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Vol. 3, No. 21 — May 23, 2010
This Fortnight in New World Notes, radio programs #116-117, May 25 & June 1:
Bruce Gagnon on
Endless War and
the Economy
In brief
Anti-war and anti-nuke activist Bruce Gagnon explains how militarism and endless war are destroying the American economy and the lives of Americans.
In Part 1 (NWN#116), he discusses his radicalization during his own military service . . . and the connections among ourcrumbling infrastructure, increasing unemployment,decreasing educational opportunities for working-class kids, the increasing militarization of our society, the export of weapons (our #1 export), aggressive U.S. foreign policy, corporate globalization, our ruling elites’ desire to control the world’s oil supply, . . . and the wisdom of Progressives’ forming alliances with the “Tea-partiers.”
In Part 2, (NWN #117), Gagnon discusses the destabilization of the world by (a) the globalization and expansion of NATOand (b) the US’s encircling Russia and China with “missile defense” installations. He discusses the increasing dependence of public universities on funding from the Pentagon (in exchange for secret war research); … the joint support by Republicans and Democrats alike for capitalism, oligarchy, and military empire; … how spending on peaceful projects creates many more jobs than “defense” spending; … and why his nickname for Obama is “The Magician.”
Gagnon in 2004.
Aegis-class destroyer USS Oscar Austin leaves the Bath (Maine) Iron Works. Balloons for the kiddies.
Notes and credits
No song on #116 (apart from a bit of Little Stevie Wonder on the “outro”).#117′s song: David Rovics, After the Revolution
Recorded live at Saint James Church, West Hartford, Connecticut, by moi, on April 16, 2010. Bruce’s talk was sponsored by the West Hartford Citizens for Peace and Justice.
#117 includes only one question from the very good Q&A. The entire Q&A (34 minutes–uncut & unedited) will be uploaded as a separate file along with #117 (link at the top of this page).
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Aegis-class destroyer Decatur touches off an SM-3 "missile defense" missile.
Why "we" are in Afghanistan. The red curve shows the desired oil and gas pipeline from the Caspian Basin to the Sea of Arabia. A shorter route through Iran seems to have been Not An Option.
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Bruce Gagnon in South Korea, 2009. I'm not sure what "UFG" stands for, but it almost certainly involves more US military/naval bases in that small & oppressed country. When will the U.S. government withdraw its troops from Iraq? Hell, after 57 years, it still hasn't withdrawn them from Korea!
