What is behind the anti-Russia campaign in the US? (tags)
A major theme of the 2016 US presidential campaign has been the campaign to depict Russia as intent on manipulating the election through cyber warfare.
The main characteristic of the hairspliter is reversal of the burden of proof.. We are at the next stage of the suspension of international law created after 1945 and its replacement by the right of the stronger.
The War and the Spectacle (tags)
"Socially and psychologically repressed, people are drawn to spectacles of violent conflict that allow their accumulated frustrations to explode in socially condoned orgasms of collective pride and hate. Deprived of significant accomplishments in their own work and leisure, they participate vicariously in military enterprises that have real and undeniable effects."
American Imperialism and the 38th anniversary of JFK assassination (tags)
Thirty eight years ago tomorrow, President John Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas under circumstances that are still controversial. Regarding Vietnam, JFK faced many of the same issues of the extent of American imperialism that face us today.