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“Collateral Damage”

June 13, 2009 – 1:05 pm

The more recent use of the term “collateral damage” is nothing but a euphemism for the murder of civilians, usually in wartime – in effect the commission of Nuremberg war crimes and crimes against humanity, usually as a part of the more encompassing Nuremberg crime against peace. Prior to the use of the term “collateral […]

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Egregious Human Consequences of Computer Technology

June 11, 2009 – 1:05 pm

The Congo (those over 60 may remember it as “the Belgian Congo”) is a key geo-strategic area for the functioning of modern, high-tech society. It just so happens that the “precious” metals and minerals needed for the functioning of cell phones, computers, etc., are found in abundance in the Congo, a country of 60 million […]

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When Will We Hear the Moaning?

May 27, 2009 – 1:07 pm

Every time the US imposes military force in another country, either on the ground or from the air, whether covertly or overtly, our nation is violating international laws and increasing the rage of people everywhere against us. This is foolish for it almost guarantees that we will be targets, sooner or later, of enraged “retail” […]

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Revisiting the Ambush of September 1, 1987: A Metaphor/Myth for the Epoch We Call Civilization

September 1, 2007 – 9:16 am

"But for those who saw the terror on the tracks and the witnesses who watched it on television, it was like a metaphor of what happens to those who dissent from administration policies: They get run over…."

–"Body On The Line" by Brad Kessler, October 3, 1987, The Nation

The above quotation exemplifies U.S.

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The Trauma of Civilization for Our Species: War and Its Victims

August 1, 2007 – 11:24 am

According to the U.S. foreign policy oversight organization, Just Foreign Policy, the number of Iraqi deaths due to the U.S. invasion and continuing occupation now exceeds one million. It is more than ten times greater than most estimates used in the U.S. media.

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