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The 2008 crash isn’t over, only covered up: Reaganomics driving us into Phase 2 of meltdown (Paul B. Farrell)
Mar. 8, 2011 -- SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- We have hard evidence Washington and Wall Street knew the 2008 crash was coming years in advance. Yes, they could have prevented it. But ...
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'I Don’t Think There Is Any Need for a Law against Fraud' (Dale Tavris)
Dale Tavris, M.D.Dale Tavris -- World News Trust Mar. 7, 2011 -- Those who say that banks don’t need to be regulated by government are either naïve, sucking up to rich and powerful bankers, or ...
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How to Win an Election (Mark Brandly)
Feb. 16, 2011 (Mises.org) -- In his superb analysis of democracy, Hans-Hermann Hoppe observes that "prime ministers and presidents are selected for their proven efficiency as morally uninhibited ...
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Behind the Arab Revolt Is a Word We Dare Not Speak (John Pilger)
Former CIA officer Ray McGovern. (Photo: Cheryl Biren) Feb. 24, 2011 (truth-out.org) -- Shortly after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, I interviewed Ray McGovern, one of an elite group of CIA officers ...
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U.S. Veto: Speaking With Forked-tongue (Jim Miles)
"U.S. vetoes UN vote on settlements" --al-Jazeera, Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 Feb. 19, 2011 (Palestine Chronicle) -- It is common within early U.S. history to describe the communications from the white ...
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Revolution Handbook for Americans (Joel S. Hirschhorn)
Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Feb. 20, 2011 -- As recently presented, there is global respect for and use of the classic and brilliant work by Gene Sharp “From Dictatorship to Democracy.” ...
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Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail? (Matt Taibbi)
Illustration by Victor Juhasz Financial crooks brought down the world's economy -- but the feds are doing more to protect them than to prosecute them Feb. 16, 2011 (Rolling Stone) -- Over drinks at ...
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BOOKS: Gaza in Crisis -- Reflections on Israel’s War Against the Palestinians. By Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe (Jim Miles)
Gaza in Crisis -- Reflections on Israel’s War Against the Palestinians. Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe. Haymarket Books, Chicago, 2010. Feb. 16, 2011 (Palestine Chronicle) -- When two of the most ...
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America's Stay-at-Home Ex-President (Ray McGovern)
Feb. 9, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- As the news broke on Saturday that former President George W. Bush had abruptly canceled his scheduled appearance this week in Geneva to avoid the risk ...
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House Derails Extending Anti-Terrorist Provisions (James Rowley)
Feb. 9, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- House Republicans failed to muster the votes needed to extend for nine months the government’s authority to conduct roving wiretaps of suspected terrorists, along with ...
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Torture at the Justice Department? Better Not to Ask (Ray McGovern)
Jan. 25, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) -- On Sunday, I attended an informal talk given in a parish hall by the Justice Department's Thomas Perez, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. His topic: ...
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