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Why the Zapatistas Are Preparing for War

 Staff  January 28, 2008  8 Comments on Why the Zapatistas Are Preparing for War

The Color Red, “26 Communities” and La Otra by Mary Ann Tenuto Sánchez Subcomandante Marcos got everyone’s attention when he…

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POWER TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE!

 Staff  January 25, 2008  1 Comment on POWER TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE!

Jeff Halper January 23, 2008The people of Palestine have done it again, taking their own fate in their hands after…

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World Markets Dump In Reaction to Bush’s “Stimulus Plan”

 Staff  January 21, 2008  0 Comments on World Markets Dump In Reaction to Bush’s “Stimulus Plan”

(Associated Press) LONDON – Stocks fell sharply worldwide Monday in reaction to President George W. Bush’s “stimulus plan” and to…

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In case you missed them … recent stories of note

 Frank Gormlie  January 18, 2008  1 Comment on In case you missed them … recent stories of note

In case you missed them, I’ve re-hatched a number of local, regional, national and international news stories of note. Here…

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Revolution of the Snails – Encounters with the Zapatistas

 Staff  January 15, 2008  0 Comments on Revolution of the Snails – Encounters with the Zapatistas

By Rebecca Solnit of TomDispatch.com I grew up listening to vinyl records, dense spirals of information that we played at…

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Why Barack Obama Should De-Escalate On Pakistan

 Staff  January 7, 2008  1 Comment on Why Barack Obama Should De-Escalate On Pakistan

By Tom Hayden, HuffingtonPost.com. Posted January 7, 2008. As predicted, Barack Obama’s advocacy of unilateral military intervention in Pakistan if…

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History Always Has Surprises

 Richard Nadeau  December 13, 2007  0 Comments on History Always Has Surprises

December 12, 2007 The first meeting since Annapolis between Israel and Palestinian negotiators took place today. A report by the…

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Immigration Backlash: Violence Engulfs Latinos

 Staff  December 7, 2007  0 Comments on Immigration Backlash: Violence Engulfs Latinos

by Brentin Mock Published by the Southern Poverty Law Center There’s no doubt that the tone of the raging national…

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Thoughts out of Season

 Richard Nadeau  November 17, 2007  13 Comments on Thoughts out of Season

Published in the forthcoming November/December issue of “Because People Matter (BPM)” “Yet, the identity between the state and the people…

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Manufactured Shortages in Venezuela

 Staff  November 17, 2007  6 Comments on Manufactured Shortages in Venezuela

by Gary Ghirardi In the latest of private sector pressure on the Bolivarian Government of Venezuela another “essential?” commodity has…

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Let Me File This….

 Staff  November 12, 2007  0 Comments on Let Me File This….

What a Motion looks like in Pakistan. A Pakistani lawyer throws a teargas canister back towards police

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