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The Borowitz Report: A Farewell from Herman Cain

. December 2, 2011 A Farewell from Herman Cain . My Final Thoughts... more

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Tea Party Heckler Calls Elizabeth Warren a "Socialist Whore"

The New Civil Rights Movement... . Tea Party Heckler Calls Elizabeth Warren... more

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How colonization and globalization perpetuate global poverty and slavery

Global poverty did not just happen. It began with military conquest, slavery and... more

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Senate Republicans Defeat Harry Reid's Debt Ceiling Plan

CNN Breaking News... 31 July 2011 - 10:32AM PT Senate Republicans block... more

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Mail a Million Panties to John Boner for women's reproductive rights !!!

Found this great group on Facebook thought you wonderful ladies and guys, (what the... more

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Labelling GMOs: It's up to us

At this site you will find action items and ways you can get involved with getting GMO... more

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U.S. Economics: One Big Ponzi Scheme !?

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Rumsfeld: Lies about Iraq & the War on Terror... Again!

→ Washington’s Blog ABC News reports today on Diane Sawyer’s recent... more

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A Young Kanaka's view of Hawai`i, Who will listen?

118 Years of deception, tyranny, and destruction of the Kingdom of Hawai`i still... more

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Joe Lieberman Won't Run for Re-Election

January 18, 2011, 5:27 pm Lieberman Will Not Run For Re-Election By DIEGO... more

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House of Representatives Have Massive Food Fight

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Theodore C. Sorensen, President John F. Kennedy's Speechwriter and Advisor, Has Died

Theodore Sorensen, JFK's speechwriter, has died By the CNN Wire Staff October... more

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THE POLITICS OF U.S. OCCUPATION

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This 30-minute documentary was submitted in fulfillment of the thesis film requirement of the Masters in Fine Arts (MFA) in Film and Electronic media at American University School of Communication-Washington DC. It features Professors Noam Chomsky, Neferti Tadiar, Nerissa Balce and Kenneth Bauzon who analyze the contemporary relevance of the 1899 Philippine-American War for the 21st century U.S. empire. The use of third party audio-visual images was guided by the Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use published by American University-Center for Social Media website: http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use

Part 1 argues the idea that the bloody War of 1899 (and not World War 2) is the foundation of Philippine-U.S. relations. The Part 1 also visually shows footage of World war 2 combat and deaths that are just as brutal and traumatic as the footage of the 1899 combat and deaths.

Part 2 describes the idea that the U.S. occupation of 1899 is one characterized by systematic use of torture (despite official denials), one of which, the WATER CURE, can even claim to be the grandfather of the Post-9/11 Dick Cheney "water-boarding WAR ON TERROR happy hour drink special"

Part 3 explains the brutality/racism of the 1899 U.S. occupation of the Philippines as not so much different from the brutality/racism of her previous wars of conquest of indigenous cultures commonly called the Indian Wars (most of the Indian dead photographs, as well as re-enactment movies shown in the film were related to the infamous 1890 Wound Knee Massacre). We also learn in Part 3 that this turn of the century systematic and violent repression of nationalist uprisings in the Philippines became the template used by the U.S. in its many military occupations in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 20th century.

Part 4 ends with the idea of interconnectedness of domestic and overseas violence as violence migrates from the brutality of the Indian wars (e.g. 1890 Wounded Knee massacre) to the Philippine-American war abuses (e.g. 1906 Bud Dajo massacre) and to its 21st century echoes of human rights violations in the war in Iraq (e.g. 2007 WIKILEAKS video)To request a free DVD copy, contact:l POLITICS.OF.US.OCCUPATION@GMAIL.COM This... more