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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com The right wing in the United States took a perverse glee at the early elimination of Chicago as the site of the 2016 Olympic Games. They laughed and…
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A late September morning with Fidel (Final Part) ‘Consumerism can’t coexist with planetary survival’ By Saul Landau After Fidel Castro’s abdominal surgery in the summer of 2006,…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. O.K., maybe not literally the worst, but definitely bad. And the contrast between the…
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By Mark Weisbrot From the Sacramento Bee President Obama is coming under attack from the Right for his reluctance to grant the request of General Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S.…
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By Bill Press Do the words "commander in chief" mean anything? That's not so clear anymore, after Gen. Stanley McChrystal publicly disagreed with President Obama over sending more…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com Can the United States and its NATO allies win the war in Afghanistan? That is a question nobody can answer; everybody, from the president to the top…
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A late September morning with Fidel (Part 2) A very retired Fidel has become reflective By Saul Landau Fidel and Raul Castro, in a 56-year partnership in revolutionary enterprises…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times If you had to explain America’s economic success with one word, that word would be “education.” In the 19th century, America led the way in…
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By Truthout.org America's private health care industry has spent hundreds of millions of dollars over the last several months in an attempt to stop President Obama's health care…
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From the Robert Reich Blog This morning's job numbers are bad enough -- 263,000 more jobs lost in September, and unemployment now at 9.8 percent -- but look behind them and the news is…
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