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Misread Telexes Led Analysts to See Iran Nuclear Arms Programme
Early suspicions led to US intelligence assessments saying Iran was secretly pursuing nuclear weapons for a decade.
Washington’s Military Aid to Israel: Fake Peace Process, Real War Process
We Americans have funny notions about foreign aid.
People Powered Media Mobilizes Masses While Mass Media Remains Silent
If we continue to build the independent, people-powered media, greater numbers of people will build up immunity to the destructive misinformation of corporate media.
Illinois Department of Corrections and Attorney Staughton Lynd Respond to Ongoing Menard Prison Hunger Strike
The Illinois Department of Corrections' response to last week's story about hunger strikers at the Menard Correctional Center may represent an opening for resolution of the strike.
Is Iran the Real Problem?
The American people have far less to worry about with Iran than they do with the machinations of many of their own leaders.
Rising Inequality: Economic Recovery Driven Almost Entirely by the Rich
Do the rich really need the rest of us? If by “us” you mean middle-class Americans, the answer is likely, “No, not any more.”
Turkish Unionists: “We Are Not Terrorists“
Turkey's strict anti-terror laws are being used by the right-wing Erdogan government to crack down on an old enemy - the union movement.
Emerging Markets: Deja Vu All Over Again
So now we have witnessed yet another sell-off of emerging market assets in global financial markets in the last week of January, which has caused currencies to depreciate from …
Missing the Marx: On Intellectual Failure and Environmental Catastrophe
Getting radical anti-capitalist ideas wrong and ignoring those ideas completely are timeworn traditions for US intellectuals.
Hunger Strike at Menard Correctional Center Draws Solidarity, Support
Activists are supporting the prisoners at Illinoisu2019 Menard Correctional Facility who have been on hunger strike since January 15 to protest their conditions of confinement.