Former President George W. Bush, the father of the global war on terror that has suppressed and killed millions of people across the world, has announced that he is releasing a book of paintings called The Call of Freedom: Portraits of Political Prisoners and Dissidents. The book is being published by Penguin Random House imprint Crown, and includes paintings and biographical information on…
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President Donald Trump has renewed the national emergency declared by President George W. Bush three days after 9/11, extending the nation’s emergency “terrorist” threat declaration for the 25th year in a row. Signed September 14, 2001, Proclamation 7463 vastly expanded the executive branch’s authority to mobilize troops and the National Guard in response to the 9/11 attack.
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Truthout was founded in 2001, with George W. Bush in the White House and war hawks circling the halls of power. Haymarket Books was founded the same year. Over the wildly tumultuous political period since, our two organizations have connected organizers, activists, and curious readers with books, essays, and reported pieces that have informed and aided their efforts to understand the world and…
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President Donald Trump’s unprovoked assault on Iran is the latest phase of a rampage in which the administration is making war and militarism central features of life in the United States. While the Pentagon’s violence has been unavoidable for many people around the world, it has largely been hidden from the view of most of the U.S. population. Not anymore. The U.S. and Israel opened this war…
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Former vice president and defense secretary Dick Cheney has died, at 84, with the blood of millions on his hands. Cheney’s family said he died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease on Monday, November 3. He passed in peace, surrounded by his family, who lauded him as a “good man” and a “noble giant.” In reality, Cheney’s legacy will far outlive him as the man…
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