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Political Upheaval and Women’s Rights
As the youth-led Freedom Movement of 2011 spreads rapidly across the Middle East, one can only wonder what would be happening in Iraq today if the U.S. had not …

USDA Approved Monsanto Alfalfa Despite Warnings of New Pathogen
Just two weeks before the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) fully deregulated Monsanto's Roundup Ready alfalfa, a senior soil scientist alerted the department about a newly discovered, microscopic pathogen …

Saturday Rallies and Events in All 50 States
Do you want to show your support for working people? Do you want to show your opposition to tax cuts for the rich forcing cuts in the things government …

Libyan Rebels Repel Qaddafi
Benghazi, Libya - Rebels seeking to overturn the 40-year rule of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi repelled a concerted assault by his forces on Thursday on cities close to the capital, …

Eugene Robinson | Give Gaddafi a Real Message
Washington - President Obama pledged that “the entire world is watching” the horror in Libya, but watching isn't nearly enough. There is much more that world leaders — beginning …

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Qaddafi Strikes Back as Rebels Close In on Libyan Capital
Benghazi, Libya - Thousands of mercenary and other forces struck back at a tightening circle of rebellions around the capital, Tripoli, on Thursday, trying to fend off an uprising …

Behind the Arab Revolt Is a Word We Dare Not Speak (2)
Shortly after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, I interviewed Ray McGovern, one of an elite group of CIA officers who prepared the President's daily intelligence brief. At that …

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“US Uncut” Calls Out Corporate Tax Deadbeats
A few weeks before he died, Howard Zinn had lunch at the Warwick Hotel in Manhattan with New York Times columnist Bob Herbert. Their topic of conversation was, of …

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Broun’s Vitriol Spawns Hate As Constituent Asks Congressman, “Who’s Going To Shoot President Obama?“
This past Tuesday Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) held a town hall meeting in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. During the question and answer session, one constituent asked a particularly outlandish question. …

Qaddafi Strikes Back as Rebels Close In on Libyan Capital
Benghazi, Libya - Thousands of mercenary and other forces struck back at a tightening circle of rebellions around the capital, Tripoli, on Thursday, trying to fend off an uprising …