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Znet Article Goodman: On Anniversary of 1937 Guernica Bombing, Basque Community in Idaho Looks Back

Znet Article, April, 24 2009 Amy Goodman
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Seventy-two years ago this Sunday, in the midst of the Spanish Civil War, on April 26th, 1937, the Basque town of Guernica was carpet bombed by Fascist Italian and Nazi German forces. Three-quarters of Guernica was destroyed, and as many as 1,600 ...

Znet Article Goodman: Torturers Should Be Punished

Znet Article, April, 22 2009 Amy Goodman
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According to the American Civil Liberties Union, the OLC under Bush “became a facilitator for illegal government conduct, issuing dozens of memos meant to permit gross violations of domestic and international law.”

Znet Article Goodman: Pacifica Radio at 60: A Sanctuary of Dissent

Znet Article, April, 15 2009 Amy Goodman
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Pacifica Radio, the oldest independent media network in the United States, turns 60 years old this week as a deepening crisis engulfs mainstream media. Journalists are being laid off by the hundreds, even thousands. Venerable newspapers, some more...

Znet Article Goodman: Supreme Court Denies Appeal for Death Row Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal

Znet Article, April, 07 2009 Amy Goodman
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The Supreme Court has denied an appeal from the journalist and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal. On Monday, the court rejected without comment Abu-Jamal's bid to overturn his conviction for the 1981 killing of a white police officer following ...

Znet Article Goodman: Seattle’s Lessons for London

Znet Article, April, 01 2009 Amy Goodman
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Protests dominate the news as world leaders gather in London for the Group of Twenty meeting. War, the economy, corporate globalization and grass-roots opposition to financial bailouts are at the forefront.

Znet Article Chang: Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism

Znet Article, March, 11 2009 Ha-joon Chang
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I think we are facing the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression. Now, it probably wouldn’t get as bad as the Great Depression, because, unlike in the Great Depression, governments are more willing to intervene with deficit spending ...

Znet Article Goodman: Toxins ’R’ Us

Znet Article, February, 26 2009 Amy Goodman
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Is your lipstick laden with lead? Is your baby's bottle toxic? The American Chemistry Council assures us that "we make the products that help keep you safe and healthy." But U.S. consumers are actually exposed to a vast array of harmful chemicals ...

Znet Article Goodman: Jailing Kids for Cash

Znet Article, February, 18 2009 Amy Goodman
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As many as 5,000 children in Pennsylvania have been found guilty, and up to 2,000 of them jailed, by two corrupt judges who received kickbacks from the builders and owners of private prison facilities that benefited. The two judges pleaded guilty ...

Znet Article Goodman: Talking, rather than fighting, in Afghanistan

Znet Article, February, 14 2009 Amy Goodman
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President Obama held his first prime-time news conference Tuesday night. When questioned on Afghanistan, he replied, "This is going to be a big challenge."

Znet Article Goodman: Nothing to Fear Except No Health Care

Znet Article, January, 15 2009 Amy Goodman
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Fifty million Americans are without health insurance, and 25 million are "underinsured." Millions being laid off will soon be added to those rolls. Medical bills cause more than half of personal bankruptcies in the U.S. Desperate for care, the und...

Znet Article Goodman: Former U.S. Interrogator: Torture Policy Has Led to More Deaths than 9/11 Attacks

Znet Article, December, 15 2008 Amy Goodman
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Writing under the pseudonym Matthew Alexander, a former special intelligence operations officer, who led an interrogations team in Iraq two years ago, has written a stunning op-ed in the Washington Post called "I'm Still Tortured by What I Saw in ...

Znet Article Goodman: Tutu, Obama and the Middle East

Znet Article, December, 01 2008 Amy Goodman
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As President-elect Barack Obama focuses on the meltdown of the U.S. economy, another fire is burning: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Znet Article Goodman: President Obama Can Redeem the White House

Znet Article, November, 13 2008 Amy Goodman
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Construction of the White House started in 1792, with sandstone quarried by slaves in Aquia, Va., then transported up the Potomac River and hauled into place by slaves...

Znet Article Marable: The Significance of the Nation’s First Elected African American President

Znet Article, November, 06 2008 Manning Marable
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Manning Marable and Cynthia McKinney discuss Obama's win on Democracy Now.

Znet Article Moore: Michael Moore on the Election, the Bailout, Healthcare, and 10 Proposals for the Next President

Znet Article, November, 01 2008 Michael Moore
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Michael Moore has recently published a new book called Mike's Election Guide '08 and a new online film called Slacker Uprising: A Look at the Youth Vote. Michael Moore is best known for his films Sicko, Fahrenheit 911, Bowling for Columbine and Ro...

Znet Article Goodman: Election Protection

Znet Article, October, 31 2008 Amy Goodman
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Election Day approaches, and with it a test of our election system's integrity. Who will be allowed to vote; who will be barred? Who will get paper ballots; who will use electronic voting machines? Will polls be open long enough to accommodate wha...

Znet Article Goodman: Change Big Donors Can Believe In

Znet Article, October, 25 2008 Amy Goodman
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Change is at hand. Barring a repeat of the protracted Florida recount of 2000, there will be a victor soon in the U.S. presidential election.

Znet Article Rosen: Back from Afghanistan, journalist Nir Rosen says Taliban takeover looks "irreversible"

Znet Article, October, 19 2008 Nir Rosen
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Investigative journalist Nir Rosen has just returned from Afghanistan, where he was with the Taliban, traveled far from capital city of Kabul, "Afghanistan's version of the Green Zone." He doesn't think the U.S. or NATO forces are winning in Afgha...

Znet Article Goodman: Mickey Mouse won't try to vote

Znet Article, October, 16 2008 Amy Goodman
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The 2008 presidential election may see the highest participation in U.S. history...

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