“A true revolution of values will lay hand on the world order and say of war, “This way of settling differences is not just.” This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation’s homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into the veins of peoples normally humane, of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Robert Greenwald’
No More “King-Washing” the Pentagon, Please
Posted: January 16, 2012 in UncategorizedTags: Brave New Foundation, budget, debt, deficit, Derrick Crowe, Jr., Martin Luther King, Pentagon, Robert Greenwald, spending, video, war, war costs
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Media Failing to Ask Tough Questions on Afghanistan War…Again
Posted: August 15, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: act.ly, Afghanistan, Air Force, Army, Brave New Foundation, David Gregory, insurgents, journalism, Katie Couric, marines, media, Meet the Press, military, Navy, Obama, petition, Petraeus, propaganda, Rethink Afghanistan, Robert Greenwald, spin, Taliban, troops, violence
Sign our act.ly petition to tell the next journalists on Petraeus’ media tour to ask tough questions and expose his effort to extend the Afghanistan War. General Petraeus is on a media tour to sell the idea that the U.S. military is “making progress” in Afghanistan, a well-worn message aimed at convincing elites to extend [...]
Keeping the Spotlight on Afghanistan Tonight: Rethink Afghanistan’s Live Facebook Event
Posted: January 27, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Brave New Foundation, Derrick Crowe, Mashable, Obama, Rethink Afghanistan, Robert Greenwald, state of the union, techPresident
The State of the Union talking points distributed by the White House this morning seem to indicate that the president will only briefly discuss Afghanistan tonight, but we are working hard to keep the spotlight on the Afghanistan war. Tonight, join us for a State of the Union watch party streamed live on Rethink Afghanistan’s [...]
Finding Our Footing Again
Posted: August 31, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, anti-war movement, Brave New Foundation, Jon Soltz, Rethink Afghanistan, Robert Greenwald, VoteVets.org
The New York Times over the weekend reported that the anti-war movement is gearing up to challenge President Obama on Afghanistan: A restive antiwar movement, largely dormant since the election of Barack Obama, is preparing a nationwide campaign this fall to challenge the administration’s policies on Afghanistan. This is the best news I’ve read in [...]
