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Kissinger and Chile: In an Age of Vigilantes, There Is Cause for Optimism
The National Security Archive has posted documents that reveal much about Henry Kissinger's role in the crushing of the democratic government of Chile in 1973.
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Drones and Gadflies – Framing the Debate on War by Remote Control
Over the previous six months in the Federal Prison Camp at Yankton, South Dakota, I had watched from afar as the discussion on drone warfare emerged from the fringe …
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TPP in the USA Is Why We Occupy
William Rivers Pitt: The Trans-Pacific Partnership is the point of why Occupy came to exist in the first place.
Brazil’s Cancellation of State Visit Marks Another Low Point in US-Latin American Relations
The Brazilian president's cancelled visit, over NSA spying, ought to jolt the US out of its arrogant disrespect for Latin America.
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Tax Houdini: Corporate America Can Get Out of Anything
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Economic Recovery
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Public Education in the Crosshairs – ALEC’s Private Scholarship Tax Credits
ALEC's model bills for scholarship tax credits for private school tuition harm the people they are purported to help.
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Mexico Imprisons US Citizen Who Fought Corruption
A US citizen languishes in a Mexican prison with no access to her lawyers or the US consul. Charged with no crime, she is apparently guilty of uncovering government …
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EPA Proposes Rules for New Power Plants; Fight Over Coal’s Carbon Pollution Heats Up
The EPA will propose the first-ever carbon pollution standards for new coal-burning power plants.
Economic Update: Workers Fight Back
Richard D. Wolff gives an economic update and responds to listeners in this segment.