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Book Review: The Politics of Genocide
When President Obama released his National Security Strategy (NSS) in May he included an emphasis on the United States and the international community upholding the UN endorsed "Responsibility to …
US House Approves Bill Increasing Compensation for Oil Spill Victims
The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would increase compensation for injured workers and victims' families that have filed claims against BP as a result …
Britain to Probe Collaboration With CIA Renditions
New York - Breaking from President Barack Obama's insistence on “moving forward, not backward” in investigating U.S. detainee torture, the British government appears poised to investigate its own complicity …
US-Iran Dynamic: Why US Effort to Leverage Syria Is Flagging
Beirut, Lebanon - More than a year after the US launched a cautious effort to reengage with Syria, wooing it away from Iran and the Iranian-backed Shiite organization Hezbollah, …
This Fourth of July, Celebrate “1776” – the Movie
As we commemorate the Fourth of July, one of the joys - and there are many - of life in these United States is that you never know what …
“This Is Worse Than Guantanamo“
Bratislava, Slovakia - A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner at a refugee detention centre in Slovakia has said he is prepared to die in hunger strike after living five months …
Making Climate Protection Worker-Friendly
“There are no jobs on a dead planet.” That's how one union leader answered those who say that unions should be concerned only about jobs, and leave the planet …
Who Will Pay, Wall Street or Main Street – the Tobin Tax or the VAT?
Wall Street banks have been saved from bankruptcy by governments that are now going bankrupt themselves; but the banks are not returning the favor. Instead, they are engaged in …
Trader-Turned-Author Nomi Prins on Financial Reform (Video)
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Delegation From Oil-Afflicted Amazon Visits Louisiana Tribes Hit by BP Disaster
From 1964 until it pulled out in 1992, Texaco — which merged with Chevron a decade ago — dumped some 17 million gallons of crude oil and 20 billion …