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Gunar Olsen
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New York, NY
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Journalist/writer, or something. Bylines @thenation @AlterNet @GrayzoneProject @FAIRmediawatch @HuffPost. Former @thenation intern. Cofounder @FordhamSJP.
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Gunar Olsen
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The extent to which liberal groups speak out against US war is limited to hand-wringing over how humanely the war is conducted—not to be mistaken for opposition to the war itself. Great reporting by @cliomiso @ryangrim in @theintercept interc.pt/2T8rcwx
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Gunar Olsen
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23 déc. |
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The Cold War was a "a redistribution of violence, so that the great powers saw proportionately less of it and the weaker states proportionately more." —Daniel Immerwahr in @BooksandtheArts on Paul Thomas Chamerlin's book-length rebuttal of the "long peace" thenation.com/article/cold-w…
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Gunar Olsen
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22 déc. |
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Thanks for sharing, Joe!
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Gunar Olsen
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22 déc. |
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In my Q&A w @IsaBlumi, he explained that the war in Yemen is about “maximizing the return from the scramble for the last bits of liquidity in the world” and “undermining the capacity of the people’s ability to resist.“ Read the rest here: thenation.com/article/yemen-…
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Chase Madar
@ChaseMadar
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21 déc. |
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Hillary Clinton May be impressively plastic in many respects but her belief in the Forever War, which she has been so instrumental in starting and restarting, is 110% authentic twitter.com/hillaryclinton…
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Gunar Olsen
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21 déc. |
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Gunar Olsen
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21 déc. |
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The war in Yemen is not a civil or proxy war. It‘s “a century-long campaign to subordinate and integrate it into an increasingly intertwined system known as globalization or neoliberal global economy.” My Q&A with @IsaBlumi in @thenation: thenation.com/article/yemen-…
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David Marcus
@davidimarcus
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20 déc. |
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“The 45 years of peace between the Cold War’s superpowers were also 45 years of killing for much of the rest of the world.” Daniel Immerwahr in @BooksandtheArts on a new history of the Cold War thenation.com/article/cold-w…
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Stephen Wertheim
@stephenwertheim
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20 déc. |
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"The 45 years of peace between the Cold War's superpowers that Gaddis praised were also 45 years of killing for much of the rest of the world." Daniel Immerwahr on Paul Chamberlin's bracing book, The Cold War's Killing Fields, in @thenation: thenation.com/article/cold-w…
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Stephen Wertheim
@stephenwertheim
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20 déc. |
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For most of humanity, the heyday of the "liberal international order" looks more like this map of mass conflicts in which the superpowers made their mark: pic.twitter.com/yEMUpbJakh
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Gunar Olsen
@GunarOlsen
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20 déc. |
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Really enjoyed Salim Yaqub’s classic book on how the Eisenhower Doctrine was designed not only to protect the Middle East from Soviet encroachment, but also to contain Nasser’s radical Arab nationalism by strengthening the pro-Western tendencies of the conservative Arab states. pic.twitter.com/XEnAEwNzwv
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miguel salazar
@miguelxsalazar
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18 déc. |
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For @newrepublic, I wrote about white liberal guilt, class voyeurism, and the parallels between @alfonsocuaron's Y Tu Mamá También and ROMA newrepublic.com/article/152738…
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Samuel Moyn
@samuelmoyn
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17 déc. |
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"What is law school for?" -- this free link is good for one week... Have at it -- this piece is dubious at best. chronicle.com/article/Law-Sc…
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Brad Simpson
@bradleyrsimpson
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16 déc. |
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20 yrs ago today on December 16, 1998 Pres. Bill Clinton launched Operation Desert Fox, an illegal, unjustified military attack on Iraq in which the US attacked 100 targets with cruise missiles. I there in the middle of the bombing to witness its effects. Here's my story 1/
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Brad Simpson
@bradleyrsimpson
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15 déc. |
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The US sells nearly 60% of the world’s weapons. There is hardly a conflict on earth where US weapons makers aren’t profiting from the deaths of innocents. Any truly progressive foreign policy must take as a starting point a dramatic reduction of US military sales and assistance. twitter.com/spectatorindex…
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Evan Hill
@evanchill
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13 déc. |
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New from me in @thenation:
Today's historic Yemen vote, with Khashoggi as its catalyst, offers an important lesson for the left's foreign policy: The outrage of a well-informed public can constrain our leaders' worst impulses
thenation.com/article/the-se…
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Micah Zenko
@MicahZenko
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12 déc. |
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Must-buy!
During the Cold War, the US attempted 69 different regime changes. Only 6 were overt (using military force), while 63 were covert (assassinating leaders, sponsoring coups, manipulating electoral results, or covertly aiding dissidents). twitter.com/pstanpolitics/…
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Gunar Olsen
@GunarOlsen
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12 déc. |
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Good column by @KatrinaNation on Sanders’ and Warren’s contributions to the growing foreign policy debate. washingtonpost.com/opinions/sande…
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Gunar Olsen
@GunarOlsen
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12 déc. |
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The dominant narrative that Obama "failed to intervene" in Syria gets the story all wrong, drastically obscuring how responsible the CIA's arm-and-equip program was for ultimately escalating the conflict. @aaronstein1 gets it right in @WarOnTheRocks: warontherocks.com/2018/12/parami…
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Gunar Olsen
@GunarOlsen
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11 déc. |
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I added a page on my website to keep track of the times I’ve asked powerful people difficult questions in public. Despite the page’s title, I don’t like self congratulation. But I do like making lists & keeping track of things, so this is what that’s about gunarolsen.com/asking-tough-q…
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