read John Howard Yoder's The Politics of Jesus at an Inter-term course taught by Clark… Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Nov 2017 Pope Denounces ‘Mentality of Fear’ Caused by Nuclear Regimes, Urges Disarmament Published on Friday, November 10, 2017 by Common Dreams At a seminar at the Vatican, Pope Francis praised the U.N.'s… Editor No Comments