Posts tagged anti-war

North Korea Is Not a Threat -...

By Prerna on April 5, 2009
North Korea Is Not a Threat – Unveiling Hegemonic Discourses

That security is socially constructed does not mean that there are not to be found real, material conditions that help to create particular interpretations of threats, or that such conditions are irrelevant to either the creation or undermining of the assumptions underlying security policy. Enemies,... [+]

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05Apr

Threat Construction Triumphs -...

By Prerna on October 22, 2008
Threat Construction Triumphs – Paranoia is the Fear of the 21st century

The bogeyman of this century is the ‘Other’ be it an unknown ‘Muslim terrorist,’ an ‘illegal alien’ or even our neighbor across the fence. It is the ‘not-yet-discovered’ or articulated security threat. And finally, a leading psychiatrist has pegged the paranoia stemming from a multitude... [+]

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22Oct

DNC Day 3 - Democracy is Melting

By Prerna on August 27, 2008
DNC Day 3 – Democracy is Melting

Most people believe in change only when they can see it, measure it, maybe even evaluate or experience it. Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese (Ligorano/Reese), in conjunction with the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, presented The State of Things, an ice sculpture of the word “Democracy.”... [+]

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27Aug

Day 2 - The REAL democratic National...

By Prerna on August 26, 2008
Day 2 – The REAL democratic National Convention vs. the Police State

One after another, the women leaders of the Democrat National Party took center-stage on Day 2. The roster included Governor K. Selebius, Senator Mary Landrieu, Senator Claire McCaskill, Senator Debbie Stabenow, Senator Maria Cantwell, Governor Napolitano, and finally Hillary Clinton rounded up the day.... [+]

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26Aug

The Perpetual War on Immigrant...

By Prerna on June 12, 2008
The Perpetual War on Immigrant Students

It seems that we have built quite an appetite for war at home and abroad. Our foreign policy mirrors our domestic one and vice-versa–Overseas, we are destroying families, communities, killing innocent children, deferring their dreams permanently through a ‘war against terrorism’ and at home we... [+]

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12Jun

Cuz Anarchy is Organized- 5th...

By Prerna on March 20, 2008
Cuz Anarchy is Organized- 5th Anniversary of the War Against Iraq

Yes, it sounds like an oxymoron but it is not. And yes, it is more like 17 years, but we won’t go there… Working the legal support hotlines for the SF area demonstrations against the war told me a lot about the organization level of the ‘direct... [+]

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20Mar

'Illegal means Illegal' but not when...

By Prerna on March 19, 2008
‘Illegal means Illegal’ but not when it comes to Iraq

Today is the 5th anniversary of the war against Iraq, and downtown San Francisco is bustling with protesters, legal observers and cops trying to maintain crowd control and traffic congestion. I witnessed the arrest of two juveniles and police brutality against two cyclists before coming... [+]

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19Mar

Noam Chomsky - Reference

By Prerna on January 6, 2008
Noam Chomsky – Reference

The following is a list of books and resources that I find interesting and referencing here for educational, non-commercial purposes. Noam Chomsky - Noam Chomsky – 2003.08.11 – Preventive war, the supreme crime.pdf !! Noam Chomsky – Failed States.pdf Noam Chomsky – 5 books.pdf Noam Chomsky... [+]

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06Jan