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Transcend Conditioned Consciousness: None But Ourselves Can Free Our Minds
David Degraw looks at the intricacies of mental slavery in everything from political policy to economic debt.
Celebrate the Defeat of the Granny Bashers!
Dean Baker: Medicare and Social Security are safe from austerity hawks - for now. Time to raise a toast, then switch from defense to offense.
The Making of a Global Security State: The Five Uncontrollable Urges of a Secrecy-Surveillance World
Given the recent discovery of the NSA surveillance, Tom Engelhardt discusses the world of secrecy that prompted these whistleblowers' decision.
Motion Sickness: How the Supreme Court Erects Barriers to Justice
The court's changes to Federal Rules of Procedure lead to dismissal of cases before the facts are weighed.
Don’t Call Me Illegal: An Interview With Youth Immigrant Activist Tania Unzueta
Unzueta, currently an organizer with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and co-founder of the Immigrant Youth Justice League, is one of many undocumented youth who have stepped into …
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Troubling Implications of Susan Rice’s Appointment as National Security Adviser
Rice defended the Bush administration's lies about the supposed ‘Iraqi threat’ in the run-up to the Iraq War.
Meet Up, Eat Up, Act Up: Consumers Join the Movement for Food Workers’ Rights
The Restaurant Opportunities Centers United aims to fundamentally shift the power structures that allow the inequities to exist in the food industry in the first place.
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Against This Authoritarian Euro-Liberal Regime, What We Need Is a Complete Re-Foundation of Our Republic
The vast majority of our fellow citizens demand a deep change while the majority of their political ‘representatives’ are apparently dead set on pursuing the same course: the self-defeating …
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Six Horrifying Things About Pork Everyone Should Know
American hog farmers have managed to eliminate all wholesomeness, purity, ethics and animal welfare from the pork industry.
Seeing Red: Disinformation in the Age of Reagan
In this archived feature from 1981, Greg Guma reports on the targeting of dissenters in the Reagan era and one can see the eerie similarities from the present day.