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Smear Campaigns Fuel Shutdowns of Occupations Across Country
An Occupy Wall Street protester is detained following an attempt to re-enter Zuccotti Park, in New York on November 15, 2011. Hundreds of police officers arrested about 200 demonstrators …
IAEA Report is a New Step on the Road to the Next War: Against Iran
These are the facts: first there was the Iranian plot to commit murder on American soil. It was a plot that was quickly debunked, but which still managed to …
With 13,111 New Peace Voters, Ron Paul Can Win the Iowa Caucus
If 2008 turnout and a recent Des Moines Register poll give an accurate picture of what would happen if the Iowa Republican presidential caucus were held today, that would …
Harvard Students Join the Movement
Occupy Harvard, November 9, 2011. (Photo: pweiskel08) Over the last ten days, Harvard students twice stopped business as usual at this richest of all US private universities. …
The New, Old Class Warfare
There is and has been a war raging inside the USA for over 160 years. The wealthy elite of the country are the side conducting the war. On the …
The Myth of the Wealthy Elderly
The austerity gang seeking cuts to Social Security and Medicare have been vigorously promoting the myth that the elderly are an especially affluent and privileged group. Their argument is …
We Are Failing the Women and Children of Afghanistan – and Our Own
(Photo: Johnny Barber) In Kabul, the children are everywhere. You see them scrounging through trash. You see them doing manual labor in the auto body shops, the …
War Is a Force That Pays the 1 Percent: Occupying American Foreign Policy
The man on the left served with the Marines in Southern Afghanistan from 2001-2006. The man on the right is now a public school teacher who served with the …
US Sends a Message to Iran With Arms Sales to Gulf States
The U.S. is not so much ignoring the Arab Spring (since it cannot be ignored), but viewing it in the larger context — i.e., our cold-hot war with the …
“Occupy” Protests at a Crossroads
A week ago, I produced a TV documentary on inside the Occupy Wall Street encampment in New York. It was already somewhat obsolete by the time it aired. …