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Can Any Candidate Clean Up Bush's Massive Post 9/11 Mess?

Andrew J. Bacevich, Tomdispatch.com. September 11, 2008.
The squandering of vast resources after 9/11 and our slide toward debt and dependency pose a greater threat to the U.S. than Osama bin Laden ever did.

As Obama Heads to Middle East and Europe, Let's Talk About U.S. Imperialism

Roberto Lovato, Of America. July 19, 2008.
As Obama prepares for his world tour, we must prepare to ask him the tough questions about imperialism and the U.S. global military machine.

A Critical Look at the Forced Spread of Democracy

Tony Smith, MIT Center for International Studies. May 15, 2008.
American imperialism in the name of democracy promotion is counterproductive.

America Kicks Ass (nsfw)

Jim Gilliam, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. May 1, 2008.
Def Poetry comedian on American imperialism

Dear Latin America: You Don't Mind if We Just Park this Aircraft Carrier Offshore, Do You?

BoRev, BoRev AlterNet: PEEK. April 27, 2008.
Eat your heart out, James Monroe ...

It's U.S. Supported Colombia's Uribe Who Sounds like the Latin American Dictator

Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. April 26, 2008.
With a remarkable interview with Ecuador's Raphael Correa. You won't read anything like it in your local paper.

Women in Islam: Damsels in Distress?

Soumaya Ghannoushi, Comment Is Free. December 18, 2007.
The west should stop using the liberation of Muslim women to justify its strategy of global dominance.