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Blum: The Enduring Mystique of the Marshall Plan
Commentary, March, 05 2011
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During my years of writing and speaking about the harm and injustice inflicted upon the world by unending United States interventions, I've often been met with resentment from those who accuse me of chronicling only the negative side of US foreign...
Blum: Anti-Empire Report
Commentary, December, 07 2010
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If the house where Julian Assange of Wikileaks is staying is destroyed by a Predator drone, and the United States denies any involvement... Well, I'll believe them.
Blum: Anti-Empire Report
Commentary, November, 03 2010
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The left in America is desperate; desperate for someone who can inspire them, if not lead them to a better world; or at least make them laugh.
Blum: The Anti-Empire Report
Commentary, June, 17 2010
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The worst thing that ever happened to the Jewish people is the Holocaust. The second worst thing that ever happened to the Jewish people is the state of Israel.
Blum: The Anti-Empire Report
Commentary, March, 09 2010
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About half the states in the US require that a woman seeking an abortion be told certain things before she can obtain the medical procedure. In South Dakota, for example, until a few months ago, staff was required to tell women: "The abortion will...
Blum: Ridding the world of the sickness of pacifism
Commentary, October, 03 2009
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Picture the scene: Afghanistan, two hijacked tankers filled with highly inflammable fuel, surrounded by a crowd of Afghans eager to syphon off some for free ... What's the last thing you want to do? Right — drop bombs on the tankers. That's what...
Blum: Team Obama/Cult Obama
Commentary, June, 10 2009
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The praise heaped on President Obama for his speech to the Muslim world by writers on the left, both here and abroad, is disturbing. I'm referring to people who I think should know better, who've taken Politics 101 and can easily see the many hyp...
Blum: Anti-Empire Report
Commentary, April, 11 2009
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In the West, one of the most unfortunate results of the Cold War was that 70 years of anti-communist education and media stamped in people's minds a lasting association between socialism and what the Soviet Union called communism. Socialism meant ...
Blum: The Anti-Empire Report
Znet Article, November, 04 2008
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The Republican presidential campaign has tried to make a big issue of Barack Obama at one time associating with Bill Ayers, a member of the 1960s Weathermen who engaged in political bombings. Governor Palin has accused Obama of “palling around wit...
Blum: The Anti-Empire Report
Znet Article, May, 04 2008
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Food riots, in dozens of countries, in the 21st century. Is this what we envisioned during the post-World War Two, moon-landing 20th century as humankind's glorious future? It's not the end of the world, but you can almost see it from here.
Blum: The Other Side: an Interview
Video, April, 02 2008
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US foreign policy, democracy, and freedom of the press...
Blum: The Anti-Empire Report
Commentary, January, 16 2008
Bill Blum
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I recommend the new documentary about Ralph Nader, which was recently shown on PBS television, "An Unreasonable Man". Its primary focus is on Nader's argument for having run in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections despite the alleged harm done...
Blum: The Anti-Empire Report
Commentary, October, 13 2007
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If not now, when? If not here, where? If not you, who? I used to give thought to what historical time and place I would like to have lived in. Europe in the 1930s was usually my first choice. As the war clouds darkened, I'd be surrounded by intrig...
Blum: The Anti-Empire Report
Commentary, June, 23 2007
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What if NBC cheered on a military coup against Bush?
Blum: The Anti-Empire Report
Commentary, March, 21 2007
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Flash! This just in! The Cold War was not a struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was a struggle between the United States and the Third World. What there was, was people all over the Third World fighting for economic and pol...
Blum: The Anti-Empire Report Some things you need to know before the world ends
Commentary, January, 25 2007
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Johnny got his gun
Blum: The Anti-Empire Report Some things you need to know before the world ends
Commentary, December, 27 2006
Bill Blum
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Designer monsters
Blum: The Anti-Empire Report: Some things you need to know before the world ends
Commentary, October, 25 2006
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The jingo bells are ringing
Blum: The Anti-Empire Report
Commentary, July, 31 2006
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There are times when I think that this tired old world has gone on a few years too long. What's happening in the Middle East is so depressing. Most discussions of the eternal Israel-Palestine conflict are variations on the child's eternal defense ...
Blum: The Anti-Empire Report
Commentary, July, 13 2006
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Great Moments in the History of Imperialism
