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Rethinking Afghanistan with Your Wallet

Rethinking Afghanistan asks, “How Much Did You Pay for the War this Year?” One can find the answer here.

On Thursday April 14th, a bipartisan coalition of members of Congress including Walter Jones (R-N.C.), Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), John Conyers (D-Mich.), Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) Mike Honda (D-Calif.), Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), and James McGovern (D-Mass) will join with several activists and scholars to introduce the calculator which “lets users see the impact of the Afghanistan War and other out-of-control military spending on their pocketbooks. Users can enter the amount of income they earned this year and receive an ‘I.O.U.’ for the amount of their income taxes that get spent on war. The tool lets them forward their I.O.U. to Congress, urging representatives to rethink the excessive levels of war spending on the Afghanistan conflict and other ventures that are wrecking our federal budget.”

The press conference will be held at 2:30ET at the 441 Cannon House Office Building, Washington D.C. For more information, go to www.bravenewfoundation.org or contact Jake Diliberto at 630-338-6579

Scott Horton on Fox Business Channel (video)

Antiwar Radio host Scott Horton appeared tonight (02/28) on Fox Business Channel’s Freedom Watch with Judge Andrew Napolitano. The topic is Libya. Freedom Watch airs at 8pm ET and 11pm ET, Monday through Friday.

Watch the clip below:

Antiwar Radio Will Return Next Week

Host Scott Horton is recovering from a brief illness. The live daily show will return next week. Please see the blog for updates.

The Friday KPFK version of Antiwar Radio show will continue as scheduled at 6:30pm Pacific. Antiwar Radio at KPFK can be heard here.

Scott Horton and The Market for War

Antiwar Radio host Scott Horton will be speaking on The Market for War at 5:00pm Pacific, Tuesday, January 25th at Cossentine Hall, La Sierra University as part of the Koch Foundation Liberating Markets lecture series.

The La Sierra University campus is located at 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, CA 92515-8247. Call Angela Keaton at 323-512-7095 for details. Much gratitude to Professor Gary Chartier, Associate Dean of the La Sierra University School of Business for hosting this event.

Eric Garris on The New Cyber War

Antiwar.com founder and managing editor Eric Garris sat down with RT’s Alyona Minkovski to discuss the ethics and efficacy of hacking, the boycott of Amazon and the public’s fascination with Wikileaks.

Why are they so dangerous?

Why Julian Assange (and Wikileaks) are so dangerous. In Assange’s own words – – –

Sun 31 Dec 2006 : The non linear effects of leaks on unjust systems of governance

…different structures of power are differentially affected by leaks (the defection of the inner to the outer) [and] its motivations may become clearer.

The more secretive or unjust an organization is, the more leaks induce fear and paranoia in its leadership and planning coterie. This must result in minimization of efficient internal communications mechanisms (an increase in cognitive "secrecy tax") and consequent system-wide cognitive decline resulting in decreased ability to hold onto power as the environment demands adaption. Hence in a world where leaking is easy, secretive or unjust systems are nonlinearly hit relative to open, just systems. Since unjust systems, by their nature induce opponents, and in many places barely have the upper hand, mass leaking leaves them exquisitely vulnerable to those who seek to replace them with more open forms of governance. ja-conspiracies.pdf