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Assessing Obama’s “Peace” Moves
In another step toward bringing George W. Bush’s two major wars to an end, the Obama administration is planning to transition the U.S. military role in Afghanistan to mostly …
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Gas Drillers Invade Hunters’ Pennsylvania Paradise
State Game Land 59, Pa. - For those who have ever stalked deer, turkey and bear here in “God’s Country” in north central Pennsylvania, this hunting season is like …
Radiation Reporting: Blind, Idiotic, Corrupt – or All Three
Officials with the Tokyo Electric Power Company and reporters view the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant from inside a bus, in Japan, Nov. 12, 2011. Members of the …
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Protesters Interrupt Bachmann’s Speech in South Carolina
About 40 protesters from Occupy Charleston interupted Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-MN) foreign policy speech during a campaign stop in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. As she was beginning her speech, …
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Corporate Media Stumped on How to Cover the Occupy Movement
Conventional journalism is increasingly irrelevant in a time of crisis. We find abundant proof in a recent column from the New York Times’ so-called “Public Editor,” who is supposed …
Can the Oceans Continue to Feed Us?
Washington - Far out on the Pacific Ocean, the world's industrial fishing fleets pursue one of the last huge wild hunts — for the tuna eaten by millions of …
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The Originality of Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street, November 6th. (Photo: [clint]) The political movements of the left that I have participated in over many decades were almost always focused on or …
Mayor “1%" Bloomberg Tries to Make it Harder for Homeless to Get Into Shelters
(Photo: moving-eye.be) Last week the Bloomberg administration announced new eligibility rules that would make it harder for homeless people to get into city shelters, a cost-cutting measure …
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Police in Denver Move on Protesters
Ocupy Denver, October 1st. (Photo: tomas angel melchor) Denver - The Denver police cleared a protest encampment allied with the Occupy Wall Street movement in a downtown …
Voices From the Occupations
Occupy Wall Street, Zuccotti Park, November 5th. (Photo: David Shankbone) The Occupy protesters have been ridiculed by the press, celebrated by the left, and reviled by the …