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Tunisia: How We Got Here and the Task Ahead (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 27, 2011 -- Hunger strikes. These were the last resort for Tunisian activists as they fought against a brutal and highly oppressive regime. Prior to the ousting ...
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Why are you so negative? (and other FAQ) (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 27, 2011 -- FAQ: Why are you attacking me for my way of life? Mickey Z: That’s easy: Our way of life is really a "way of death" and is directly responsible for the ...
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Egypt's Internet goes dark during political unrest (Declan McCullagh)
Jan. 27, 2011 (CNET) -- Egypt has gone offline. In a stunning development unprecedented in the modern history of the Internet, a country of more than 80 million people has found itself almost ...
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State of Suspension (James Howard Kunstler)
James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Jan. 24, 2011 -- You kind of wonder here in the flash-frozen northeast if, a few days from now, scores of dead bodies will be found in unheated trailers ...
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'We need to stop this culture before it kills the planet': A Conversation With Derrick Jensen (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. and Derrick Jensen Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 23, 2011 -- As you begin reading this interview, take a look at the nearest clock. Now, dig this: Since yesterday at the same exact ...
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Vermont single-payer proposals a 'major step in right direction': doctors' group (PNHP)
Jan. 21, 2011 -- MONTPELIER, Vt. (PNHP) – Longtime reform advocate and Vermont family physician Dr. Deborah Richter hailed Wednesday’s report of health system expert William Hsiao to the Vermont ...
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Financial Socialism by and for Wall Street Elites? (Les Leopold)
More than 70 percent of Americans say big bonuses should be banned this year at Wall Street firms that took taxpayer bailouts, a Bloomberg National Poll shows. An additional one in six favors ...
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Rocky Times Ahead: Are You Ready? (Sarah Byrnes and Chuck Collins)
Jan. 21, 2011 (YES! Magazine) -- "I don't believe the economy is getting better," says Billy R., a member of a mutual aid group in Oregon that he jokingly calls "my reality support group." "All ...
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One Year Later, Movement Is Growing to Overturn 'Citizens United' (Robert Weissman)
Jan. 21, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) -- The theory and practice of the U.S. Supreme Court’s dreadful decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission are incompatible with a well-functioning ...
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Social Media and Law Enforcement: Who Gets What Data and When? (Jennifer Lynch)
Jan. 20, 2011 (Deeplink/EFF) -- This month, we were reminded how important it is that social media companies do what they can to protect the sensitive data they hold from the prying eyes of the ...
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Why Is the Treasury Not Releasing Data on Who’s Getting Loans? (Ngoc Nguyen)
Jan. 21, 2011 (New America Media) -- At the end of this month, for the first time ever, the US Treasury plans to release to the public a treasure trove of demographic information on people who have ...
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