The Silent Military Coup That Took Over Washington

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11. Pilger was calling Obama racist names like Uncle Tom even before Obama became President

The general rule, of course, is that one gets good at what one practices, and Pilger, by practicing rhetorical name-calling, has developed a certain skill at it: "John Kerry's farce and Barack Obama's pirouettes," say

But what is actually needed, at any moment for organizing purposes, is a careful study of current conditions and an analysis of the facts that the study produces: the economic role of military production in the United States, the companies involved, their advertising and lobbying and public relations activities, and the campaign support that the "defense" companies provide. Only by actually understanding such conditions can we understand the political dynamics and plan our way forward

And that, unfortunately, is what Pilger does not provide