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The Threat of Warships on an “Island of World Peace”
Song Kang-ho, an activist opposing a naval base under construction, near the construction site, in Gangjeong village on Jeju Island, South Korea, August 2, 2011. (Photo: Jean Chung / …
Straw Poll Results: Progressives Stand With Obama’s Jobs Agenda
This will be a disappointment for the political reporters always looking to gawk at “hot Dem-on-Dem” action or what Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., at the Take Back the American …
US Debate on Haqqani: Military or Political Solution?
Washington - Dissension over Adm. Mike Mullen's accusation that the Haqqani network of Afghan insurgents is a “veritable arm” of Pakistan's intelligence agency and the revelation that a U.S. …
Occupy Boston: Day One
My interpretation of the previous two days as a participant and journalist in Occupy Boston does not reflect the views of other members of the “99 percent” movement, or …
Wisconsin and Ohio: Resistance Rising
On Sunday, February 13, 2011, a few hundred union members gathered at the state capitol building in Madison, WI to confront Gov. Scott Walker over a bill designed to …
Flat-Lining the Middle Class: Economic Numbers to Die For
In some ways, Zuccotti Park, the campsite, the Ground Zero, for the Occupy Wall Street protests couldn’t be more modest. It’s no Tahrir Square, but a postage-stamp-sized plaza …
The Military’s Role in US Foreign Policy and Torture: Why Is School of the Americas Absent From the National Dialogue?
Protesters demonstrating against the School of the Americas, November 2006. (Photo: crazbabe21) On April 8, 1993, a Newsweek investigation about the Fort Benning, Georgia-based US Army School …
The Lessons of Law and Order: What Canadians Can Learn From Failed US Crime Policy
An Ontario Provincial Police vehicle. (Photo: NapaneeGal) "I want to be the Premier to bring change these families need and deserve. Change that puts criminals to work. …
Van Jones on America’s Uprising: It’s Going to Be an Epic Battle
As the grassroots sit-ins and marches that originated as Occupy Wall Street spread to other cities, Van Jones, lead evangelist for the American Dream movement, took the stage Monday …
Waste and Fraud Problems? Cut the Investigators and It Will Disappear!
(Image: JR / Truthout) So, you have a 90-year-old federal agency that returns $87 for every dollar invested, recommended $50 billion in savings every year, writes over …