Tag Archives: World War I

Drones: Dispensing death, destroying democracy

Posted on February 25, 2013 by kathiemm

“Drones for America!,”a brief satiric video, will chill you, horrify you, and anger you. It will make you think very carefully about our government’s drone policy, its violation of constitutional principles, and its message to victims, their families, and the … Continue reading →

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Importance of being intolerant

Posted on November 15, 2012 by kathiemm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYPRudsBzBY

Following the mindless slaughter of the First World War, the failure of the League of Nations, the horrors of the Holocaust, and the unendurable losses of World War II, nations came together as the United Nations. In the Preamble to … Continue reading →

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War kills workers (Labor Day 2012)

Posted on September 3, 2012 by kathiemm

You are probably familiar with the names of some Nobel Peace Prize winners—for example, Desmond Tutu, Linus Pauling, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. But can you name the 1969 winner of the Peace Prize? It was … Continue reading →

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Morally disengaging from drone warfare

Posted on July 19, 2012 by kathiemm

The headline of a Sunday New York Times article by national security reporter Scott Shane declares “The Moral Case for Drones.” A more appropriate title might well be “A Case Study in Moral Disengagement.” The arguments in the article illustrate … Continue reading →

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