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From Fort Sumter to Fort Knox: The Slave Power Shall Rise Again

April 2011 marked the anniversary of the two most seminal events in American history. Naturally enough, both involve violence.
by
Rich Broderick,
Twin Cities Daily Planet
April 29, 2011
Truthout
Op-Ed

The Knowledge Factory

Schooling is the main target for a simple reason: In the United States public schools account for 50 percent of the state and local budgets and are subject…
by
Stanley Aronowitz,
The Indypendent
April 29, 2011
Truthout
Op-Ed

Oh Yeah, Prove It

After releasing his certificate of live birth, which is signed by Hawaii state officials and his mother, President Barack Obama speaks to the media at the White House…
by
Eugene Robinson
April 29, 2011
Truthout
Op-Ed

Turkish Journalism Behind Bars

Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister of Turkey, at the World Economic Forum in 2007. (Photo: World Economic Forum / Flickr) Vienna – In a study released in…
by
Alison Bethel McKenzie &
Steven M Ellis,
Project Syndicate
April 29, 2011
Truthout
Op-Ed

Arrogance and Authority

(Photo: MiiiSH) Washington, DC – It is increasingly common to hear prominent American and European central bankers proclaim, with respect to the crisis of 2008-2010, the…
by
Simon Johnson,
Project Syndicate
April 28, 2011
Truthout
Op-Ed

“Pedagogism”: Prejudice and Hatred Directed at Teachers

Though it has been endemic in this country for a number of years, prejudice against and hatred of teachers, or what I term “pedagogism,” has increased to a…
by
Camillo Mac Bica,
Truthout
April 28, 2011
Truthout
Op-Ed

David Petraeus, A Threat to CIA Analysis

The news that President Barack Obama has picked Gen. David Petraeus to be CIA director raises troubling questions, including whether the commander most associated with the wars in…
by
Ray McGovern,
Consortium News
April 28, 2011
Truthout
Op-Ed

Decision 2012: Urgent and Unsaid

We have often honored election traditions in American politics. This is particularly true of those election cycles that fall every four years when The Congress and White House…
by
Max Fraad Wolff,
The Huffington Post
April 28, 2011
Truthout
Op-Ed

The Undead Chicken

Muammar Gaddafi is the undead chicken. Bashar al-Assad of Syria and King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain are the unscared monkeys. The United States…
by
John Feffer,
Foreign Policy In Focus
April 28, 2011
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Op-Ed

3rd Circuit Appeal Ruling Favoring Abu-Jamal Smacks Down US Supreme Court

The federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, in a stunning smack at the US Supreme Court, has issued a ruling upholding its earlier decision backing a…
by
Linn Washington Jr,
This Can't Be Happening
April 28, 2011
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