Fascist Appeasers

William Rivers Pitt | Fascist Appeasers

"I am no appeaser of fascism, for I have fought this administration at every step. Millions have done the same, and will continue to do so. To stand in opposition to this new type of fascism, embodied in the hypocrisies and lies of men like Rumsfeld and Bush, is as much our patriotic duty as the time I spent in that jury room," writes William Rivers Pitt.

All I have is a voice
To undo the folded lie,
The romantic lie in the brain
Of the sensual man-in-the-street
And the lie of Authority
Whose buildings grope the sky:
There is no such thing as the State
And no one exists alone;
Hunger allows no choice
To the citizen or the police;
We must love one another or die.

- W.H. Auden, "September 1, 1939"



DEAD

Star Tribune: Sack

Killing in the Name of Democracy

By James Bovard

The U.S. government's first experience with forcibly spreading
democracy came in the wake of the Spanish-American War. When the
U.S.
government declared war on Spain in 1898, it pledged it would not
annex foreign territory. But after a swift victory, the United
States
annexed all of the Philippines.