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Young: The US Antiwar Movement: Toward a Critical Self-Assessment
Blog Post, February, 23 2009
Kevin Young
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Reflections on some of the problems facing the antiwar movement, with emphasis on some of the internal weaknesses that we can easily remedy.
Young: Testing the Propaganda Model
Znet Article, December, 19 2008
Kevin Young
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A comparison of US press coverage of Venezuela and Colombia over the past decade, focusing on two sets of parallel political actions taken by the Venezuelan and Colombian governments.
Young: 10 Vets Arrested Outside Presidential Debate
Blog Post, October, 16 2008
Kevin Young
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What's off-limits in the presidential debates...
Young: Targeting Civilians: The Path to Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Znet Article, August, 08 2008
Kevin Young
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A look at the military tactic of targeting civilians in times of war, and the justifications frequently offered for it
Young: The Achievements of War Propaganda: Selling Military Intervention to a Reluctant Public
Znet Article, June, 07 2008
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Contrary to the conventional wisdom that Democratic politicians must support policies of war and militarism if they wish to maintain popularity, the people of the United States do not like war. Therefore extensive and systematic propaganda is nece...
Young: Good Veterans and Bad Veterans
Blog Post, May, 26 2008
Kevin Young
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A note on Veterans For Peace's exclusion from the May 26th Memorial Day Parade in Washington, DC, and the general silencing of dissident veterans.
Young: 2007 poll - 54 percent of Americans morally opposed to US action
Forum Post, May, 24 2008
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Young: "One of Those Guys the Army's Trying to Hide": Sgt. Kristofer Goldsmith, 22
Blog Post, May, 19 2008
Kevin Young
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A brief account of Army Sgt. Kristofer Goldsmith's transformation from a young teenager swept-up in the jingoist hysteria following 9-11 to a dedicated 22-year-old antiwar activist who works tirelessly to end the US occupation of Iraq, based on Go...
Young: Ecuador: CONAIE Indigenous Movement Condemns President Correa
Forum Post, May, 17 2008
Kevin Young
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Young: The March of the Dead
Zmag Article, May, 01 2008
Kevin Young
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Thirty-four people were arrested on the grounds of the Capitol building on March 19 during a silent march mourning those Iraqis, Afghanis, and U.S. soldiers who have been killed during the U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. Dressed in black ...
Young: Re: Our Good Intentions in Iraq: More Imperialist Assumptions in Liberal Criticism of the Invasion/Occupation
Forum Post, April, 21 2008
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Young: Our Good Intentions in Iraq: More Imperialist Assumptions in Liberal Criticism of the Invasion/Occupation
Blog Post, April, 17 2008
Kevin Young
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The implicit or explicit attribution of good intentions to political leaders has been common to most critical commentary on the Iraq occupation. Just as in corporatist and Fascist societies of the past, this assumption helps reinforce the illusion...
Young: The Irrelevance of International Law: Imperialist Assumptions in Liberal Criticism of the War
Blog Post, April, 09 2008
Kevin Young
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A further look at how liberal critiques of the Iraq occupation help reinforce certain "imperialist assumptions."
Young: Iraq the "Mistake": The Pitfalls of Pragmatic Criticism of the War in Iraq
Blog Post, April, 09 2008
Kevin Young
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A look at how the New York Times and other liberal commentators criticize the Iraq occupation on pragmatic grounds while neglecting to question the basic logic of military imperialism
Young: Orientalism in Full Force: Edward Said, Liberals, and Iraq
Blog Post, April, 09 2008
Kevin Young
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A critique of certain Orientalist and paternalist tendencies in liberal "criticism" of the war in Iraq, most notably that criticism's disdain for Iraqi opinion.
Young: The March of the Dead: "Pushing the Envelope" Through Nonviolent Direct Action
Blog Post, March, 23 2008
Kevin Young
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On March 19th demonstrations around the world commemorated the fifth anniversary of the US/UK-led invasion of Iraq. Hundreds of people were arrested while performing nonviolent direct actions like the "March of the Dead" described here. This event...
Young: The Effect of the U,S, Occupation of Iraq
Zmag Article, March, 01 2008
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ZMO ONLINE-ONLY ARTICLE: A primary stated justification for continuing the U.S.-led military occupation of Iraq is that a withdrawal of Western forces would result in a “bloodbath”.... [T]hese images make two basic assumptions: that the U.S. prese...
Young: NEUTRALIZING RADICALISM: Capitalism, War, and the Legacy of MLK
Blog Post, January, 25 2008
Kevin Young
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An analysis of how Martin Luther King, Jr., is remembered my mainstream journalists, politicians, and intellectuals, and how the most radical aspects of his life are systematically omitted from the historical record.
Young: The Effects of the US Occupation
Znet Article, January, 10 2008
Kevin Young
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A primary stated justification for continuing the US-led military occupation of Iraq is that a withdrawal of Western forces would result in a “bloodbath.” Without the responsible, benevolent oversight of the US-led forces, the rhetoric goes, Islam...
Young: Iraqi Public Opinion
Znet Article, January, 09 2008
Kevin Young
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No nation that claims to value democracy for the world’s people can maintain a military occupation against the will of the occupied population.
