By Charles Davis and Medea Benjamin
In an age when U.S. power can be projected through private mercenary armies and unmanned Predator drones, the U.S. military need no longer rely on massive, conventional ground forces to pursue its imperial agenda, a fact President Barack Obama is now acknowledging. But make no mistake: while the tactics may be changing, the U.S. taxpayer – and poor foreigners abroad – will still be saddled with overblown military budgets and militaristic policies.
This Year in #Accountability: 2011 2011 has certainly been a splashy pink year in exposing the truth about policy makers, decision makers and elected officials who have publicly failed, sometimes miserably, in the struggle for equality, civil liberties, accountability, peace and social justice. Below are some highlights from a memorable year. Almost everything was caught [...]
My Visit to the School of the America Watch By Rosie Platzer, CODEPINK Intern, Cal Poly State University The other weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to go to the School of the America Watch (SOAW) in Columbus, GA with Nancy Mancias. It was an absolutely amazing weekend, and if possible, I definitely plan to [...]
#OWS: Hats Off To The Agents Of Disruption By Nancy Mancias There’s a wave of political disruptions taking the 1% by storm causing known figures such as Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice and former Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson to take refuge and causing others like Karl Rove to simply “lose his mind”. The 99% has [...]
This Week in #Accountability, November 11, 2011 Condoleezza Rice’s new memoir, ‘No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington‘, hit the shelves of bookstores across the country on Nov. 1st. The former Secretary who brought us images of mushroom clouds claims to be setting the record straight. We think it’s time to set [...]
Friday, January 6, 2012
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