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Sleepwalking Into the Imperial Dark
This can't end well. But then, how often do empires end well, really? They live vampirically by feeding off others until, sooner or later, they begin …
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A Report From the Poetry Trenches: Rexroth, Bukowski and the Politics of Literature
Bukowski loved the idea of poetry wars. Even at the lowest level of mimeo magazines, when he was co-editing Laugh Literary & Man the Humping Guns with Neeli Cherry, …
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State Department Cables Reveal US Thirst for All Things Iranian
Washington - At a November 2009 meeting, top Iranian security officials allegedly discussed staging a student takeover of the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran, much as students had seized …
Waukesha, WI Follies: 97.63 Percent Turnout in 2004? 20,000 More Votes Than “Ballots Cast” in 2006?
Waukesha County, Wisconsin's County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus was already known, for some time, to be among the nation's worst elections official. And that's saying quite a bit. But new …
Radio and TV Marti Should be Prime Targets for Budget Cutters
TV Martà building. (Photo: Allen Pinkley) Editor's Note: This article was originally published prior to the passage of the federal budget deal. • Not much …
Unequal Protection: The Corporate Conquest of America
While corporations can live forever, exist in several different places at the same time, change their identities at will, and even chop off parts of themselves or sprout new …
How Much Are You Paying in Taxes for War This Year?
While millions of Americans are out of work or struggling to pay their bills, our government is spending billions of dollars a week on a war we don't support …
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Opposition Forces Move on Ivory Coast Strongman
Takoradi, Ghana - Opposition forces in Ivory Coast said Wednesday that they had begun an assault to dislodge the nation’s strongman, Laurent Gbagbo, from a bunker under his residence …
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France in Talks on Surrender of Ivory Coast Strongman
A man stands near burning tires on a street in Treichville, a suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on March 8, 2011. Militia loyal to strongman Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses …
Public Support for Israel
What does the public really think about aiding Israel?