Government
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World Job Crisis is a Threat to Democracy, Says IMF Head (Larry Elliott)
International Monetary Fund meeting dominated by fears that US job crisis will add to currency tensions with China Oct. 10, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (The Guardian) -- The International Monetary Fund was ...
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Surprise -- The Very Dark Side of U.S. History (Peter Dale Scott and Robert Parry)
Editor's Note: Many Americans view their country and its soldiers as the "good guys" spreading "democracy" and "liberty" around the world. When the United States inflicts unnecessary death and ...
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US Often Weighed North Korea `Nuke Option' (Charles J. Hanley and Randy Herschaft)
Oct. 10,2010 -- NEW YORK (AP) -- From the 1950s Pentagon to today's Obama administration, the United States has repeatedly pondered, planned and threatened use of nuclear weapons against North ...
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Welcome to a new theocracy: The Jewish Republic of Israel (Gideon Levy)
Oct. 10, 2010 (Haaretz) -- Remember this day. It's the day Israel changes its character. As a result, it can also change its name to the Jewish Republic of Israel, like the Islamic Republic of Iran. ...
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In the Crosshairs of US Drones (Kamal Hyder)
Oct. 10, 2010 (Al-Jazeera) -- Residents live under a constant fear of being hit as dozens of unmanned drones buzz the skies over North and South Waziristan. The drones frighten children and women ...
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Boiler Rooms, Foreclosure Mills: The Story of America’s Mortgage Industry (Michael Hudson)
Oct. 8, 2010 (Center For Public Integrity) -- The news about the nation’s foreclosure scandal has been coming fast and furious, driven by tales of backdated documents, false affidavits and “rocket ...
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The Secret Big-Money Takeover of America (Robert Reich)
Oct. 8, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Not only is income and wealth in America more concentrated in fewer hands than it’s been in 80 years, but those hands are buying our democracy as never ...
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America’s Third World Economy (Paul Craig Roberts)
Oct. 8, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- For a number of years I reported on the monthly nonfarm payroll jobs data. The data did not support the praises economists were singing to the “New ...
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Bernanke Tells the Truth: The United States is on the Brink of Financial Disaster (Robert Wenzel)
Oct. 5, 2010 (EconomicPolicyJournal.com) -- Yesterday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered a speech before the the Annual Meeting of the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council ...
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When Will Direct Action Blossom? (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 14, 2010 -- Anais Nin sez: “There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” I think of her ...
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Loud Talk, Small Minds (Joel S. Hirschhorn)
Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Oct. 9, 2010 -- In trying to understand how so many Americans adore people like Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh I have come to this ...
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