UPDATE: Rules of Engagement | Bill Ayers

Rules of Engagement | Bill Ayers:

Posted by the brilliant MICHELLE ALEXANDER, August 28, 2013

For the past several years, I have spent virtually all my working hours writing about or speaking about the immorality, cruelty, racism, and insanity of our nation’s latest caste system: mass incarceration. On this Facebook page I have written and posted about little else. But as I pause today to reflect on the meaning and significance of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington , I realize

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NPR: National Pentagon Radio

NPR has long been home base for the Chicken-Hawks and the Liberal-Hawks, featuring sweet narratives about the lives of soldiers and their families, heart-warming tales of heroism and loss, soft-ball interviews with generals and military commanders, and cloying conversations with members of the administration about war and foreign affairs. There is never a probing line of questioning for the war ma

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Rules of Engagement

Rule Number One: The US is forbidden to bomb any country that a majority of Americans can’t find on a blank world map.
This proposal, if enacted, is guaranteed to dramatically reduce the level of global violence overnight. At this moment 80% of Americans age 18-25 cannot find Israel/Palestine on a map; 80% cannot find Iraq; 40% can’t find England; and 10% can’t find the US.
So much of what happens next is up to us: speak up, write your senators and reps in Congress, submit an op-ed to your local paper, rally your friends and alert your networks.
Say NO to WAR!

Rules of Engagement

Rule Number Two: John McCain should be appointed official barometer regarding the use of US military force—read the McCain Barometer every morning; if he supports invasion, occupation, intervention, air strikes, or bombings in a given situation, oppose it and you will be on the right side. Senator McCain has been wrong on every major US foreign policy initiative for half a century. Check the publ

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