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Do Not Be Deceived: S. 1867 is the Most Dangerous Bill Since the Patriot Act

On 12.02.2011 By

Recently I reported on the highly controversial bill S. 1253, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the fiscal year of 2012 which was introduced back in June.

This bill was replaced by the one introduced on the 15th of November,  Read More >> →

Senators Demand the Military Lock Up American Citizens in a “Battlefield” They Define as Being Right Outside Your Window

On 11.25.2011 By

While nearly all Americans head to family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, the Senate is gearing up for a vote on Monday or Tuesday that goes to the very heart of who we are as Americans. The Senate will be voting on a bill that will direct Read More >> →

To Save Europe They Had To Kill Democracy

On 11.15.2011 By

It’s hard not understand a trend from the political goings on Greece and Italy now.

In both countries, popularly elected leaders are leaving and being replaced by technocrats — stable, competent men well-respected by the rest of Europe.

In Italy, the hard-partying billionaire populist Read More >> →

Martial Law : Coming to a Neighborhood Near You, Yet It’s Already Here!

On 11.09.2011 By

The US forces, along with the South Vietnamese Army, and Australian allies, were forced to fight a war that they were not allowed to win.

Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, famous for defeating Napoleon’s Grande Armee at Waterloo, once said “I’ve spent my [...]

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Asian Factories Kick Into High Gear for American Holiday Season – Let’s Shop Locally Instead!

On 11.08.2011 By

Cheap slave labor kicking into high gear as the American holiday season is coming soon, very soon.  Please shop locally, invest in our community not slave factories this holiday season!

As the holidays approach, the giant Asian factories are kicking into high gear to provide Americans with monstrous piles of cheaply produced goods – merchandise that has [...]

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Now the Union Jack is Under Attack as EU Officials Try to Take Us Closer to a ‘United States of Europe’

On 11.07.2011 By

It has become traditional for David Cameron to appear at European summits in front of both the Union Jack and the EU emblem to illustrate the ‘dual [...]

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The Illustrated Guide to Understanding Occupy Wall Street

On 11.04.2011 By

The Occupy Wall Street Movement that began on September 17th of this year, has been spreading like wildfire across the globe, though curiously it remains a mystery to some. To give you an idea of the growth of the Wall Street Occupation, this Infograph was created and submitted by economist and language major, Muhammad Saleem and [...]

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How the US Government Secretly Reads Your Email

On 11.04.2011 By

Secret Orders Forcing Google and Sonic to Release a WikiLeaks Volunteer’s Email, Reveal the Scale of US Government Snooping (Spying)…

Somewhere, a US government official is reading through a list of those who sent or received an email from Read More >> →

David Graeber, the Anti-Leader of Occupy Wall Street

On 11.03.2011 By

Meet the Anthropologist, Activist, and Anarchist Who Helped Transform a Hapless Rally into a Global Protest Movement, David Graeber…

David Graeber likes to say that he had three goals for the year: promote his book, learn to drive, and launch a worldwide revolution. The first is going well, [...]

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Iraq War Will Cost More Than World War II

On 10.28.2011 By

Anyone curious about the cost of America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan can look it up on costofwar.com, up to the latest fraction of a second. Last weekend, the Iraq war had cost more than $800 billion since 2001; the Afghan war, $467 billion plus.

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Wounded Iraq War Vet Awake After Oakland Protest Injury

On 10.28.2011 By

An Iraq war veteran badly wounded in clashes between protesters and police on the streets of Oakland was awake and lucid, hospital officials and family members said on Thursday.

Scott Olsen, a 24-year-old former U.S. Marine struck in the head during Wall Street protests on Tuesday night, had [...]

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National Guardsman Supports Occupy Wall Street 100%

On 10.28.2011 By
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An active-duty black National Guardsmen in uniform showed up in Liberty Plaza less than two days after Oakland police brutalized a U.S. marine Iraq war veteran in the crackdown on Occupy Oakland. He allowed people to [...]

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Meet the 0.01% : The War Profiteers

On 10.28.2011 By

While the Occupy movement targets the 1 Percent, we want to introduce you to the elite among the gang of superrich: the war profiteers. War industry CEOs make tens of millions of dollars a year, putting them in the top 0.01 percent of income earners in the U.S., and they use their corporations’ massive lobbying [...]

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Ten Years After the Patriot Act, A Look At Three of the Most Dangerous Provisions Affecting Ordinary Americans

On 10.26.2011 By

 

Ten years ago today, in the name of protecting national security and guarding against terrorism, President George W. Bush signed into law some of the most sweeping changes to search and surveillance law in modern American history. Unfortunately known as the USA PATRIOT Act, many of its provisions incorporate decidedly unpatriotic principles barred [...]

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What Have We Gotten for the Trillion Dollars We Have Spent On Wars In Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya?

On 10.26.2011 By

Over a trillion U.S. taxpayer dollars have been spent on wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya.  Whether you are for the wars or against the wars, it is important for all of us to step back and evaluate what we have really gotten for all of that money.  In Libya, we have actually helped al-Qaeda [...]

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Amy Goodman: Globalizing Dissent, From Tahrir Square to Liberty Plaza

On 10.26.2011 By

The winds of change are blowing across the globe. What triggers such change, and when it will strike, is something that no one can predict.

Last Jan. 18, a courageous young woman in Egypt took a dangerous step. Asmaa Mahfouz was 25 years old, part of the April 6 Youth Movement, with thousands of young [...]

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Cost of Afghanistan War Since 2001

Cost of Iraq War Since 2003

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