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Trading Away Development: The US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
Since the early 1990s Latin American nations have been signing trade treaties with the United States that have brought small gains and high costs. Pending deals between the United …
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Fuel For Occupy Wall Street’s Fire
Sometimes it explodes. But social explosions are rare events. Are the Wall Street protests and their nationwide copycats an explosion or just a flare up? For an explosion to …
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Michael Moore: How I Became Anti-War
(Image: Grand Central Publishing) I can’t quite remember when I turned against the idea of war, but I’m sure it had something to do with the fact …
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Live Feed: Take Back the American Dream Conference in Washington, DC
This Just In! Occupy Wall Street – Report & Discussion - 9:15 AM Youth Speaks performance - 10 AM Take Back the American …
Why 2012 Will Shake Up Asia and the World
The United States has long styled itself a Pacific power. It established the model of counterinsurgency in the Philippines in 1899 and defeated the Japanese in World War II. …
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Settlement Reached Over Arrest of Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Producers at 2008 GOP Convention
A final settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit challenging the police crackdown on journalists reporting on the 2008 Republican National Convention and protests in St. Paul, Minnesota. …
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Top Five Reasons Why the Occupy Wall Street Protests Embody Values of the Real Boston Tea Party
In recent years, the Boston Tea Party has been associated with a right-wing movement that supports policies favoring powerful corporations and the wealthy. As ThinkProgress has reported, lobbyists and …
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Uncle Sam Should Support Built-to-Last Companies, Not Built-to-Loot Enterprises
A powerful coalition of U.S.-based global companies is lobbying hard for a “tax holiday” on offshore profits. Companies like Google, Apple, Pfizer, and General Electric have parked …
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From “Occupy Wall Street” to Electioneering, Frustrated Liberals Rising
Washington - Demoralized liberals are trying to get their mojo back. Frustrated with Congress, outmaneuvered by the tea party and all but silent as the GOP swept the 2010 …
Israel’s Window to Bomb Iran
There are mounting signs that the right-wing Israeli government may think the timing is right for an attack on Iran, with growing alarms inside Israel about alleged Iranian progress …