William
Rivers Pitt
A few of our favorite truthout.org articles
by William Rivers Pitt:
Our Flag, Too
Arrest
Me
Standing
Against the Fear
The
Other American Dream
The
Dog Ate My WMDs
The
Insiders are Coming Out
Without Honor
Memo to Central Intelligance Agency
The Other Memo Scandal
Electronic Voting: What you need to know
The Silence around September 11
Of
Gods and Mortals and Empire
The
Enron Lies are Piling Up
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William
Rivers Pitt speaks
to the grass roots of American politics, motivating
packed speaking
halls and millions of readers to become
more aware and involved in what is happening to their
country and their world.
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Patriot Act
Finds Trouble in Texas. Remarks
delivered by William Rivers Pitt at a Town Hall meeting
in Austin, Texas (9/16/03).
The meeting was called on the eve of an historic vote; the capitol
city of Texas is very near to joining hundreds of other American
communities in passing a resolution that repudiates the Patriot
Act.
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Hard Talk
on Labor Day. The following remarks were delivered by
William Rivers Pitt to the Greater Boston Labor Council's annual
breakfast on September 1, 2003.
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Books
by William Rivers Pitt:
"The
Greatest Sedition is Silence: Four Years in America".
This passionate and controversial book is the work of one of America's most
outspoken and talented new journalists. William Rivers Pitt's caustic
critique of the last four years of American government gives
voice to the growing tide of dissent and outrage with America's
leaders both inside the country and in the wider world. Burning
with anger, this incisive and readable book argues that, under
George W. Bush, America makes a mockery of the values of liberty
and truth that it purports to stand for, and that it is now
more important than ever to speak out. Greg
Palast: "This
book is a call to arms for all progressive-minded Americans,
and anyone who believes
the US is charting a deadly course." Read review.
"Our
Flag, Too. The Paradox of Patriotism" Dozens of American soldiers
have
been
killed
since
the war
was supposed to have been over and won. The weapons of mass destruction
we were promised -- thousands of tons of choking death that predicated
the rush to war -- failed to turn up. Why? Where is Hussein? Bin
Laden? Why were we so vulnerable on 9/11? Millions of Americans
want to
know, and yet there are still those who would question their patriotism
for asking those questions. In a series of homespun essays sometimes
mournful, sometimes wickedly funny, William Rivers Pitt delves
into the heart of these matters and refuses to be ignored. It is
the
definition of patriotism to seek the truth behind these questions,
for in the absence of answers lives a dreadful peril. It is our
flag, too, and we deserve better.
"War
on Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know", was
a New York Times bestseller, and
reached the
top ten bestseller lists of the Washington Post, Los
Angeles Times,
and San Francisco Chronicle, and was translated into
twelve languages. War on Iraq offers a balanced, non-partisan examination
of the current debate in Washington and beyond. In this shocking
expose activist,
author, and teacher William Rivers Pitt sits down with former
U.N.
weapons inspector Scott Ritter to
expose the truth behind the hawkish rhetoric of the Bush administration.
Ritter--ex-Marine, intelligence specialist, expert on Iraqi military
strategy, and Gulf War veteran--dismantles the myths surrounding
Saddam Hussein's biological, chemical and nuclear weapons capabilities
while revealing the neo-conservative forces pushing the White
House toward war. During
the seven years the inspections took place, Ritter and other
inspectors were able to confirm that Iraq's chemical, biological,
and nuclear weapons programs were effectively destroyed, counter
to current White House claims. See: Teacher Harnesses
Antiwar Sentiment
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