A Plutonium Paradise? A Critique of Nuclear Power

 Richard Nadeau  January 19, 2008  3 Comments on A Plutonium Paradise? A Critique of Nuclear Power

I just can’t believe the cheerful propaganda coming from the nuclear power industry and its boosters. They are telling us…

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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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“I Have a Dream”

 Staff  January 17, 2008  4 Comments on “I Have a Dream”

Text of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Speech from Aug. 28, 1963

(transcribed directly from the video)

“I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves, who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacle of segregation and the chains of discrimination.

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The Hippies Were Right!

 Staff  January 17, 2008  3 Comments on The Hippies Were Right!

Green homes? Organic food? Nature is good? Time To Give The Ol’ Tie-Dyers Some Respect by Mark Morford Go ahead,…

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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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