Experiment creates ominous sky over Santa Cruz, California. Winter Sky in Santa Cruz The following images were taken on three different days this winter from various locations in Santa Cruz County, California. They demonstrate how aircraft dispersant turns a clear day into one filled with contrail clouds, part of an international experiment according to a…more »
“The clouds appeared and went away, and in a while they did not try anymore.” ~John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath Today is Monday, April 22, 2013, “Earth Day.” I am deeply concerned for my pristine home, Santa Cruz County, California; for our air, water, and soil. Society sits poised on the brink of loosing…more »
Prior to the start of the Iraq War on March 19, 2003, New York Times journalist Chris Hedges (right) occupied a lonely perch among major media journalists. He opposed the war. Today, Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize winner and now a columnist for the website Truthdig, continues to write with the passion of a man set…more »
“Lethal” and “unobtrusive” micro-drones are being developed by the Air force to mimic the behavior of bugs. U.S. Air Force Micro-Drones The Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdorf Tuesday highlighted a “terrifying” prospect on the military technology horizon. The U.S. Air Force are building micro-drones that are “unobtrusive, pervasive, and lethal” weapons. According to a feature in the…more »
The Last Letter To: George W. Bush and Dick Cheney From: Tomas Young I write this letter on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War on behalf of my fellow Iraq War veterans. I write this letter on behalf of the 4,488 soldiers and Marines who died in Iraq. I write this letter on behalf…more »
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—I flew to Kansas City last week to see Tomas Young. Young was paralyzed in Iraq in 2004. He is now receiving hospice care at his home. I knew him by reputation and the movie documentary “Body of War.” He was one of the first veterans to publicly oppose the war in Iraq….more »
There Is No Movement Without Rhythm Life has a rhythm, it’s constantly moving. Modernity has removed us from nature. Most of us move ideas, not our bodies, across networks, not across fields, under artificial lighting, not sunlight, and produce intangible products in isolation rather than unison. We travel from one box to another box by…more »
HR 29977 H.R. 29977, known as the Space Preservation Act of 2001, referrers to “chemtrails” as an exotic weapon. It was introduced to the House of Representatives by Dennis Kucinich shortly after the historical event of 9/11 on October 2, 2001. The bill, had it passed, would have reaffirmed U.S. policy that activities in space…more »
Army’s Secret Chemical Testing In St. Louis Neighborhoods During Cold War Raise New Concerns Doris Spates was a baby when her father died inexplicably in 1955. She has watched four siblings die of cancer, and she survived cervical cancer. After learning that the Army conducted secret chemical testing in her impoverished St. Louis neighborhood at…more »
The Middle East Section of the AAA endorsed the following statement on November 26, 2012: The membership of the Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association condemns the Israeli military assault on the Palestinian population of Gaza that escalated on Nov 11, 2012. As anthropologists working in the region, we call the attention of…more »
Petrochemical America
By Richard Misrach and Kate Orff
Time For Outrage: Indignez-vous!
By Stéphane Hessel
Death of the Liberal Class
By Chris Hedges
The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress
By Chris Hedges
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
By Chris Hedges
War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
By Chris Hedges
How to Cool the Planet: Geoengineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix Earth's Climate
By Jeff Goodell
The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America
By Peter Dale Scott
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
By Naomi Klein
Silent Spring
By Rachel Carson
The Death and Life of Monterey Bay: A Story of Revival
By Dr. Stephen R Palumbi PhD
The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine
By Miko Peled
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
By Dee Brown
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
Ilan Pappé
An Ethic for Christians and Other Aliens in a Strange Land
William Stringfellow
Resistance, Rebellion, and Death
By Albert Camus
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights
Omar Barghouti
Power and Struggle (Politics of Nonviolent Action, Part 1)
Gene Sharp
Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia
By David Vine
Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century
By Jonathan Glover
Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor
By Paul Farmer
The Seven Story Mountain: An Autobiography of Faith.
By Thomas Merton
Beyond The Green Zone: Dispatches From An Unembedded Journalist In Occupied Iraq
By Dahr Jamail
Forward by Amy Goodman
The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan
By Dahr Jamail
Forward by Chris Hedges
Empire of Illusion: The End Of Literacy And The Triumph Of Spectacle
By Chris Hedges
A People's History Of The United States: 1492-Present
By Howard Zinn
Blood And Oil: The Dangers And Consequences Of America's Growing Dependency On Imported Petroleum
By Michael T. Klare
The Goldstone Report: The Legacy Of The Landmark Investigation Of The Gaza Conflict
By Adam Horowitz, Lizzy Ratner, And Philip Weiss
Foreword By Desmond Tutu
Introduction By Naomi Klein
The Uterine Crisis
By IIya Sandra Perlin
