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Leaks Suggest Iran Is Now Winning in the Middle East
Iran is winning and Israel is losing. That is the startling conclusion we reach if we consider how things have changed in the Middle East in the two years …
Privacy Is Passe, So Broadcast Yourself (to Big Brother)
"You had to live – you did live, from habit that became instinct – in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every …
Is QE2 the Road to Zimbabwe-Style Hyperinflation? Not Likely
Unlike Zimbabwe, the US can easily get the currency it needs without being beholden to anyone. But wouldn't that dilute the value of the currency? No. A month ago, …
Eleven Years After WTO: The Impact of Uprisings
Eleven years ago yesterday, on November 30, 1999, a public uprising shut down the World Trade Organization (WTO) and occupied downtown Seattle. That same week in 1999, three thousand …
McKeon’s Right: Petraeus Must Testify on Afghan Review
House Republicans are demanding that General Petraeus appear in person to testify on the administration's December review of policy in the war in Afghanistan, Politico reports. But the Pentagon …
Chomsky: “The Business Elites … Are Instinctive Marxists“
Acclaimed philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He shared his perspectives on international affairs, economics and other themes …
Did the Rich Cause the Deficit?
Washington is inundated with deficit commissions. The country has piled up a huge debt because we cut taxes for the wealthy and borrowed to make up the difference. But …
Republicans Are Right: Petraeus Must Testify on Afghan Review
House Republicans are demanding that General Petraeus appear in person to testify on the administration's December review of policy in the war in Afghanistan, the Politico reports. But the …
Made in Brazil: Confronting Child Labor
“To force a child to work is to steal the future of that child” - Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva While Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula …
How Stuxnet Cyber Weapon Targeted Iran Nuclear Plant
Stuxnet, the world's first known “cyber missile,” was designed to sabotage special power supplies used almost exclusively in nuclear fuel-refining centrifuge systems, researchers studying its code have revealed. The …