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Why the Environmental Movement Is Not Winning
A searing new report says the environmental movement is not winning and lays the blame squarely on the failed policies of environmental funders. The movement hasn't won any "significant …
Black Politics and the Establishment: An Interview With Charles E. Cobb, Jr
Charles E. Cobb, Jr. is a distinguished journalist and former member of National Geographic magazine’s editorial staff. From 1962-1967, he served as a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent …
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On Defense, Obama Speaks to US Backers of Israel
WASHINGTON — President Obama gave a forceful defense of his administration’s commitment to Israel’s security on Sunday, using a speech to a pro-Israel lobbying group to take on critics …
BP Settlement Sells Out Victims
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout; Adapted: preshaa, NASA) Some deal. BP gets the gold mine and its victims get the shaft. And a few lawyers …
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US Backers of Israel Pressure Obama Over Policy on Iran
On the eve of a crucial visit to the White House by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, that country’s most powerful American advocates are mounting an extraordinary public …
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Sixth Advertiser Drops Limbaugh Despite “Apology“
Moments ago, Carbonite – a company providing backup software for computers – announced that it will no longer advertise on Rush Limbaugh’s show. CEO David Friend made clear in …
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A Propaganda Windfall for the Imperial State: Steven Pinker on the Decline of Violence
U.S. soldiers with Second Platoon, Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment fire a 105mm artillery barrage toward an insurgent rocket position near the Pakistan border, at Forward …
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A Propaganda Windfall for the Imperial State
Steven Pinker’s new book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, is a propaganda windfall for the leaders and supporters of the U.S. imperial state, currently …
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Un-Cheating Justice: Two Years Left to Prosecute Bush
President George Bush at the Oval Office, in Washington, March 25, 2008. (Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times) Elizabeth Holtzman knows something about struggles for justice in …
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