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Congress and Its Colonialist Agenda
New members of the 112th Congress on Capitol Hill, November 19, 2010. (Photo: Talk Radio News Service / Flickr) Up until the mid-20th century, Western attitudes regarding …
Why Banks Aren’t Lending: The Silent Liquidity Squeeze
John Councilman, president of AMC Mortgage, at his office in Fallston, Maryland, on July 13, 2010. (Photo: Mary F. Calvert / The New York Times) Where did …
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The Predicted Job Collapse Now in Progress
While politicians and business press pundits last March-April were proclaiming the jobs crisis was over, the prediction came that “March-April's Job Gains Will Collapse This Summer.” That prediction is …
How Is British Austerity Working Out?
The conservative government in England is trying austerity. They are using the shock-doctrine tactic of drumming up public hysteria over bad news - in this case the financial collapse …
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Murdoch Has Blood on His Hands
Nailing Rupert Murdoch for his employees' phone tapping or bribery would be a little like bringing down Al Capone for tax fraud, or George W. Bush for torture. I'd …
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Mired in Scandal, News Corp Seeks New York State’s Signoff for $27 Million No-Bid Contract
Australian billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has been at the center of an explosive scandal as it has been revealed that a few of his publications hacked into the …
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For God’s Sake – Stop Talking
(Image: JR / Truthout) The US takes pride in its separation of church and state, but the current political scene is “strangely” religious. Lately, there …
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Kucinich: Debt Political Theater Diverts Attention While Americans’ Wealth Is Stolen
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). (Photo: Matthew Ryan Williams / The New York Times) The rancorous debate over the debt belies a fundamental truth of our economy — …
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What Is Sadr’s Game on Future US Troop Presence?
The big question looming over US-Iraqi negotiations on a US military presence after 2011 is what game Shi'a leader Moqtada al-Sadr is playing on the issue. …
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