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WikiLeaks: Time to Celebrate, Time to Mourn
It's time to celebrate. It's a big win for Internet-based, indie media that WikiLeaks.org posted its “Afghan War Diary,” based on 90,000 leaked US military records detailing a failing …
Kucinich-Paul Pakistan Resolution to Hit the Floor
The House of Representatives is expected to vote on a resolution Tuesday afternoon intended to force the removal of all U.S. military forces from Pakistan by the end of …
Maya Schenwar | Afghanistan Funding: Time to Make a Fuss
In a moving statement before Congress in February 2009, President Obama made a promise. “For seven years, we have been a nation at war,” he said. "No longer will …
Why Democrats Should Run as Big Spenders and Tax Raisers (2)
If US fiscal history were a guide to politics, Democrats would be running in the 2010 mid-terms on a platform of raising taxes and doubling domestic spending on everything …
Flotilla Tactics: How an Israeli Attack Backfired
On 31 May 2010, Israeli commandos attacked protesters on the Free Gaza Flotilla. The attack was a public relations disaster for the Israeli government, greatly increasing support for the …
David Swanson | House Has Debated, Not Yet Voted, on War Escalation
The House of Representatives has debated today about dumping $33 billion into the war in Afghanistan, and will vote later this afternoon. Here's how the debate went down:
Why Democrats Should Run as Big Spenders and Tax Raisers
If U.S. fiscal history were a guide to politics, Democrats would be running in the 2010 mid-terms on a platform of raising taxes and doubling domestic spending on everything …
Elizabeth Warren and Her Discontents
Somebody really, really doesn't want Elizabeth Warren to run the new Consumer Protection Financial Bureau, or “CFPB,” which she first envisioned and proposed. Who? The big banks, for sure, …
Labor and Money Clash in 15 Cities
Contracts expire in 2010 for 45,000 hotel workers in ten cities and, on July 22, several thousand supporters demonstrated across the US and Canada. This time Hyatt Hotels were …
How Bush Botched the Afghan War
The 92,000 classified Afghan War documents, which were just released by Wikileaks, provide a troubling narrative of that conflict’s downward spiral as President George W. Bush concentrated the American …