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Joe Bageant: Bageant Moves On By Fred Reed
Joe described himself as a redneck socialist, and he was. He was profoundly concerned with the fate of the people he wrote about, those who worked hard all their lives and ended up with nothing. Funny: I’ve never met a socialist who didn’t care about others, or a capitalist who did. Continue reading
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America’s foreign policy conundrum — RT
From Afghanistan to Iraq to Egypt to Libya, when it comes to US foreign policy, America’s hands are not just full, they’re often tied. Continue reading
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Iraq Veterans Against the War in Occupied Capitol, Madison, WI
Iraq Veterans Against the War (www.ivaw.org) talk to the crowd in the occupied State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, expressing solidarity with students and workers fighting to protect public-sector unions. Video by Ryan Harvey. Continue reading
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Sit-ins in Madison, WI: Iraq Veterans Against the War Statement
Iraq Veteran Aaron Hughes talks to the crowd in the occupied State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin. Aaron also reads part of Iraq Veterans Against the War’s statement urging members of the Wisconsin National Guard to resist orders if they are mobilized to repress massive strikes that may come in the next few weeks Continue reading
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The Ten Reasons The Banksters Get Away With It By Danny Schechter
There is no doubt that Administration policy gave crooks great latitude, as financial journalist Yves Smith explains, “The overly generous terms of the TARP, and the failure of Team Obama to force management changes on the industry in early 2009 was a fatal error. It has embedded and emboldened a deeply corrupt plutocracy.” Continue reading
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Obama Launches Total Takeover of Media System By Kurt Nimmo
Even the Washington Post describes it like something out of Orwell’s 1984. The FCC has approved a presidential alert system. Obama may soon appear on your television or call your cell phone to warn you about the next specious al-Qaeda underwear bombing event. Continue reading
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Reagan Made S&L Crisis Vastly Worse
William K. Black: Reagan obstructed prosecutions against a wave of fraud Continue reading
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Reaganomics Sucked Wealth Up, Did Not Trickle It Down
Michael Hudson on Reagan Centennial: Creating an economy for predators is not respect for a “free market” Continue reading
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Egyptian revolt prepared with US secret support?
29 January, 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation “Egyptian revolt prepared with US secret support” – The Daily Telegraph The revolt in Egypt was prepared with the US secret support, claims the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph. According to the periodical, the opposition has been engaged in masterminding an overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak over the… Continue reading
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Mobile Prison Guard Towers Coming to a Walmart near You! Unbelievable.
5 January, 2010 These things are purchased with Obama Stimulus funds. Stimulate the economy by turning it into a prison yard? Continue reading
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A More Effective Imperial CEO By Bruce A. Dixon
“We are here because some of us and our friends voted for change. What did we get? What we got was a more effective imperial CEO.” — Bruce A. Dixon of Black Agenda Report Continue reading
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Zinn on class in America
Howard Zinn Pt1: In the United States we are brought up to think there’s only one class. Continue reading
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Diego Garcia: Wikileaks confirm Greenpeace-backed `marine protection zone' was a ruse; Police ban socialist protests
Whistleblower website Wikileaks confirmed the worst of suspicions by releasing a document, as part of the US diplomatic cables leak, that stated the marine reserve was established primarily to legally block attempts by the Chagossians to return to their homeland. Continue reading
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Diego Garcia: Wikileaks confirm Greenpeace-backed `marine protection zone’ was a ruse; Police ban socialist protests
Whistleblower website Wikileaks confirmed the worst of suspicions by releasing a document, as part of the US diplomatic cables leak, that stated the marine reserve was established primarily to legally block attempts by the Chagossians to return to their homeland. Continue reading
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As WikiLeaks’ Assange Freed on Bail, Alleged Military Leaker Bradley Manning Imprisoned under Inhumane Conditions
A high court in London has upheld a decision to grant bail to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. But what about U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning? The Army intelligence analyst has been held for the last seven months on suspicion of leaking the massive trove of government documents to WikiLeaks. Salon.com blogger Glenn Greenwald says Manning… Continue reading
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Prosecuting Wall Street Fraud: The US Economy is A Giant Ponzi Scheme By Washington’s Blog
Bill Gross, Nouriel Roubini, Laurence Kotlikoff, Steve Keen, Michel Chossudovsky and the Wall Street Journal all say that the U.S. economy is a giant Ponzi scheme. Continue reading
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Why Government is More Afraid of Debt than Depression
Michael Hudson: Deficit Hawks Want a One Two Punch Against the Economy Continue reading
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Danny Schecter on US Banks
15 December, 2010 — The News Dissector 1st collector for Danny Schecter on US Banks Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Joe Bageant: AMERICA: Y UR PEEPS B SO DUM?
If you hang out much with thinking people, conversation eventually turns to the serious political and cultural questions of our times. Such as: How can the Americans remain so consistently brain-fucked? Much of the world, including plenty of Americans, asks that question as they watch U.S. culture go down like a thrashing mastodon giving itself… Continue reading
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A Hollow Bomber Jacket By Norman Solomon
For the Obama presidency, moral collapse has taken on the appearance of craven clockwork, establishing a concentric pattern — doing immense damage to economic security at home while ratcheting up warfare overseas. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 