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Epitaph for Another 9/11: Renown Writer Ariel Dorfman on 1973 US-Backed Coup in Chile (2)

Epitaph for Another 9/11: Renown Writer Ariel Dorfman on 1973 US-Backed Coup in Chile
"That September 11, that lethal Tuesday morning, I awoke with dread to the sound of planes flying above my house. When, an hour later, I saw smoke billowing from …

Science, Math and Technology Key to Upward Mobility for Latinos
According to a recently published Pew Research Center report, the median wealth of Hispanic households fell by 66 percent from 2005 to 2009, marking the largest decline in wealth …

Vocalo Interview: Robert Naiman on the Benefits of Cutting Military Spending
"There's lots of stuff that you can do to help people in other countries that doesn't kill anybody and is comparatively cheap..." The U.S. Government faces a …

Truthout Interview With Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben, author and founder of 350.org, gives an opening speech in Washington DC for those who are risking arrest against the tar sand pipe line with him. (Photo: …

Bill McKibben: Will Hurricane Irene Be a Wake-Up Call About Climate Change?
Hurricane Irene received a massive amount media coverage, but television reports made little or no reference to the role global warming played in the storm. We speak with someone …

Henry Giroux on Democracy Unsettled: From Critical Pedagogy to the War on Youth
"Theory needs to be rigorous and accessible, and it needs to address not merely the outer limits of disciplinary scholarship but also important social problems."

‘Cooperatives Aren’t Charity’
Washington - As industrial production penetrates all corners of the planet and transnational capital gains have unfettered access to virtually every country and community, the United Nations has declared …

Christian Parenti: Unstable Climate, Unstable People

Matt Taibbi Exposes How Securities and Exchange Commission Shredded Thousands of Investigations (Video)
An explosive new report in Rolling Stone magazine exposes how the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission destroyed records of thousands of investigations, whitewashing the files of some of the …