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Ellsberg Sees Vietnam-Like Risks in ISIS War
Daniel Ellsberg, the former Defense Department official who leaked the Pentagon Papers exposing the Vietnam War lies, is alarmed at the many parallels between Vietnam and President Obama's new …
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Student Protests Are a Bigger Deal Than You Think
Students who are alarmed to know they're not allowed to learn about civil dissent and protest have quite rationally chosen to protest.
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The Scourge of Siphon-Up Economics
Addressing inequality head-on will put our nation's wealth back where it belongs - with all of us.
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Latin America on a Dangerous Precipice
In Latin America, a large portion of the region's rural people still live on less than two dollars a day.
Monsanto Announces “Global Center” for Developing GMO Corn
Monsanto announced this week that it is opening a new facility in Mexico to research and develop new hybrid types of corn resistant to disease and climate conditions.
Since Hiroshima: Australia’s Active Involvement in the Use and Abuse of Nuclear Energy
Australia has been involved in nuclear power politics since the 1940s as both a weapons test site and a source of base fuel uranium.
Housing Rights Group Says HUD Program Helps Wall Street, Hurts Homeowners
A federal housing program intended to shore up its own finances while helping homeowners on the brink of foreclosure has instead helped create “Wall Street landlords.”
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Noam Chomsky: Resisting Empire for More Than Four Decades
The foreword to the Chomsky essays by activist and public intellectual Marcus Raskin.
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Feeling the Touch of the Goad: A Sense of Urgency as a Spur to Climate Action
To respond effectively to the threat of climate change, we must shed our complacency and arouse a sense of urgency. The texts of early Buddhism provide us with a …
Drone Protester Sentenced to Three Months
Anti-drone activist John “Jack” Gilroy, 79, was sentenced to three months incarceration, three years of probation.