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BOOK REVIEW: Dismantling the Empire -- America’s Last Best Hope. By Chalmers Johnson
Dismantling the Empire -- America’s Last Best Hope. Chalmers Johnson. Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, NY. 2010. Sept. 25, 2010 (Palestine Chronicle) -- That the empire has caused much ...
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Noam Chomsky: “President Obama is Involved in War Crimes Right Now” (Alyssa McDonald)
Sept. 15, 2010 -- The New Statesman Interviews: Noam Chomsky Do you consider yourself to be primarily a scientist or a political activist? If the world would go away, I would be happy to keep to the ...
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Arctic Warms, Sea Ice Shrinks, Extinction Risk Grows (Environment News Service)
From foxes to whales to walruses to plankton, Arctic species are being pushed toward extinction by rapid climate change, finds a new report by two conservation groups. (photo by Flickr user Drew ...
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Secret 'Kill Lists' Fly in the Face of US and Int'l Law (William Fisher)
Aug. 31, 2010 -- NEW YORK (Inter Press Service) -- Two of the nation's most influential human rights organisations have filed a lawsuit challenging the government's authority to carry out "targeted ...
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Errant Climate May Be Sign of Breakdown, Scientists Say (Charles J. Hanley)
Heat waves, fires, and floods fit their predictions Aug. 13, 2010 -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Floods, fires, melting ice, and feverish heat -- from smoke-choked Moscow to water-soaked Iowa and the High ...
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Revolution and Repression in America (Andrew Gavin Marshall)
This is Part 2 of the series, "The Technological Revolution and the Future of Freedom." Part 1: The Global Political Awakening and the New World Order Introduction June 29, 2010 (Global Research) -- ...
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The Global Political Awakening and the New World Order (Andrew Gavin Marshall)
This is Part 1 of the series, "The Technological Revolution and the Future of Freedom." June 24, 2010 (Global Research) -- There is a new and unique development in human history that is taking place ...
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Cluster Bombs and Civilian Lives: Efficient Killing, Profits and Human Rights (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 7, 2010 -- Cluster bombs are in the news again, thanks to a recent report from Amnesty International. The human rights agency has confirmed that 35 women and ...
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The Runaway General (Michael Hastings)
Stanley McChrystal, Obama's top commander in Afghanistan, has seized control of the war by never taking his eye off the real enemy: The wimps in the White House June 22, 2010 (Rolling Stone) -- ...
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Pimco’s Crescenzi Sees ‘Endpoint’ in Devaluations (Wes Goodman and Garfield Reynolds)
Co-Chief Investment Officer of PIMCO Bill Gross speaks during a conference. Photographer: Tim Boyle/Bloomberg June 8 (Bloomberg) -- Nations have reached a “Keynesian endpoint” as exhausted balance ...
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After Haiti: A Conversation with John Perkins | Elizabeth Ferrari
Elizabeth Ferrari -- World News Trust Mar. 26, 2010 When the earthquake struck Haiti last January, the first person I wanted to hear from was John Perkins. Several years before Naomi Klein coined ...
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