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Koch Industries, Keystone XL Pipeline … a BP on the Prairie?
In a provocative demonstration against the tar sands, clean energy advocates poured “oil” onto a female model draped with the Canadian flag on Parliament Hill. Those pouring the oil …
David Cameron’s Gift of War and Racism, to Them and Us
UK Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during the Special Address at the Annual Meeting 2011 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 28, 2011. (Photo: Moritz …
Shock Troops Used to Prevent Vet-Led Flower Laying Ceremony at War Memorial
“I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and …
Ten Everyday Acts of Resistance That Changed the World
The Arab spring of 2011 has already changed the region and the world. Ordinary people have lost their fear and shattered the perception that their rulers are invincible. Whatever …
The Buying and Selling of the Pentagon (Part I)
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) For the last seven weeks, we have been running Solutions columns on how to fix the Pentagon. With the DoD budget ballooning …
Republicans’ Budget Declares War on Medicare
The Republicans are poised to unveil a model budget on Tuesday that would effectively end Medicare by privatizing it, Steve Benen reports in the Washington Monthly. House Budget Committee …
Conyers: Congress Should Bar US Ground Troops From Libya
On the road between Ajdabiya and Brega, opposition fighters take cover after they were fired on by forces suspected of being loyal to Libyan leader Col. Moammar Qaddafi on …
The Martin Luther King Legacy and the Global Economic Crisis: Can One Influence the Other?
Martin Luther King, Jr. 1964. (Photo: Library of Congress) Before he went over that mountain top in that week in April like this one back in l968, …
Waking Up to a Nuclear Nightmare
Bravo Test over Enewetak, Marshall Islands, Operation Castle, March 1, 1954. Designed specifically to generate the largest possible cloud of fallout, the Bravo test was the first detonation of …
It’s Time for Representative Ryan to Man Up
Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Congressman Paul Ryan is the new darling of both the Republican Party …