Filmed at Bowdoin College on November 29, 2005, by documentary filmmaker Eric Herter during a reading sponsored by From the Fishouse, an online audio archive of emerging poets.
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Howard Zinn on the Stupidity Of War
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Can a war be just?
American Historian and activist, Howard Zinn, speaks about the unjust history of war.
The Mourning After: for my father
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Donald Rumsfeld Destroyed By Gentle NPR Host via @MajorityFM #p2 #ows
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Donald Rumsfeld went on the NPR show Marketplace in an attempt to promote his new book, but he was met with perhaps the hardest questioning he’s ever faced.
This clip from the Majority Report, live M-F at 12 noon EST and via daily podcast at Majority.FM
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Dying Iraq War Veteran Tomas Young Explains Decision to End His Life via @democracynow #p2 #ows
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Body of War is the story of Tomas Young, a disabled Iraq War veteran paralyzed from the nipples down. The film documents his struggles with impotence, pain, humiliation, and ultimately divorce—all the direct result of a bullet to the spine delivered just one week after he had arrived in Iraq.
Tomas’ story is heartbreaking enough, but Body of War is more than a personal narrative. Juxtaposed and interspersed throughout runs the congressional debate that ultimately led to the war. Legislator after legislator regurgitates Neo-Con talking points and scoffingly disregards any peaceful opposition. In the end, only twenty-three Senators voted against sending people like Tomas to war.
Charles Bivona
“Phil Donahue Gave Me Writer’s Block”
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Lighter, Human Interest Stories from the Military Industrial Complex with @TheResident #p2
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“We hope this information will serve to eliminate some of the myths surrounding the Pentagon and give an appreciation of the size of this building.”
RT’s Lori Harfenist, “The Resident,” explores stories of every day life—and some interesting trivia, too!—from the U.S. military industrial war machine. Smiles, everyone! Smiles!
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Do you remember Iran-Contra? w/ @TheResident #p2 #njpoet
“We Don’t Kill For You No More!” Veterans Throw War Medals at NATO Summit via @DemocracyNow
Let’s Start With #Demilitarization via @TomDispatch #war #antiwar #ows
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According to the Pentagon, the production and acquisition costs of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jet, the military’s most expensive weapons program, have risen yet again, this time by 4.3% since 2010 to $395.6 billion. If you’re talking about the total cost of the system, including maintenance and support for the nearly 2,500 planes that will some (endlessly delayed) day be produced for the military, that has now reached an estimated $1.51 trillion, a 9% rise since 2010. All this for a plane that some experts doubt has any particular purpose in the future U.S. arsenal.
At last, however, the House of Representatives seems to have had enough of wasteful spending programs. Perhaps its members also read the recent poll that shows Americans generally support more funds for the Defense Department — until, that is, they are told just how much is spent on defense compared to other budget items. Then, 75% of them (67% of Republicans) back significant cuts, an average of 18%, in that budget to reduce the federal deficit.
Whatever the explanation, last week the Republican-dominated House finally took out the pruning shears and acted with remarkable decisiveness. They sent a bill to the Senate cutting $310 billion from the deficit over the next decade. The F-35 program went down in flames.
Oh wait, that’s my mistake. Actually, they slashed food stamps, children’s health care, funds to hospitals that serve the poor, and Medicaid — all in order to shield the Pentagon from future cuts. In fact, the House bill actually adds more than $8 billion to the Pentagon budget. As the New York Times reports, if the House bill were to become law, “the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that more than 20 million children would face reduced food and nutrition support, almost 300,000 would be knocked off the federal school lunch program, and at least 300,000 would lose access to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.”
-Tom Engelhardt
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