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On Hostile Ground, America’s Guestworkers Seek Justice
The debate around immigration in Washington brings the same smoke and mirrors each election cycle: anti-immigrant slogans about “securing the border” flashing alongside craftily worded policies to sustain the …
Spinning Suspect Ingredients in Baby Formula
That same day that I gave her the first bottle [of formula], she had terrible diarrhea, she had horrible spit-up, she had gas, she was crying with pain. . …
Dow and Monsanto Join Forces to Poison America’s Heartland
(Photo: tpmartins) In a match that some would say was made in hell, the nation's two leading producers of agrochemicals have joined forces in a partnership to …
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Pakistani Health Workers Punished for Helping US Find bin Laden
Islamabad - Seventeen local health workers have been fired for their part in a scheme that the CIA orchestrated in an effort to confirm that al Qaida founder Osama …
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 …