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War Is Too Tragic for Weak Balance of Powers
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Two weeks ago, I wrote a column on how President Obama, as with some presidents in the past, fired military generals who …
Iran and the Shape of Things to Come
(Photo: yeowatzup) It is hard not to think of that Gallic witticism when observing recent international events. Aside from almost daily threats from the governments of Israel …
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As Greece Erupts, BBC’s Paul Mason on “The New Global Revolutions” over Austerity, Inequality (2)
Greece is bracing for protests after eurozone finance ministers concluded a deal that will provide a $170 billion bailout in return for another round of deep austerity cuts. The …
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As Greece Erupts, BBC’s Paul Mason on “The New Global Revolutions” Over Austerity, Inequality
Greece is bracing for protests after eurozone finance ministers concluded a deal that will provide a $170 billion bailout in return for another round of deep austerity cuts. The …
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Occupy for Prisoners Comes Out Against Mass Incarceration
Occupy For Prisoners demonstration in Harlem, New York, February 19, 2012. (Photo: samglewis) Each time the 100-strong crowd assembled for the national Occupy for Prisoners day roared …
Bill Moyers Interviews Rita Dove on the Power of Poetry
Bill welcomes former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove, who this very week received the National Medal of Arts from President Obama. Dove served two terms as Poet Laureate, the youngest …
Bill Moyers Interviews Rita Dove on the Power of Poetry (Video)
Rita Dove on the Power of Poetry from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo. TRANSCRIPT: BILL MOYERS: From the combative, ferocious and vituperative field of politics, we repair to a quieter …
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Inside Rick Santorum’s Head: For Him, the Right to Privacy Doesn’t Exist
Rick Santorum is the latest darling of the most extreme of the GOP's extremist voters. Here's just an earful of this guy's moral piety. Let's start where it all …
Occupy the Department of Education: Just What Education Activists Were Looking for
On behalf of the people of New York City, the Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) assembled on the evening of February 9. On behalf of the people of New …