MEDIA ROOTS — Welcome to the future of combat: robot wars. Take official numbers of troop withdrawal with a grain of salt, because their work is now being done by unmanned predator drones and private mercenary armies (which make up at least half of the US military presence abroad). Although the use of predator drones is not a new … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — Some of us will do our best to counter the two-party dictatorship, recognising they are both financed by the same Wall Street, corporate, paymasters with the obvious attendant consequences. Yet, due to the grip corporate media has on the minds of hundreds of millions of people in the U.S., the anger against non-two-party candidates isn’t just coming … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — “On the Dark Side in Al Doura: A Soldier in the Shadows” tells the story of U.S. Army Ranger John Needham’s experiences in Iraq witnessing war crimes and other grim atrocities by the U.S. Military. He tried to blow the whistle and, in the process, endured great suffering and is now deceased. Filmmaker Cindy Peister spoke to … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — As we look back on 2011, we feature an important and relevant interview many may have missed with Glenn Greenwald on a myriad of topics including the Occupy Movement, Obama co-optation, and the U.S. two-tiered justice system. The interview aired on KPFA’s Letters and Politics on November 4, 2011. (Please see transcript below.) The wake of the … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — Felipe Messina of Media Roots spoke with RT about the Occupy Movement and what it’s trying to achieve with the West Coast Port Shutdowns and ILWU rank-and-file solidarity, and peaceful direct action as well as the East Coast Goldman Sachs Shutdowns, on Monday, December 12, 2011. MR *** RT speaks with Felipe Messina of Media Roots about … Read More
