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Russia Sets Off Alarm Bells
By Ramesh Jaura
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A specter is haunting Europe, the specter of a new cold war in the wake of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signing a decree on Tuesday formally recognizing the breakaway Georgian provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states.”We are not afraid of anything, including the prospect of a cold war,” Medvedev said hours after announcing the Kremlin’s decision and one day after parliament had supported the recognition
War With Russia Is On The Agenda
By Paul Craig Roberts
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The gratuitously aggressive US military policy toward Russia will lead to nuclear war. I am confident that if Americans elect John McCain, or the Republicans steal another presidential election, there will be nuclear war in the second decade of the 21st century. The neocon lies, propaganda, macho flag-waving, and use of US foreign policy in the interests of a few military-security firms, oil companies, and Israel are all leading in that direction
Rich Countries Once Used Gunboats To Seize Food.
Now They Use Trade Deals
By George Monbiot
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The world’s hungriest are the losers as an old colonialism returns to govern relations between wealthy and poor nations
A New Day, A New Mastermind
By Ajit Sahi
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Police name an Islamic scholar from Uttar Pradesh as the evil brain behind the Ahmedabad blasts, but it is unlikely they will offer clinching evidence against him anytime soon
Poetry, Hip-Hop And The Palestinian Experience
By Remi Kanazi
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Poets For Palestine is a unique collection of poetry, spoken word, hip-hop and art devoted to Palestine. Unifying a diverse range of poets who have used their words to elevate the consciousness of humanity, this book aims to bridge a younger generation of poets with those who, for decades, have cultivated and strengthened the poetic medium
Slow Food Nation To Release Healthy Food And Agriculture Declaration
By Shepherd Bliss
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“We, the undersigned, believe that a healthy food system is necessary to meet the urgent challenges of our time,” begins the final draft of the Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture. Initiated by Roots of Change and half a year in the drafting, it will be released August 29 at Slow Food Nation (SFN) at San Francisco’s City Hall
Kashmir And The United Nations
By Wajahat Ahmad
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A history of U.N engagement with Kashmir
The Miasma Of Bipartisanship
By Niranjan Ramakrishnan
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As part of the pre-Convention program on Monday, C-SPAN showed some footage from conventions past. One of the speeches was from the 1988 Democratic Convention, the speaker was Ann Richards. It was a stark reminder of how far the Democratic Party has fallen in 20 years
The “Good Germans” And
The Democratic Convention
By Timothy V. Gatto
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The arguments that the democrats raise about a possible McCain presidency and what it will mean are at the very least perfect examples of fear mongering. I’m not saying that they are not entirely wrong either. The problem I have with the Democrats is not how they view a McCain presidency; it is how they view an Obama presidency
Faculty Resist Raising Funds For Endowed Chair Named After “Good-Time Charlie” Wilson
By Robert Jensen
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When University of Texas faculty members opened the local Austin newspaper in mid-August, many were surprised to read that that their institution was raising funds for an endowed chair to honor Charlie Wilson, described charitably by the paper as “the fun-loving, hard-living former East Texas congressman portrayed by Tom Hanks in last year’s ‘Charlie Wilson’s War.’” A more honest evaluation would highlight Wilson’s contribution to the disastrous U.S. policy in Afghanistan in the late 1970s and 1980s
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