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The new book This Is An Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century by Mark Engler and Paul Engler is a terrific survey of direct action strategies, bringing out many of the strengths and weaknesses of activist efforts to effect major change in the United States and around the world since well before the twenty-first century. It should be taught in every level of our schools.

Two US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II assault warplanes carried out airstrikes on the city of Aleppo on Wednesday, destroying nine facilities, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Feb.11. The same day, the Pentagon accused Moscow of bombing two Aleppo hospitals, while there were no Russian flights over the city.

By Alan Hart Before I offer my own answer here’s ag quick review of how things are and look like going. * President Obama is not going to use the leverage he has to cause or try to cause Israel to end its defiance of international law and denial of justice for the Palestinians. In […]

Jim W. Dean - Turkey and Saudi Arabia suffered a humiliating defeat at the Munich talks yesterday, one that the corporate press seems to not be covering.

David Swanson of Talk Nation Radio is back with another interesting hour speaking about the west bank with guest Elliott Adams.

American shale drillers have closed two-thirds of all the country’s oil rigs; TASS quotes the head of France’s Total Patrick Pouyanne. Tumbling oil prices are boon for consumers, but US energy sector layoffs, bankruptcies loom “Since March 2015 we are witnessing a decline in oil shale output in the United States, which has been reduced […]

This IS World War Mark 111

Bush and Kasich “ratted out” by Tehran for treason TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s top security official Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani disclosed on Thursday that the US Republicans had demanded Tehran to suspend the January prisoners’ swap deal with Washington until the presidential elections in the US. “The US Republicans sent a message to Tehran, demanding […]

Emails obtained by the Flint Journal reveal local health officials accusing Governor Rick Snyder and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality of withholding lead testing results from city schools as the governor worked on ways to present the information to the public. At an October 8 press conference, Governor Rick Snyder announced that three buildings […]

As Turkey and Saudi Arabia edge closer to sending ground forces into Syria at the behest of the United States, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has warned that an escalation of the conflict could lead to world war. During an interview with German newspaper Handelsblatt, Medvedev warned of dire consequences if the United States and its allies […]

NATO is sending war ships to the Aegean Sea to help Turkey and Greece deal with people smugglers and stem the flow of migrants, the alliance’s top commander has announced. READ MORE: Overcome ‘dark side’: Campaign urges residents to embrace refugees launched in Germany Three military vessels from NATO’s Standing Maritime Group 2 have been […]

The last four remaining activists occupying a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon hinterlands have surrendered, ending the 41-day standoff with local and federal authorities. One of them held out for two hours, rambling on the internet before surrendering. David Fry of Ohio, Jeff Banta of Nevada, and Sean and Sandy Anderson of Idaho have insisted […]

According to US Secretary of State John Kerry, leaders have reached a ceasefire agreement that could be implemented within days. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed that the main result of meeting in Munich was a confirmation of the UN resolution on Syria. Lavrov also said that Russia expressed its concern that the Syrian opposition was harming efforts to resolve […]