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Reader: Alternative coverage of politics, culture, and new ideas

Reader: Alternative coverage of politics, culture, and new ideas

The Progressive | Peace and social justice since 1909 TomDispatch MS. GUIDANCE - CYBERWAR The Institute for Propaganda Analysis As generally understood, propaganda is opinion expressed for the purpose of influencing actions of individuals or groups... Lies, Damned Lies, and Propaganda The Age of Disinformation By Jonathan Vankin and John Whalen Propaganda and Psychological Warfare Resource Page, Glossary of Military And Associated Terms "As modern technology provides humankind with capabilities never even imagined by many of us a decade ago, we can be sure that the global battlefield of the 21st century will be over information -- the dissemination or withholding of facts, the interpretation of events, the presentation or distortion of ideas and ideologies, and the communication of messages and symbols to which people react, whether consciously or unconsciously. 2600 The Hacker Quarterly "We've faced many challenges to our existence since 2600 began publishing back in 1984. Covert Action Quarterly Covert Action Quarterly has won numerous awards for investigative journalism. U.S.

Talking Points Memo | Breaking News and Analysis A Ragged Edge Online The Washington Monthly RebelReports BuzzFlash - Daily Headlines and Breaking News | Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude Former Wall Street Goldman Sachs executive Nomi Prins is back with a thoroughly documented historical account of how DC and financial barons are locked at the hip. Accessible and compelling: Buy directly from Truthout by clicking here.

Almanac of Policy Issues: World - Foreign Affairs and National S American foreign policy, shaped for decades by an ongoing Cold War with the former Soviet Union, is today still adjusting to post-Cold War realities. The dangerous, but relatively simple, bipolar world of two competing nuclear superpowers has dissolved into a unipolar or multipolar world, depending upon one's view of U.S. dominance of the international arena. U.S. foreign and national security policy has shifted from containing Soviet communism to addressing conflicts in smaller, but still dangerous, hotspots throughout the world. Often in conjunction with international bodies like the United Nations or NATO, much of American foreign policy now focuses on peacekeeping efforts in places like the Kosovo, Iraq, or Afghanistan. Debates over many foreign policy and national security issues continue to be drawn along traditional left-right lines. American foreign policy, of course, encompasses much more than matters of war and peace. Sponsored Listings

Political Science Quarterly Personal. Political. Provocative. Ad-free. Probe Ministries Don Closson It’s disheartening to meet young Christians who are convinced of the immorality of capitalism and the free market system. Sincere Christians often quote the second chapter of Acts which describes how the church in Jerusalem held all things in common as proof that socialism or collectivism is more biblical than the free market. Sometimes they use the Marxist critique that “poor nations are poor because rich nations oppress them.” It’s unusual to meet students who whole-heartedly endorses capitalism. There continues to be a heated debate in our country over which economic system is the most just and best able to weather the inevitable economic ups and downs in today’s complex worldwide economy. Read more, dig deeper. . .

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