Saturday, March 19, 2011

Coming soon to each nation, its own internet

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by Philip J Cunningham from Bangkok Post .  The writer is addressing a recent article in an influential, US military oriented publication...

In Egypt, a New Guard

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by Stephen Gowans from VoltaireNet .  Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, known to Egyptians as “Mubarak’s poodle,” may be calling t...
Friday, March 18, 2011

The Club Med war

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by Pepe Escobar from Asia Times Online . History may register that the real tipping point was this past Tuesday when, in an interview to Ge...

US Tries to Block Aristide Return, Derail Democracy

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by Murphy Woodhouse from Americas Program .  South Africa, Aristide’s home for most of his exile, has been under intense pressure to preven...

Seed Treaty Legalises Theft

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by Penny Cole from A World to Win. The farmers state: We cannot conserve biodiversity and feed the world while our rights to save, use, ex...

The Lesson of Fukushima: Nuclear Means Catastrophe

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by Daniel Tanuro from La Gauche via Climate and Capitalism .  ...energy transition is only possible if energy demand decreases dramatically...
Thursday, March 17, 2011

Three-minute Cliffs Notes of U.S. foreign policy [3:00m video]

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by Glenn Greenwald from Salon .  (a must-view video) Greenwald provides an excellent 3 minute clip in which a former CIA operative and ter...

Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media

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by Nick Fielding and Ian Cobain from the Guardian .  The US military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social med...

Pvt Manning proves 'slippery slope'

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by Lisa Hajjar from Al Jazeera . Torture advocates opined that the use of non-maiming techniques (i.e., "torture lite") is a less...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Ten reasons why new nuclear was a mistake – even before Fukushima

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by Alexis Rowell from Transition Culture . The author reviews ten arguments against nuclear energy. However, his "solutions" lac...

MR Original -- Re-Creating Revolutionary Communities

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by Abby Martin from OpEd News .  The author reports on Cindy Sheehan's call for people to start organizing in their communities to tak...

Japan's Nuclear Calamity Compounded by History of Neglecting Safety, Downplaying Accidents

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by Kevin Gosztola from OpEd News .  Capitalism works the same the world over: corporate profits trump every other consideration. Why capit...

International Citizens Radiation Monitoring Network

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from Washington's Blog .  If we could rely on the Japanese and American governments to inform us of any danger, we wouldn't have to...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Tax Haven USA attracts over $3 trillion in foreign dirty money

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by Nick Shaxson from his blog . The number comes from a letter to Tim Geithner, US Treasury Secretary, sent by every single member of the F...

Redefining Governmental 'Power Grabs'

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by Steve Benen from Washington Monthly .  And you thought Governor Walker of Wisconsin was the worst right-winger--he has competition from...

Crisis casts doubt on nuke industry P.R. campaign

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by Justin Elliott from Salon .  Years of well-funded public-relations efforts have asserted that nuclear power is completely safe. 

Tokyo Electric to Build US Nuclear Plants: The no-BS info on Japan's disastrous nuclear operators

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by Greg Palast from his blog .  The author reports on the history of fraudulent tests and claims of the nuclear industry, and the likely m...
Monday, March 14, 2011

Dozens of US states declare war on workers’ rights

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by Tom Eley from World Socialist Web Site .  An analysis of pending legislation in dozens of US states makes clear that both the Republican...

WH forces P.J. Crowley to resign for condemning abuse of Manning

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by Glenn Greenwald from Salon .  Believe it or not, there are some decent people in government. Here I am referring to US State Department...
Sunday, March 13, 2011

Censored scientists, dirty politics and the nuclear distraction

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by Erik Curren from Energy Bulletin . With the present tragedy of Japan's earthquake, the ultimate effects of which are still unknown,...