talkingsticktv | October 3, 2010 Talk by Ken O’Keefe, former U.S. Marine, Veteran of Operation Desert Storm, survivor of the Mavi Marmara and co-founder of Aloha Palestine given October 2, 2010 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Seattle.
Category: Opinions and Debates
C-440: War Resisters versus War Criminals
By Paul S. Graham, Oct. 2, 2010 Michael Ignatieff and Co. can’t get enough criticism for their desertion of Bill C-440 to suit me. But let’s not deny the Tories their fair share of the shame. Against the will of…
From sea to shining sea
America Threatens Russia: U.S. Consolidates New Military Outposts In Eastern Europe Bases, troops and missiles along the entire length of Eastern Europe from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean by Rick Rozoff, Global Research, Sept. 24, 2010 With NATO as…
A setback for war resisters
Bill C-440 voted down by slim majority By Paul S. Graham, Sept. 29, 2010 Bill C-440, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (war resisters) failed to make it through second reading Wednesday evening by a vote…
War in cyberspace
Obama’s Internet Wiretap Move: Just One Small Facet Of Total Domination Project by Steve Watson, Infowars.com, September 27, 2010 The Obama administration is drafting legislation that will see all internet providers and other online communication services, including email clients and…
Reflections on prospects for peace in the Middle East
Gandhi’s Wisdom By Uri Avnery, Counterpunch, Sept. 27, 2010 Surfing the television channels, I came across an interview with the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi on an American network (Fox – would you believe it). “My grandfather told us to love…
Silent Coup in Haiti, Part I
By Darren Ell, The Dominion, September 19, 2010 MONTREAL—Once again, the people of Haiti are being denied the government of their choosing. While mainstream media has focused public attention on ineligible candidates such as hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean, the most…
Combating Terrorism Act passes 2nd reading
By Creekside, Sept. 24, 2010 On the same day the nation was preoccupied with the national Con/Lib competition for votes to kill/preserve the long gun registry, the Libs and Cons got together to slip the Combating Terrorism Act through second…
Wisdom of the Terrorist’s Son
By Chris Hedges, Truthdig, Sept. 20, 2010 Those who embrace violence, whether in the form of acts of terrorism or acts of war, are necrophiliacs. They worship death. They sacrifice life, including at times their own, for the heady intoxication…
Punishing the WikiLeaker misses the point
By Eric Margolis, Toronto Sun, Aug. 15, 2010 George Orwell wrote: “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” A true journalist’s job is to expose government wrongdoing…