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Washington’s Warring Brothers
This month's battles over the budget and the Tea Party Republicans' fanaticism about the health care law obscure the two parties' common commitment to austerity.
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After the Shutdown, Maybe a Little Equality?
Sam Pizzigati: Today, more than ever, we need to refocus the federal ‘tax and spend’ debate - from deficits to inequality.
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US Troops Capture Wanted al Qaeda Leader in Libya
US special forces in Libya on Saturday captured a senior al Qaida leader who had been sought since 1998 for involvement in the coordinated bombings of two US embassies …
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Noam Chomsky: The Obama Doctrine
Noam Chomsky: Is the president veering toward isolationism? Or will he proudly carry the banner of exceptionalism?
Nine Years of Injustice for American Prisoner in Iraq
It's been a decade since the nation was shocked by images of torture and prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison, and yet for at least one prisoner, a dual …
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Intervention as Radical Struggle: On Arendt, Negativity and Resistance
Intervention - radical struggle - seeks human happiness, tranquility, liberation. While the threats aligned today against the realization of these ends are considerable, it is clear humanity is capable …
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On Syria and Summers: The Obama ’08 Voters Have Finally Found their Voice
Looking past the shutdown and budget battle, the big picture is that America's four decade-long drift to the right is decisively over.
Latin America’s Anti-Intervention Bloc
In Latin America, opposition to military intervention in Syria reflects the wariness of a region long beset with U.S. interventions of its own.
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Breaking UN Protocol, Brazil Lambastes US Spying
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff launched a blistering attack on the United States for illegally infiltrating its communications network, surreptitiously intercepting phone calls, and breaking into the Brazilian Mission to …
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The NSA Deserves a Permanent Shutdown
Despite the reality that domestic government surveillance is the one of the most unnecessary programs, the NSAu2019s surveillance programs are exempt from a government shutdown.