The Net is awash in weapons of mass deception. DeSmogBlog, a web site dedicated to defusing the WMDs employed by climate change deniers, identified one yesterday that deserves your attention. 500 Scientists with Documented Doubts – about the Heartland Institute? 29 Apr 08 UPDATE: we have received notes now from 45 outraged scientists whose names [...]
Independent Tribunal Established to Investigate Mass Grave Sites For a century, the Canadian Government with the assistance of major Canadian churches kidnapped thousands of aboriginal kids and locked them up in residential schools where they could be “civilized.” Far from their families and communities, young and defenseless, they were beaten for speaking their languages. Many [...]
Winnipeggers demonstrate against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, March 15, 2008. Photo: Paul Graham I heard this poem at a peace rally in Winnipeg on March 15, 2008. It’s powerful. Though it’s been knocking around the Net for years, it was new to me. Perhaps it is to you, too. A Moment of Silence [...]
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In the past our politicians offered us dreams of a better world. Now they promise to protect us from nightmares. The most frightening of these is the threat of an international terror network. But just as the dreams were not true, neither are these nightmares. – Introduction to the BBC Series “The Power of Nightmares,” [...]
War has always been a battle for minds as well land, resources, and political power. The rules — portray our warriors as noble innocents, bravely sacrificing themselves for a higher cause; demonize the other side — call them fanatics, terrorists, murderers. It helps if you don’t speak the enemy’s language, don’t know their history and [...]
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