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Human rights: Substance v. procedure?
By Saul Landau
A 2006 BBC poll showed the United States as the “biggest global peace threat.” BBC summarized their survey: “People in European and Muslim countries see U.S. policy in…
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Breaking from the dismal life
Market-based thinking has imperiled the planet and created the need for a democratic rebirth, argues Raj Patel in The Value of Nothing.
By Mark Engler
In 1971, the most popular field of…
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The need for financial reform: A Miami case study
By Gimleteye
From the Eye on Miami blog
More than two years after Wall Street's closest brush with death since the Great Depression, taxpayers, investors and voters are still…
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U.S.-Cuba flights skyrocketing 200%, charter airlines say
By Gerardo Arreola
From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada
CANCÚN, March 29 – Cubans are “bursting” the capacity of flights from the U.S. to Cuba, taking advantage of Barack Obama's…
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What’s the matter with Democrats
By David Sirota
From Truthout.org
Ever since Thomas Frank published his book "What's the Matter With Kansas?" Democrats have sought a political strategy to match the GOP's. The health…
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Christians are nothing but communists?
By Bill Press
It's embarrassing, how gullible we are.
We've been surrounded by Christians all these years. We might have even become one ourselves. We were impressed by the good…
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Victory at last on health care
By Max J. Castromaxjcastro@gmail.com
The last key conservative Democratic holdouts against comprehensive health reform—Bart Stupak and his band of anti-abortion Democrats—having…
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Human rights again?
By Saul Landau
The State Department echoed by the European Union has once again raised the human rights issue to beat up Cuba. In 1959, Fidel Castro declared his independence from the…
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Greenspan’s nightmare is much of the world’s dream
By Mark Weisbrot
From The Guardian
Alan Greenspan had a dream, or rather a nightmare. Greenspan seems to have woken up in a cold sweat one morning in fear that the period of…
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The battle between POTUS and SCROTUS
By Bill Press
Poor John Roberts. His feelings are hurt. And he wants big bully Barack Obama to stop picking on him.
Poor John Roberts. Apparently, he's been nursing a grudge ever…
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