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Chomsky: Outrage, Misguided
Commentary, November, 06 2010
Noam Chomsky
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The U.S. midterm elections register a level of anger, fear and disillusionment in the country like nothing I can recall in my lifetime. Since the Democrats are in power, they bear the brunt of the revulsion over our current socioeconomic and polit...
Hayden: Elections a Setback for Peace
Commentary, November, 05 2010
Tom Hayden
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The November election was a setback for the peace movement, not only because of the defeat of Sen. Russ Feingold but for deeper reasons.
Naiman: A Progressive Primary to Push for Jobs and End the Wars
Znet Article, November, 05 2010
Robert Naiman
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It's bad enough that we lost progressive champions like Russ Feingold, and that the leadership and committees of the House will be taken over by advocates of domestic austerity and endless war.
Schwartz: War Logs Now and in the Future
Znet Article, November, 04 2010
Michael Schwartz
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Chris Spannos interviews with Michael Schwartz about the War Logs—what they mean now and might mean in the future.
Schechter: Now That The Elections Are Over, What Kind of Economy Did Americans Vote For?
Commentary, November, 04 2010
Danny Schechter
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The Election is over. The Dems were thumped. They lost the House, even if they still have the Senate by a hair.
Hahnel: Election Redux: Learning From The 2010 Midterm Elections, Part 1: Lessons For Others
Commentary, November, 04 2010
Robin Hahnel
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It is easy to point out lessons others should learn from the 2010 midterm elections. So let me assuage my pain by indulging in some easy finger pointing...
Blum: Anti-Empire Report
Commentary, November, 03 2010
Bill Blum
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The left in America is desperate; desperate for someone who can inspire them, if not lead them to a better world; or at least make them laugh.
Engelhardt: Ballot Box Blues
Znet Article, November, 02 2010
Tom Engelhardt
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By the time you read this, I’ll already have voted; the single most reflexive political act of my life in the single most dispiriting election I can remember.
Ali: How Obama Surrendered At Home And Waged War Abroad
Znet Article, November, 02 2010
Tariq Ali
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As the midterms happen, the President is facing annihilation at the ballot box. Tariq Ali examines Obama's promis.
Cohn: Let’s Rally to Restore Peace
Commentary, November, 01 2010
Marjorie Cohn
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In their Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert effectively demonstrated how the media hypes fear.
Engelhardt: Handicapping the Global Midterms
Znet Article, October, 27 2010
Tom Engelhardt
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You can’t turn on the TV news or pick up a paper these days without stumbling across the latest political poll and the pros explaining how to parse it, or some set of commentators, pundits, and reporters placing their bets on the midterm elections.
Raina: Eminences of the Bench
Znet Article, October, 26 2010
Badri Raina
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There is that vignette in Marquez’s Autumn of the Patriarch where the protagonist looks idly out of the window at the bay below and seems to see an array of ships lined there, not all the same but their make and model spanning the centuries gone...
Jamal: The State and Repression
Commentary, October, 23 2010
Mumia Abu Jamal
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Speech Delivered to International Anti-Repression Congress...
Solomon: Progressive Canaries in a Political Mine
Commentary, October, 17 2010
Norman Solomon
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Take it from David Axelrod. “Almost the entire Republican margin is based on the enthusiasm gap,” the president’s senior adviser said last week. “And if Democrats come out in the same turnout as Republicans, it’s going to be a much different elect...
Naiman: For a DREAMy, Wartime, National Service Draft
Znet Article, October, 15 2010
Robert Naiman
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Recently, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has been sounding the alarm about the fact that the burden of "our" wars is being disproportionately borne by a very small slice of the population: soldiers and their families.
Bello: Lessons of the Obama Debacle
Znet Article, October, 14 2010
Walden Bello
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The key problem is the failure of progressives to translate their vision and values into a program that is convincing and connects with the people trapped in the terrible existential conditions created by the global financial crisis.
Dimaggio: The Tea Party Does Not Exist
Znet Article, October, 11 2010
Anthony Dimaggio
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Recent developments demonstrate that the Tea Party is not the powerful national force that it’s been made out to be.
Cohn: Bradley Manning
Znet Article, September, 29 2010
Marjorie Cohn
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Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is accused of leaking military secrets to the public. His supporters are holding rallies in 21 cities, seeking Manning’s release from military custody.
Chomsky: Security and Control I
Commentary, September, 16 2010
Noam Chomsky
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A Pentagon study released on August 13 expressed government concerns that China is expanding its military forces in ways that “could deny the ability of American warships to operate in international waters off the coast,” Thom Shanker reports in t...
Pilger: Why Wikileaks Must Be Protected
Commentary, August, 19 2010
John Pilger
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On 26 July, Wikileaks released thousands of secret US military files on the war in Afghanistan. Cover-ups, a secret assassination unit and the killing of civilians are documented.
