October 7, 2009
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Judge rules police at Lieberman protest acted unlawfully
A Jewish peace activist was today found not guilty of using threatening and abusive words and behaviour and of assaulting a police officer. About 15 mainly Jewish protesters, between the ages of 25 and 70, had gathered outside a house in a residential street in South Hampstead where Lieberman was due to attend a garden… Continue reading
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Video: Catastrophe in the Making
Video: A just-released book describes the most dangerous project built by the US Army Corps of Engineers in regional New Orleans. Catastrophe in the Making describes how the MRGO (Mississippi River Gulf Outlet) put New Orleans and nearby St. Bernard Parish in harm’s way by allowing salt water intrusion that killed protective cypress forests and… Continue reading
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Coups, UNASUR, and the U.S. By Noam Chomsky
The last time I had the opportunity to speak in Caracas — at long-distance that time — was about a year ago, right after the UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) meeting in Santiago in September 2008. That meeting was called “with the purpose of considering the situation in the Republic of Bolivia,” after an… Continue reading
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A MEDIA FAILURE COMPOUNDS THE FINANCIAL FAILURE: The Press Is Still Missing The Story Of Fraud and Economic Decline Ahead By Danny Schechter
We know that Wall Street has not learned much from the crash it helped instigate. We know that our government, whatever its stated desire to clean up the markets and reform the financial behemoths, lacks the willingness and perhaps the clout to rein in the real power centers. We are not sure if they have… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 