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02-03-2012 • War...What's It Good For?
Freedom's Phoenix February 3rd, 2012 Edition
Beware the war machine...
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Magazine Article • WAR: About that War
Eisenhower's farewell address - Video and Text of Eisenhower's Final Speech as President
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Special K
Although the speech is best-known for its warning about the growing military-industrial complex, it also contained warnings about planning for the future and the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending.
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Magazine Article • WAR: About that War
Glenn Jacobs narrates Smedley Butler's 'War is a Racket'
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Glenn Jacobs
A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small "inside" group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of
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Magazine Article • Currencies
THE FED IS ENDED! IF YOU WANT IT
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Tom Westbrook
When one gets tired of pandering to one's masters in an effort to effect change that continually results in futility, the time comes (as was the case with John Lennon and his campaign “War is Over”...”if you want it”) to direct the message instead of
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Magazine Article • WAR: About that War
You can crush the flowers, but you can't stop the spring
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Nick Barnett
When people talk about the "war machine," I sometimes wonder if they know exactly what it is. Many would say that the war machine is simply the United States military and it's far reaching tentacles that are the result of America's foreign policy...
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The Three Biggest Lies the Government is Telling You
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Charles Goyette
So many are its lies, that narrowing them down to three of the most important is a demanding task. But our current crisis has been chiefly enabled by monetary policy, fiscal policy, and the global military empire.
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Magazine Article • WAR: About that War
Divining the Truth about Iran
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Ray McGovern
Watching top U.S. intelligence officials present the annual “Worldwide Threat Assessment” before the Senate Intelligence Committee, I found myself wondering if they would depart from the key (if politically delicate) consensus judgment that Iran is N
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Magazine Article • WAR: About that War
"Love it, or leave it" vs. "Loathe it and Stay to Fight it"
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Cindy Sheehan
I am not just an antiwar activist, I am a peacemonger--being a peacemonger goes far beyond just being "against" wars. Being a peacemonger means connecting an almost infinite number of dots to try and figure out why it seems this nation is in almost c
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Magazine Article • Military Industrial Complex
A Blueprint for a Transition to a Peacetime Economy
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Mark Nestmann
What force drives our continuous state of war? In 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned in his farewell address that a "military-industrial complex" was acquiring national influence that could cause a fundamental shift in the way the United Sta
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Magazine Article • WAR: About that War
Coming Through the Fog of War
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Zak Carter
...after learning that our nations borders are vastly under defended and contrasting that with my experiences defending two other nations borders overseas, I started educating myself on what was going on in the world and I could no longer pretend
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Magazine Article • WAR: About that War
Perpetual Wars & the Permanent Wartime Presidency
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Sibel Edmonds
With almost a decade under its belt, our multi-front war on a vaguely defined notion of terrorism targeting never-really-defined enemies across the world and here in the newly rephrased ‘homeland’ has come to define the state of our nation.
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Magazine Article • WAR: About that War
Why Governments Make War
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Justin Raimondo
Why is the US involved in endless war around the world? Why, for that matter, do nations " or, rather, their governments " act the way they do? The number of answers is no doubt nearly equal to the number of questioners.
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War and the Common Good
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Anthony Gregory
We are used to hearing discussion of political issues boiled down to a conflict between the individual and the greater good. Nearly anyone’s pet project for government can be sold as a way to promote the common, or general interest
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How War Deceives Warriors
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Richard Maybury
Before I begin, let me say that America is a wonderful country, and I truly love it. But the country and the government are not the same thing.
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Magazine Article • WAR: About that War
Two Wrongs Make a War
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Larken Rose
I still occasionally see a bumper-sticker that says, "If you love your freedom, thank a U.S. veteran." And if you ended up living under Soviet control, after the Allies gave Stalin half of Europe, should you thank a U.S. veteran for that, too?
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Magazine Article • WAR: About that War
Rebellion, Resistance, Renewal … or War?
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Karen Kwiatkowski
It occurs to me that when we speak of war, we often confuse justifiable resistance of people to evil with the propaganda-driven fiascos pursued by governments in order to consolidate or expand power, or to satisfy the corporate demands placed on poli
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Magazine Article • Entertainment: Music
Music by Jordan Page
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Special K
Jordan Page is a genuine lover of liberty, and he spreads the message of peace and freedom the only way he knows how - thru music. Enjoy the songs that are posted here as they are full of meaning and LOV3
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Magazine Article • WAR: About that War
Mere Anarchy Loosed Upon the World
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Bretigne Shaffer
To believe that war can ever be "good" is to believe not only that the academic hypotheticals are accurate representations of the real-world conflict and that violence is always the only solution, we must also believe in lies that are deeply ingraine
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Magazine Article • WAR: About that War
Duty to Resist
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Adam Kokesh
So I have to ask, is it time? The time is now, the threat is clear, the bands of tyranny are tightening around America, and it is our duty to resist!
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Magazine Article • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Ron Paul House Floor Speech Sept 5, 2002 - A Foreign Policy for Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty
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Special K
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Magazine Article • WAR: About that War
Ron Paul House Floor Speech on Iraq (October 8, 2002)
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Special K
"This is not a resolution to declare war. We know that. This is a resolution that does something much different. This resolution transfers the responsibility, the authority, and the power of the Congress to the President so he can declare war when an
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Magazine Article • WAR: About that War
Refusing to Serve in Iraq
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Special K
Ehren K. Watada (born 1978) is a First Lieutenant of the United States Army, known for being the first commissioned officer in the US armed forces to refuse to deploy to Iraq, in June, 2006.
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Magazine Article • Religion: Believers
Christians Feed Their Own To The Lions
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Chuck Baldwin
How did it happen? How did Christians lose their love? Of course, our Lord predicted that the day would come when “the love of many shall wax cold.” (Matthew 24:12
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Magazine Article • Secret Government Projects
The Entire John F Kennedy 'Secret Society' Speech
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Special K
President Kennedy speaks at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City before the American Newspaper Publishers Association. Kennedy asks the press for their cooperation in fighting Communism by applying the same standards for publishing sensitive ma
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Magazine Article • WAR: About that War
JFK Address at U.N. General Assembly, 25 September 1961 (Video and Text)
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Special K
In his speech President Kennedy addresses the recent death of U.N. Secretary-General Hammarskjold, presents six proposals for the new Disarmament Program, and provides information on the current crises in Berlin, Germany, Laos, and South Vietnam. Pre
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Magazine Article • WAR: About that War
Sir! No Sir! - This movie is about the GI movement against the war in Vietnam
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Special K
In the 1960's an anti-war movement emerged that altered the course of history. This movement didn't take place on college campuses, but in barracks and on aircraft carriers. It flourished in army stockades, navy brigs and in the dingy towns
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Magazine Article • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
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Special K
John Lennon is established as being a potential political threat to the American government, and therefore much of the film covers the theme of 'silencing' him and other popular figures that became involved in anti-war activism.
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Magazine Article • WAR: About that War
US/Israel: Iran NOT Building Nukes
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Ray McGovern
Has Iran decided to build a nuclear bomb? That would seem to be the central question in the current bellicose debate over whether the world should simply cripple Iran’s economy and inflict severe pain on its civilian population or launch a preemptive
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Magazine Article • WAR: About that War
Supporting the Troops - (Appetite for your Cash)
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C. S. O'brien
The reasons for joining up are many, and most men and women that I've worked around signed up for practical reasons. This is contrary to the publicly touted “patriotism” (although this does exist) or the desire to go kill brown people (and unfortuna
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Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. - April 4, 1967 - Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence (Video/Text)
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Special K
"I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight because my conscience leaves me no other choice. I join you in this meeting because I am in deepest agreement with the aims and work of the organization which has brought us together:
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Magazine Article • WAR: About that War
Publisher's Backpage
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Ernest Hancock
WAR IS OVER if you want it...
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