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MLK economics (Part 1 of 2) How Dr. King might have responded to current crises of recession, unemployment, and foreclosure By Mark Engler Martin Luther King, Jr. was working hard to…
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Excerpts of Naomi Klein’s appearance on Amy Goodman’s show Democracy Now! on the events in Haiti and who are profiting already with the tragedy. As I write about in The Shock Doctrine,…
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By Bill Press "Welcome to the Friendly Skies. Now take off all your clothes." Don't laugh! In the wake of the failed terrorist attempt over Detroit on Christmas Day, it may not be long…
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BOOK REVIEW Daniel P. Erickson: The Cuba Wars. Fidel Castro, the United States, and the Next Revolution Reviewed by Max J. Castro This book presents a dispassionate and thorough…
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By Collin Laverty From The Huffington Post Our organization, the Center for Democracy in the Americas, works on straightening out U.S. policy toward the region. We're trying to…
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By Saul Landau and Nelson Valdes “I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go Communist because of the irresponsibility of its own people.” -- Henry Kissinger, June 26,…
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By Craig Roberts From OpEdNews.com What are we to make of the failed Underwear Bomber plot, the Toothpaste, Shampoo, and Bottled Water Bomber plot, and the Shoe Bomber plot? These…
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By Noam Chomsky From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada Barack Obama is the fourth U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize and he joins three others in a long tradition of…
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A U.S. representative who accused Tehran of sponsoring terrorism has a track record of supporting terrorists herself. By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich From The Los Angeles Times of Dec.…
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The Seattle Times editorial board calls for the end of the U.S. embargo of Cuba. SEN. Maria Cantwell calls our attention to a law, signed by President Obama, allowing Cuba to buy U.S.…
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