On AlterNet: world war ii

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'War on Terror' Set to Surpass the Cost of Second World War

Rupert Cornwell, Independent UK. June 30, 2011.

What America achieved by such outlays is also more than questionable

Is This the Moment for a True Populist Movement?

Nick Penniman, Harry Hanbury, American News Project AlterNet: Video. March 31, 2009.

Everyone agrees: The populist fires are burning. But what's next?

The Case That Wars Fuel U.S. Economic Booms

Mark Ames, AlterNet. February 24, 2009.

The Republicans are censoring their own anti-New Deal logic.

The Myths of World War II

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. August 13, 2007.

PBS will soon air a new documentary by Ken Burns about World War II. Let's hope it's an honest discussion of the War, without all the myths.

Is Tom Cruise the Goebbels of Scientology?

Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. July 24, 2007.

Adam Howard: Germans aren't very happy about a new film in which Cruise will play Hitler's would-be assassin.

Home-Front Ecology: What Our Grandparents Can Teach Us About Saving the World

Mike Davis, Sierra Magazine. July 10, 2007.

The World War II home front was the most important and broadly participatory green experiment in U.S. history. Is it a model we should use today?

Ken Burns, You're Better Than That!

Rory O'Connor, AlterNet. April 2, 2007.

Filmmaker Ken Burns has come under intense criticism for not including any Hispanic Americans in his new 14-hour PBS documentary about World War II.