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'The West Is Terrified of Arabic Democracies' (Noam Chomsky)
Noam Chomsky is one of the major intellectuals of our time. The 82-year-old American linguist, philosopher and activist is a severe critic of U.S. foreign and economic policy. Ceyda Nurtsch talked ...
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The Endgame on the Debt Ceiling (Dean Baker)
June 20, 2011 (Truthout) -- As we know, President Obama and his team do not appear to be very effective negotiators when it comes to dealing with the Republicans in Congress. Last December, the ...
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Deus ex Machina: Will economic collapse save us from climate catastrophe? (Dan Allen)
June 17, 2011 (Energy Bulletin) -- “I don’t think the American public has gripped in its gut what could happen.... We’re looking at a scenario where there’s no more agriculture in California.” ...
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Attacking Libya -- and the Dictionary: If Americans Don’t Get Hurt, War Is No Longer War (Jonathan Schell)
June 21, 2011 (TomDispatch) -- The Obama administration has come up with a remarkable justification for going to war against Libya without the congressional approval required by the Constitution and ...
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Summer Solstice Starts with Solar Storm (Tariq Malik)
This image taken by the sun-watching SOHO observatory. CREDIT: SOHO/NASA/ESA June 21, 2011 (SPACE.com) -- The sun unleashed a powerful solar flare and eruption Tuesday (June 21) just in time for ...
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It Just Couldn’t Be Uglier: Annals of the War on Terror (Tom Engelhardt)
June 20, 2011 (TomDispatch.com) -- Every time we get a peek inside Washington’s war on terror, it just couldn’t be uglier. Last week, three little home-grown nightmares from that “war” caught my ...
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US Supreme Court Sides with Wal-Mart in Sex Discrimination Class Action (David G. Savage)
June 20, 2011 -- WASHINGTON (Tribune News Services) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday threw out a huge class-action lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. that contended the retail giant had ...
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US Nuke Regulators Weaken Safety Rules (Jeff Donn)
June 20, 2011 -- LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- Federal regulators have been working closely with the nuclear power industry to keep the nation's aging reactors operating within safety standards by ...
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VIDEO/TEXT: America for Sale (Dylan Ratigan)
Scroll down for video segments June 20, 2011 (MSNBC) -- In Chicago, it’s the sale of parking meters to the sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi. In Indiana, it’s the sale of the northern toll road to ...
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This Hero Didn’t Stand a Chance (Chris Hedges)
June 20, 2011 (Truthdig) -- Tim DeChristopher is scheduled to be sentenced in a Salt Lake City courtroom by U.S. District Judge Dee Benson on July 26. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a ...
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Oceans in Distress Foreshadow Mass Extinction (Marlowe Hood)
Pollution and global warming are pushing the world's oceans to the brink of a mass extinction of marine life unseen for tens of millions of years, a consortium of scientists warn. June 20, 2011 -- ...
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