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Is Europe Over?
Europe has always been a rather tenuous concept. A rump continent, Europe represented the barbarous hinterlands for the Greeks and Romans. The first use of the term “European” occurred …
Wall Street Occupation Live Stream
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Can’t Find the Protest Songs? Check Inside the Movement
On October 18, The New York Times published the article, “At the Protests, the Message Lacks a Melody.”#[i] In the piece, author James C. McKinley Jr. asks us, “Where …
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Haiti Jails US Deportees in Filthy Conditions, Without Cause
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti - The United States has deported more than 250 Haitians since January knowing that one in two will be jailed without charges in facilities so filthy they …
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Occupy Wall Street: Crafting a Constitutional Amendment to Stop the 1%
We’ve seen the signs and heard the chants: “Abolish Corporate Personhood!” I’m very sympathetic to the cause of reducing the power of big business corporations to control …
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Big Corporation, Tiny Heart
How small can a giant corporation get? I don't mean in size, but in spirit. Once again, America's biggest commercial empire — Walmart — is displaying its …
US Sends a Message to Iran With Arms Sales to Gulf States
The U.S. is not so much ignoring the Arab Spring (since it cannot be ignored), but viewing it in the larger context — i.e., our cold-hot war with the …
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Political Fact Checking That Doesn’t Amplify the Lie
Political fact-checking operations have proliferated over the last several campaigns. The Annenberg Public Policy Center launched the original FactCheck.org. The St. Petersburg Times’ PolitiFact won a Pulitzer for famously …
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First Look by Outsiders at Crippled Japanese Nuclear Plant
Tokyo - The scene is post-apocalyptic: a scattering of failed buildings squatting in the sunlit silence, their iron frames bent and twisted, having barely withstood the explosions that rocked …
Naomi Klein on Environmental Victory: Obama Delays Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Decision Until 2013 (2)
Environmental activists are claiming victory after the Obama administration announced Thursday it will postpone any decision on the proposed 1,700-mile Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline until 2013. The …