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There Is No Such Thing as a Free Market
(Image: Bloomsbury Publishers) Thing 1: There is No Such Thing as a Free Market What They Tell You Markets need to be free. …
“War Is Just a Microcosm of Peace” – an Interview With Zainab Salbi
A recent Women News Network – WNN interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder and President of Women for Women International, which held its annual fundraiser luncheon in New York City …
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A Really Scary Story for Stephen King
I've been participating in an email discussion group that's tackling urgent issues like population, climate change, and peak oil. There's one particularly curmudgeonly member who persistently protests the doom …
In Canada the Center No Longer Holds
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. (The Prime Minister's Office / flickr) Toronto, Canada - By winning a majority in the 308-seat House of Commons in Canada’s May …
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The Rebirth of Solidarity on the Border
Editor's Note: This is the third article of a series on border solidarity by journalist and immigration activist David Bacon. This article and subsequent stories were originally published in …
What America Has Given Up for Ten Years of Bush Tax Cuts
The cost of Bush's 2001 and 2003 tax cuts was, as estimated to be roughly $2.5 trillion through 2010.
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Toward Climate Justice: Perspectives on the Climate Crisis and Social Change by Brian Tokar, Communalism Press (2010)
Humankind stands at the cusp of its gravest challenge, and the prospective survival of the species itself hangs in the balance. While there is a clear attempt on the …
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Occupying Iraq, State Department-Style
Way out on the edge of Forward Operating Base Hammer, where I lived for much of my year in Iraq as a Provincial Reconstruction Team leader for the U.S. …
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International Law and the Problem of Enforcement – an Analysis
Part I – Anthropomorphizing the Nation State
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Palin: Mad, Bad and Dangerous
Washington - Sarah Palin is a fraud with charisma — and enough political support to effectively hold the Republican Party hostage. She is ridiculous and dangerous in equal measure. …