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Gallaghers
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Gallaghers

In an early interview in San Diego Andrea Gallagher and Sean Gallagher, the brother of a Chief that is now convicted of taking a selfie with a corpse, they both looked like they had been worn out by the other accusations of war crimes. Chief Gallagher had reached retirement age,

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By: Karol S Olesiak
George Floyd's Body
black lives matter

George Floyd's Body

An independent autopsy commissioned by the Floyd family revealed that George Floyd was murdered and contradicted the state’s autopsy that claimed that George Floyd’s comorbidity had lead to his death. After the families autopsy went public the state followed suit. What this also revealed is that if George

2 Min
By: Karol S Olesiak
Tucker Carlson is Basic
fox news

Tucker Carlson is Basic

I don’t know smart people who call people stupid. Tucker Carlson’s talking points usually have a lampooning target. Fox News has been the most popular news network in the country since 2014 and in the lineage of the disgraced Bill O’Reilly there is always an attempt to

2 Min
By: Karol S Olesiak
Bees: Predator to Pollinator
science

Bees: Predator to Pollinator

Written in 2007 When I was a young boy of 5, or so, my mother would mull water with marmalade preserves. In my native tongue, it was called compot. The preserves were added to boiled water and mixed in with a large wooden ladle and the mixture was left to

6 Min
By: Karol S Olesiak
Prison Abolition in the Age of Coronavirus
corona virus

Prison Abolition in the Age of Coronavirus

The subject of justice eclipses any other subject. Perhaps, there is no other subject in reality. Everyone knows the feeling of being dealt an injustice no matter how small. Suppose yourself, someone who has been dealt a bad hand and find themself in prison unjustly. On the inside, having the

5 Min
By: Karol S Olesiak
Disgruntled Veteran 2.0
disabled veteran

Disgruntled Veteran 2.0

There is a very real fear leaving the military after an introductory enlistment even if you no longer believe in the war you are fighting. What kind of veteran I would become after my enlistment was a quandary to me. Our society offers a limited amount of roles to play

5 Min
By: Karol S Olesiak
Alcatraz Indigenous Unthanksgiving
AIM

Alcatraz Indigenous Unthanksgiving

Teen Vogue is covering the 50th anniversary of the Indigenous Occupation of Alcatraz where in 1969 when the American Indian Movement (AIM) and Third World Liberation Front occupied the island monument to prisons. Ray Levy-Uyeda writes a comprehensive piece about the history and meaning of the Sunrise Ceremony. “Morning Star

1 Min
By: Karol S Olesiak
War Crime Photo
pardon

War Crime Photo

According to the New York Times, Military.com, and other major news networks the Trump administration is granting some pardons before the 2020 elections. With the recent apprehension and extermination of Baghdadi, this press release is speaking to a certain segment of the military community that got Trump elected. Reported

2 Min
By: Karol S Olesiak
Agent Orange Monsanto Vigil
agent-orange

Agent Orange Monsanto Vigil

August 10 is Agent Orange day, Veterans For Peace San Francisco Chapter 69 invites you to a vigil against unethical corporate ‘practices of Monsanto who is also responsible for the manufacturing of Agent Orange. Monsanto, who recently lost a lawsuit for 2 billion dollars, indicating pesticide involvement in the occurrence

2 Min
By: Karol S Olesiak
Camera Obscura: War Movie
antiwar

Camera Obscura: War Movie

Marines pass a joint to one another in the dark void of southern Afghanistan and, in crackling night-vision green, the question arises: Did they think they would ever be stoned within range of enemy fire? War is a bitch. It takes the human soul, puts it through a grinder, and

1 Min
By: mattbaker
Radicalisation
radical

Radicalisation

On the history of radicalization in the Western context. It can be argued that Saul of Tarsus is the first Lone Wolf radical.  A Lone Wolf that emerges remotely of a movement. Radical because of a desperation and immediacy to change. After Paul there is a line of Christian radicals.

4 Min
By: Karol S Olesiak
Transition Soldier
healthcare

Transition Soldier

As of Friday evening the Trump administration issued a memo instituting a specific ban on transgender veterans who do need or will need surgery. It seems that gender reassignment is being cited as the reason for the promised ban. There are currently 15,550 transgender people in the military today.

2 Min
By: Karol S Olesiak

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