May 8, 2012

US military occupation forces in Afganistan under Commander-in-Chief Obama suffered 80 casualties in the week ending May 8, as the official casualty total for the Iraq and AfPak wars* rose to 113,280. The total includes 79,494 casualties since the US invaded Iraq in March, 2003 (Operations “Iraqi Freedom” and “New Dawn”), and 33,786 since the… Continue reading May 8, 2012

“As Gandhi revealed, non-violent protest is effective above all because it reveals how power really operates: it lays bare the violence it is willing to unleash on even the most peaceful citizens when they dare to challenge its moral legitimacy.”

-David Graeber discusses how police are now sexually assaulting female protesters in an attempt to intimidate them.

May 1, 2012

US military occupation forces in Afganistan under Commander-in-Chief Obama suffered 81 casualties in the week ending May Day, as the official casualty total for the Iraq and AfPak wars* rose to 113,200. The total includes 79,494 casualties since the US invaded Iraq in March, 2003 (Operations “Iraqi Freedom” and “New Dawn”), and 33,706 since the… Continue reading May 1, 2012

“I think that one of the problems we have in New York City is that we have a vast amount of public space in which the public is not allowed to do what it wants. We have to liberate public spaces for these sorts of common political actions, and this is one of the arenas of struggle.”

-David Harvey and “the right to the city.”

What we’re leaving behind today, at record pace, is what­ever belief we might once have had in the value of unstructured time: in the privilege of contemplating our lives before they are gone, in the importance of uninterrupted conversation, in the beauty of play. In the thing in itself – unmediated, leading nowhere. In the present moment.

-Mark Slouka, on the virtues of idleness, in “Quitting the Paint Factory

April 24, 2012

US military occupation forces in Afganistan and Iraq under Commander-in-Chief Obama suffered 52 casualties in the week ending April 24, as the official casualty total for the Iraq and AfPak wars* rose to 113,119. The total includes 79,494 casualties since the US invaded Iraq in March, 2003 (Operations “Iraqi Freedom” and “New Dawn”), and 33,625… Continue reading April 24, 2012

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April 18, 2012

US military occupation forces in Afganistan and Iraq under Commander-in-Chief Obama suffered 84 casualties in the period ending April 17, as the official casualty total for the Iraq and AfPak wars* rose to 113,067. The total includes 79,493 casualties since the US invaded Iraq in March, 2003 (Operations “Iraqi Freedom” and “New Dawn”), and 33,574… Continue reading April 18, 2012

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April 10, 2012

US military occupation forces in Afganistan and Iraq under Commander-in-Chief Obama suffered 300 casualties in the period ending April 10, as the official casualty total for the Iraq and AfPak wars* rose to 112,983. The total includes 79,493 casualties since the US invaded Iraq in March, 2003 (Operations “Iraqi Freedom” and “New Dawn”), and 33,490… Continue reading April 10, 2012

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So Iran is supporting rebels fighting a dictatorship in one country (Yemen) and supporting the dictatorship in another (Syria). In those two countries, the U.S. is doing exactly the reverse: propping up the Yemeni dictatorship while arming the Syrian rebels. Why is one better than the other or a greater sign of aggression and threats?

Greenwald on the NYT and its propagandizing on the Iranian “menace”.