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US Hawks Behind Iraq War Rally for Strikes Against Iran
Washington - Key neo-conservatives and other right-wing hawks who championed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq are calling for military strikes against Iran in retaliation for its purported murder-for-hire …
Wait, It Gets Worse: Wall St. Responsible for Sky-Rocketing Oil and Gas Prices, Too.
While the issues that resonate the loudest through the various #OccupyWallStreet protests surround bank bailouts, dirty housing foreclosure tactics and crony relationships with politicians, a new report from the …
US Officials Peddle False Intel to Support Terror Plot Claims
Washington - Officials of the Barack Obama administration have aggressively leaked information supposedly based on classified intelligence in recent days to bolster its allegation that two higher- ranking officials …
Democracy Versus Bankers at the Fed
The Federal Reserve Board has provided the basis for thousands of conspiracy theories in its near 100-year existence. These conspiracies have some basis in reality as can be seen …
Journalism in Mexico Faces Threat of Being Completely Silenced
A body at a crime scene, which has become a regular part of daily life, in an alley in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, January 25, 2011. (Photo: Katie Orlinsky / …
Who Are the 1 Percent and What Do They Do for a Living?
Look, a crazy anti-capitalist anarchist carrying a bizarre sign incompatible with the basic tenents of liberals: Click to view larger. Suzy …
The Rise of the Regressive Right and the Reawakening of America
A fundamental war has been waged in this nation since its founding, between progressive forces pushing us forward and regressive forces pulling us backward. We are going …
Wall Street and Silicon Valley
Whenever someone criticizes “Wall Street,” someone else tries to defend Wall Street by saying that without it we wouldn’t have Silicon Valley and all of its wonders. Most recently, …
“Convenient” Base Is Unexamined Excuse for US Silence on Bahrain Crackdown
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) Pressure is building on the Obama administration to delay a proposed arms sale …
The Other Occupation: How Wall Street Occupies Washington
The US Capitol Building, Washington DC. (Photo: drewsaunders) Wall Street did not engage in reckless financial behavior — which plunged 64 million people worldwide into extreme poverty …