Pinky does Hawaii(unofficial)history

As North Korea is said to be threatening Hawaii with missiles, and the U.S. scrambles to get their “interceptors” ready — you may wonder, when did the Pacific archipelago incite threats from North Korea. It all starts with a little annexation and some illegal occupation of a sovereign nation… Pinky explains.

Rep.Kucinich: Real costs of war

Rep. Dennis Kucinich spoke yesterday before the U.S. House on the wars the US has brought to Iraq and Afghanistan:
“A new administration and the same old war, and expansion of the war in Afghanistan. We cannot afford these wars spiritually. They are wars of aggression, and they’re based on lies. We [...]

30 current wars, but everything is holy

As more than 30 wars continue around the world today, many are framed in terms of protecting something holy, or about lives or beliefs more “holy” than the enemy’s. As individualism and misplaced patriotism divides people in the war-soaked dichotomies of terrorist/civilian, statist/rebel, capitalist/communist — is it worth reciting Blake’s idea that everything is holy, [...]

2nd war-resister seeks asylum in Germany

Another soldier is seeking a way out of the war in Iraq.
Like the Vietnam war, many soldiers are unconvinced of the veracity of the wars purpose in Iraq especially. Unlike the 1970s, today’s soldiers can more easily find support and legal help from citizen advocacy groups online.
It is unlikely Shepherd and the more than 5,000 [...]

Top-10 anti-IraqWar streetART

Little covered in mainstream media is the huge attention the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars are getting on the streets in the form of art. An aggregate of the best anti-Iraq war art, of which there is much. Check out the running numbers of American casualties. Here’s to looking at the art of the people instead [...]