"Imperial Strategy in Afghanistan & Prisoner Hunger Strike Against Torture in Pelican Bay SHU (Security Housing Unit)"
Larry Everest, Journalist, Revolution Newspaper and author of Oil, Power & Empire: Iraq & the US Global Agenda, talks about the strategy behind Obama's Afghanistan Speech and the implications for U.S. imperialism.
David Swanson, WarIsACrime.org, argues that Obama is worse than Bush, and that doesn't bode well for the future. Obama has seized even more power for himself, has more wars going on, the highest military budget ever, continues and extends illegal imprisonment and torture -- and that's just what we know about.
Robert Parry Consortiumnews.com, analyzes what's behind a situation where telling the truth is a crime inside the US - apparently you can get away with murder, rape and pillaging but not telling the truth.
On this weeks show:
1. Food Fight
2. No Deal for the planet
3. Hacking civilization
4. Running on empty
5. Greek Pre-Lube
6. Anarchy in the UK
7. The Stimulator VS Alex Jones
(VA Headlines #78, 9mins, 44secs) Summary: Lula Says U.S. Should Improve Relationship with Venezuela - Venezuela and Colombia Deepen Ties -Venezuelans more Satisfied with Life, According to Inter-American Development Bank - Venezuela Raises Sales Tax, Maintains Social Spending - Venezuela Dismantles Seven Drug Labs Near Colombia Border - Venezuela Bans Controversial “Trawl” Fishing - Venezuelan Mayor Replaces Coca-Cola Plant with Socialist Commune - Prosecutor Requests Arrest Warrant for Opposition Mayor on Corruption Charges
In his Inaugural address, Barrack Obama gave homage to those who "Settled the West" saying they did it "for us." SETTLED THE WEST??? These words glorify those who used bloodshed and terror to force Native American people off the land so it would be open to settlement!
Those who "settled the West" ought to be remembered in the same light as those Israeli settlers who build new settlements in the West Bank of Occcupied Palestine!