Iraq vets call for Winter Soldier investigation

 Staff  January 17, 2008  0 Comments on Iraq vets call for Winter Soldier investigation

By Dee Knight – Published Jan 17, 2008 Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) has announced plans for “Winter Soldier:…

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The Corpse on the Gurney – The “Success” Mantra in Iraq

 Staff  January 17, 2008  0 Comments on The Corpse on the Gurney – The “Success” Mantra in Iraq

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, posted Jan. 17, 2008 The other day, as we reached the first anniversary of the President’s…

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How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative

 Staff  January 17, 2008  0 Comments on How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative

Allen Raymond, a former Republican National Committee operative, shares secrets from the GOP bunker. By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. Posted January…

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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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Dispatch From New Orleans: Malik Speaks

 Michael Steinberg  January 13, 2008  4 Comments on Dispatch From New Orleans: Malik Speaks

Malik Speaks, Part 1 Malik Rahim, founder of Common Ground, spoke today about its past, present and future at the…

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Gross Distortions, Sloppy Methodology and Tendentious Reporting

 Staff  January 13, 2008  6 Comments on Gross Distortions, Sloppy Methodology and Tendentious Reporting

How the New England Journal of Medicine Undercounted Iraqi Civilian Deaths By ANDREW COCKBURN Almost five years into the destruction…

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1/11, It’s Our Disgrace!

 Patty Jones  January 12, 2008  1 Comment on 1/11, It’s Our Disgrace!

“As part of the worldwide protest against torture and for the restoration of Habeas/Corpus we stand in solidarity with humans…

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What Took Us So Long, and Are We There Yet?

 Patty Jones  January 12, 2008  2 Comments on What Took Us So Long, and Are We There Yet?

I started to post this as a comment to Rick Nadeau’s piece, Obama Amazes. His post really had me nodding…

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Lessons from the 1970 Student Strike

 Staff  January 12, 2008  0 Comments on Lessons from the 1970 Student Strike

(Editor’s Note: This article appeared a year and a half ago, but as it is mainly a history lesson from…

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An American Tears for Baghdad Snow

 Frank Gormlie  January 11, 2008  4 Comments on An American Tears for Baghdad Snow

I could not help it. Tears welled up in my eyes as I read and viewed stories and photos of…

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