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You provide the Tweets, we’ll provide the info war
The Iranian protests and the mainstream media
By Jack Z. Bratich
We can all remember a moment when we gazed up at the sky and used our imagination to make familiar shapes out of the…
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‘If you’re not sick, we’re not doing our job’
A message from the AMA
And now a message from the American Medical Association. Who is the AMA? We’re your family doctor… who makes you wait two weeks for an appointment. We’re the…
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An irreversible and inevitable process marches on
By Lorenzo Cañizares and Rolando Castañeda
Early this month, the Obama administration indicated its desire to begin a dialogue with the Cuban government to solve the migratory problem…
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More competition in health care
By Bill Press
As usual, the president said it best: "Millions of our citizens do not have a full measure of opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health care. Millions do not now have…
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The Iranian election: A contrarian view
By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com
Viewed from the West, it’s hard not to sympathize with Mir Housein Mousavi and the Iranian opposition forces that have challenged president…
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Back to the dog days of a New York summer
Ancient memories (Final Installment)
By Saul Landau
Before we had gone fifty miles, the young Negro trucker, dressed in work pants, a work shirt and wearing a brimmed cloth cap, swapped…
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Cuban Five: Hope they can believe in
Cuban Five: Hope they can believe in
By Patrick Doherty
From the Havana Note blog
Yesterday (June 15, 2009), the Supreme Court of the United States officially refused to hear the case…
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Why doesn’t Obama just stay home?
By Bill Press
In the interest of full disclosure, I sometimes crave a good burger. So whenever the mood strikes, I head to the "Five Guys" closest to Washington's Capitol Hill: on New…
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Oil and Indians don’t mix
By Greg Palast
From GregPalast.com
There's an easy way to find oil. Go to some remote and gorgeous natural sanctuary, say Alaska or the Amazon, find some Indians, then drill down…
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Why have we stopped talking about guns?
By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
From Truthout.org
You know by now that in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, an elderly white supremacist and anti-Semite named James W. von Brunn…
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