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EU: Drawing a Line in the Tar Sands?
Tar sands imports to the EU could be banned altogether after the EU Commission on Climate Change backed new greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards as part of the Fuel …
Why is OWS Blanketed With NYPD Cameras – And Are Police Breaking the Law?
Occupy Wall Street, September 30, 2011. (Photo: David Shankbone)
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Thirty Major Corporations Paid No Income Taxes in the Last Three Years, While Making $160 Billion
One of the driving forces behind the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protests is the fact that corporations have not been paying their fair share in taxes. A new report …
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Occupy the Koch Brothers – and Stop the American Nightmare
The very name of a Washington conservative conference this weekend is the height of subterfuge. It's called the “Defending the American Dream” conference, which is not about defending the …
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Forty House Republicans Sign Letter Saying They’re Open to Tax Increases
Forty House Republicans joined 60 Democrats today in a letter calling on the congressional super committee to consider “all options” in crafting a deficit reduction package, including increasing revenues. …
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Me and OFAC and Ahmed the Egyptian: One Citizen’s Misadventure in Securityland
The big war news on the front page of the New York Times last weekend was headlined: “U.S. Is Planning Buildup in Gulf After Iraq Exit.” Its first …
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International Security Assistance Force Data Shows Night Raids Killed Over 1,500 Afghan Civilians
Washington - U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) killed well over 1,500 civilians in night raids in less than 10 months in 2010 and early 2011, analysis of official statistics …
Death in Guantanamo: Suicide or Dryboarding?
A detention area at the US Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in October, 2007. (Photo: Todd Heisler / The New York Times) On June 10, 2006, …
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There’s Many a Gray Head in Occupy Wall Street Crowd
New York - Vince Taylor doesn't fit the stereotype of unkempt twentysomething protesters at the Occupy Wall Street site in Manhattan, which was clear from the homemade canvas sign …
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Thanks to the 99 Percent Movement, Media Finally Covering Jobs Crisis and Marginalizing Deficit Hysteria (2)
Part of the reason economic policymakers have failed to properly address the poor economy is because the nation’s news media has not properly covered the unemployment crisis. For example, …