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US: Campaign financing: Corporations can now spend unlimited amounts
Yesterday, the Supreme Court announced a disastrous rollback of campaign finance laws. Their 5-4 decision gives corporations free rein to spend unlimited amounts of money on elections. Continue reading
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Real News Network: New 9/11 inquiry squashed
More than eight years after the 9/11 attacks some in the U.S are not convinced they’ve been told the whole truth about that day. Around eighty thousand campaigners have called for a referendum on a new investigation into the tragedy, but America’s Supreme Court has ruled it out. Continue reading
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Freedom Rider: The Sotomayor Hype By BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court should be an opportunity to assess her record, and to critically assess the Obama administration and develop strategic responses to his actions. Instead, most of the discussion post nomination has focused on one speech Sotomayor gave in 2001 and the person of color boot strap story… Continue reading
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The Cuban Five: A Starkly Controversial Case
Human rights groups such as Amnesty International have criticized the U.S. government’s policy regarding the Cuban Five and have accused it of perpetrating human rights violations against the group. Beginning with their arrest and subsequent trial three months later, the five Cuban defendants have been held without bail for a period of thirty-three months. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 