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Not Since the War of 1812
The horrifying atrocities of September 11 are new in world affairs, not in their scale and character, but in the target.
Humans v. Corporations: Unequal Privacy
(Image: JR / Truthout) Who reads your mail? Nobody? It depends what system you use for communication. Paper mail that is delivered by the government-run U.S. Postal …
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Project “Censored 2012”: Moving Beyond Media Reform
As we approach the historically prophetic and now mass media-hyped "End of Times" year of 2012, hysterical speculation abounds. The failed prediction of a preacher in Oakland, California, who …
Unequal Responsibility for Crime
(Image: JR / Truthout) Consider this August 3, 2001, White House press briefing, in which the editor of Corporate Crime Reporter, Russell Mokhiber, asked a question of …
Was There an Alternative? Looking Back on 9/11 a Decade Later
The Jihadi movement, much of it highly critical of bin Laden, could have been split and undermined after 9/11.
Unequal Protection: Unequal Taxes
(Image: JR / Truthout) You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessings. —President Andrew Jackson It costs money to run a government, and …
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Making a Life on a Tough, New Planet
(Image: Times Books) The months after the initial publication of Eaarth saw some of the most intense environmental trauma the planet has ever witnessed, events that exemplified …
Disney, Militarization and the National Security State After 9/11
Disney's cultural products rely on innocence as a rhetorical tool to legitimate dominant relations of power.
Unequal Protection From Risk
(Image: JR / Truthout) When corporations gained the protections that had been written for persons in the United States, a substantial shift began in who bears what …
Unequal Regulation
(Image: JR / Truthout) There’s a side to regulation that most people don’t think about, and it has far-reaching effects if representatives of corporations are writing the …