August 2, 2009
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The Real News Network – Is there a Chinese "miracle"?
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The Biden and Clinton Mutinies By ALEXANDER COCKBURN
At the superficial level Obama is presiding over an undisciplined administration; on a more realistic and sinister construction, he is facing mutiny, publicly conducted by two people who only a year ago were claiming that their qualifications to be in the Oval Office were far superior to those of the junior senator from Illinois. Continue reading
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South Africa: A Nation in Protest, a Moment of Hope By Jennifer Dohrn
I am here continuing the project to build nurse capacity out of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health ICAP. I flew straight to East London, got unpacked into my continually welcoming home in Gonubie, and took off to rural Eastern Cape province immediately, to begin a whirlwind ten days of developing a concrete proposal… Continue reading
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Community Media: The Thriving Voice of the Venezuelan People By Liz Migliorelli and Caitlin McNulty
In Venezuela today a grass-roots movement of community and alternative media is challenging the domination of private commercial media. Community oriented, non profit, non commercial, citizen and volunteer run media outlets are a crucial part of the democratic transformation of society that is occurring throughout Venezuela. Part of this transformation is the understanding of freedom… Continue reading
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G8 Failure to Launch on Climate Change – Analysis By Stephen Leahy
The G8’s failure to make meaningful commitments on climate last week pushes the world ever closer to global climate catastrophe, experts warn. Without commitments to take action, there is little comfort in G8 countries’ agreement to keep overall global warming below 2.0 degrees Celsius. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 