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Pakistani and Indian Newspapers Say US CIA Contractor Raymond Davis Is a Terrorist
Pakistani and Indian newspapers are reporting that Raymond Davis, the CIA contractor in jail in Lahore facing murder charges for the execution-slayings of two young men believed to by …
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UK Guardian Reports Raymond Davis is Working for the CIA
A report in the British Guardian newspaper is confirming that Raymond Davis, the man jailed in Lahore, Pakistan charged with murdering two young Pakistanis who were almost certainly themselves working for …
Wisconsin: Health Care, Democracy and the Middle Class Are at Stake
“Mom’s in intensive care. Mom says: Go to Madison.” Such was the conversation with my sister last week as demonstrations erupted across Wisconsin to stop Governor Walker’s union-busting, …
Democracy? Not So Fast: Address Culture of Police Brutality
Hey, I'm about the last guy in the world to rain on Egypt's parade. I love the place - I used to live there. Its people are kind, smart, …
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Qaddafi, Bush and the Iraq Big Lie
While the US government expresses outrage over the brutality of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi toward his own people, we’re missing a complex but significant wrinkle that ties Qaddafi to America’s …
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Climate: Putting People Over Money
While debate about whether climate change is real or not continues in the US, the world's leading producer of CO2 emissions per capita, those already living with the effects, …
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The Death of Capitalism: Is Scott Walker Helping Build a “Better World”? (2)
After the Great Crash of 1929, Andrew Mellon, one of the wealthiest men in America as well as Secretary of the Treasury, gave President Hoover a bit of advice …
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The Death of Capitalism: Is Scott Walker Helping Build a “Better World”?
After the Great Crash of 1929, Andrew Mellon, one of the wealthiest men in America as well as Secretary of the Treasury, gave President Hoover a bit of advice …
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Workers, Students Vow to Fight on in Wisconsin Despite Threats of Lay-offs
Madison, Wisconsin - Despite heavy protests against Republican Governor Scott Walker's ‘Budget Repair Bill’, the Republican-controlled State Assembly in Wisconsin abruptly passed the bill - which would strip the …
Attacks on Unions Barking Up the Wrong Money Tree
“More cheese, less sleaze!” That was the funniest group chant at Tuesday's rally of several hundred union and other progressive activists outside the Manhattan headquarters of Fox News. Several …