An Empire of Bases

Chalmers Johnson discusses how the US became an unprecedented empire of bases, as well as the topic of his new book "Dismantling the Empire."

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The Gulf at the Gas Station

Mark Engler, a senior analyst with Foreign Policy In Focus and author of "How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy," discusses how the true cost of oil is not reflected in the prices Americans pay when they go to the pump.

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Out, Damned Spot

TomDispatch founder and editor Tom Engelhardt discusses the WikiLeaks website, the controversy surrounding it, and whose hands are really covered in blood.

"What need we fear who knows it when none can call our power to account?"

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Pressure Cooking

Bill McKibben discusses how, given the government's apathetic attitude toward the issue, it is the public that must lead the fight against global warming.
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Find out more about Bill McKibben and 350.org.

Washington Rules

Andrew Bacevich, a retired US Army colonel and professor of history and international relations at Boston University, discusses his latest book "Washington Rules."
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Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow

Bill Astore discusses the concept of the "hero," and critiques the idea of automatically equating military service with heroism.
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Godot Called. He's On His Way.

Ellen Cantarow discusses the personal experiences that motivated her to write her recent TomDispatch article on oil catastrophes in the Niger Delta, Ecuador and the Gulf of Mexico.
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Misfortune Telling

Tom Engelhardt ponders the future of the war in Afghanistan, and the frightening consequences of success.
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A Leather Glove

Stephan Salisbury discusses cases that could easily be described as entrapment, and gives examples of how that method of law enforcement has changed in the past decade.
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To COIN a Phase...

McChrystal. Petraeus. Obama. Afghanistan. Counterinsurgency. Rolling Stone. Independent journalist Robert Dreyfuss addresses it all in our latest TomCast.
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