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Environment
The Advent of the Surveillance Society
(Photo: Richy / Flickr) Surveillance now is everyone's business, as the line between intelligence-gathering and crimefighting rapidly fades and the public is conditioned to play its part. …
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“Battle for Brooklyn” and Eminent Domain Abuse
(Image: Rumur Inc.) Do we really accept that Big Money - through intimidation, bribery or some other coercion - can shove us out of our homes and …
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Broken Limb
Turkey Does the Right Thing – an Analysis
In the wake of the dubious UN investigatory report which all but exonerated Israel for its 31 May 2010 attack on the Mavi Marmara–an attack that killed 8 Turkish …
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The Price of 9/11
George W. Bush addresses the media on Israel and Lebanon in August 2006. (Photo: Eric Draper / Wikimedia) New York – The September 11, 2001, terror attacks …
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Perry Tales: Rick Is Not Who He Says He Is
Presidential wannabe Rick Perry is flitting all around the country — hither, thither and yon — spreading little “Perry Tales” about himself and the many wonders he has worked …
Unequal Responsibility for Crime
(Image: JR / Truthout) Consider this August 3, 2001, White House press briefing, in which the editor of Corporate Crime Reporter, Russell Mokhiber, asked a question of …
Conflicting Dreams: The Strikes That Made Boeing a National Flashpoint (2)
Boeing makes the future. That’s the recurring message of Boeing’s “Future of Flight” tour, which brings visitors from around the world through its Everett factory in Washington State. The …
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Economy
Libya’s Next Fight: The West
At a press conference in Tripoli on Aug. 26, a statement read aloud by top Libyan rebel commander Abdel Hakim Belhadj was reassuring. Just a few months ago, disorganized …