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Blog Post Albert: ZSocial and WorldSocial: Dying, or Being Born

Blog Post, June, 19 2013 Michael Albert
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The travails of building WorldSocial...

Znet Article Turse: The Terror Diaspora

Znet Article, June, 19 2013 Nick Turse
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As the war in Afghanistan -- a conflict born of blowback -- winds down, there will be greater incentive and opportunity to project U.S. military power in Africa

Znet Article Chomsky: Noam Chomsky Interview: Sykes-Picot Is Failing

Znet Article, June, 19 2013 Noam Chomsky
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Interview on the ongoing conflict in Syria, Edward Snowden, and what is left of the “Arab Spring”

Znet Article Early: My Life As A Caddy

Znet Article, June, 19 2013 Steve Early
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An 18-hole crash course in race and class

Znet Article Fisk: Iran To Send 4,000 Troops To Aid President Assad

Znet Article, June, 19 2013 Robert Fisk
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The West’s support for Syrian rebels is a strategic attempt to crush Iran. But Iran is going to take the offensive

Znet Article Swanson: Drones for Christ

Znet Article, June, 19 2013 David Swanson
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How Jerry Falwell's Liberty U.—the world's largest Christian university—became an evangelist for drone warfare

Znet Article Cohn: Guantanamo Prisoner Al-Nashiri's Case Demonstrates Unfairness of Military Commissions

Znet Article, June, 19 2013 Marjorie Cohn
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Guantánamo has become a symbol of US hypocrisy on human rights

Znet Article Monbiot: Bono Can't Help Africans By Stealing Their Voice

Znet Article, June, 19 2013 George Monbiot
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Because the U2 frontman and others like him are seen as representatives of the poor, the poor are not invited to speak

Znet Article Marcuse: Un-Natural Disasters, Recursive Resilience, Unjust Compensation, Visionless Planning

Znet Article, June, 19 2013 Peter Marcuse
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The “disasters” we care about are not “natural,” but social, and they are different from the disasters of previous eras

Znet Article Chomsky: We Must Defend The Global Commons Against Commercialization, Environmental Catastrophe, And Autocratic Rule

Znet Article, June, 18 2013 Noam Chomsky
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We must defend the global commons against commercialization, environmental catastrophe, and autocratic rule

Znet Article Fisk: I Don't Want To Appear On The Newseum's Shameful List

Znet Article, June, 18 2013 Robert Fisk
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A cloak of shame is beginning to spread over this beacon of journalistic "excellence"

Znet Article Solomon: David Brooks, Tom Friedman, Bill Keller Wish Snowden Had Just Followed Orders

Znet Article, June, 18 2013 Norman Solomon
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What a contrast between big-name journalists craven enough to toss the Fourth Amendment overboard and whistleblowers courageous enough to risk their lives for civil liberties

Znet Article Cook: Sapping Assad’s Strength

Znet Article, June, 18 2013 Jonathan Cook
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In recent weeks, Israel has moved from relative inaction to a deepening involvement in Syrian affairs

Commentary Schechter: What We Are Learning - Or Should Be - From The Spying Scandal

Commentary, June, 17 2013 Danny Schechter
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Revelations about NSA spying on US communications should allow us to join the dots from previous disclosures

Znet Article Engelhardt: The Making of a Global Security State

Znet Article, June, 17 2013 Tom Engelhardt
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Five urges essential to understanding the world Edward Snowden has helped us glimpse

Znet Article Chomsky: Iranian Threat Is “Western Obsession” / US Arms Israel against Iran: Situation Is “Threatening” / Obama Escalates Israel-Palestine Conflict: More Extreme than Reagan

Znet Article, June, 17 2013 Noam Chomsky
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“If you have ambitions of global dominance you don't want deterrence”

Znet Article Engler: Lobbying Dirty Oil

Znet Article, June, 17 2013 Yves Engler
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Stephen Harper's Conservative government has transformed Canadian diplomacy into the lobbying arm of dirty oil

Znet Article Hayden: Can Public Opinion Stop U.S. War in Syria?

Znet Article, June, 17 2013 Tom Hayden
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Only 11 percent of the public support US military intervention in Syria

Blog Post Sinclair: List of expert testimony opposing the West arming Syrian rebels

Blog Post, June, 17 2013 Ian Sinclair
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List of expert testimony opposing the West arming Syrian rebels

Znet Article Chomsky: US Still Control Major Centers of Oil Production / Islamists Follow Neoliberal Programs of the West / Arab Revolution: “There Will Be a Power Shift”

Znet Article, June, 16 2013 Noam Chomsky
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Much to the satisfaction of the United States and its allies it's been essentially no change to the major centers of oil production

Znet Article Hayden: Big Brother with Big Data

Znet Article, June, 16 2013 Tom Hayden
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Ninety percent of existing data in the world has been created in the past two years, and is expected to double again every two years

Znet Article Fisk: Weapons Are Not Just Guns

Znet Article, June, 16 2013 Robert Fisk
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Weapons are not just guns. They are currency. They are money. They are saleable commodities the moment you send them across any border

Znet Article Street: Racial Politics and Barack “Under the Bus” Obama

Znet Article, June, 15 2013 Paul Street
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If there’s anything good about the Obama era, it is that Obama has given billions of people an advanced seminar on who really runs this vicious capitalist nation state

Znet Article Swanson: Syria: Pros and Cons

Znet Article, June, 15 2013 David Swanson
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We want to justify the killing of tens of thousands through the killing of someone so demonized that his killing justifies all killing

Znet Article Benjamin: Americans On Long-Term Hunger Strike To Close Gitmo Prison

Znet Article, June, 15 2013 Medea Benjamin
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Interview with Elliott Adams, who is on a long-term hunger strike in solidarity with the hunger strikers in Guantanamo prison

Znet Article Baroud: Sectarianism and the Irrational New Discourse: Why Arabs Must Worry

Znet Article, June, 15 2013 Ramzy Baroud
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There is a compelling need for an alternative to the intellectual extremism that justifies the butchering of the inhabitants of an entire village in Syria because of their sect or religion

Znet Article Palast: The Drone Ranger: Obama’s Dirty Wars

Znet Article, June, 15 2013 Greg Palast
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By rocketing the children of those we fear, we are indeed teaching them a lesson. But what are they learning?

Znet Article Cohn: The Turkish Spring: Lawyers Rounded Up

Znet Article, June, 15 2013 Marjorie Cohn
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When lawyers were issuing a press statement decrying the mass detentions of their clients, some 50 lawyers were arrested and dragged on the ground by riot police

Znet Article Steel: Next We’ll Be Saying The Poor Don’t Need To Eat

Znet Article, June, 15 2013 Mark Steel
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At last there’s some cheery news about the economy. One section is booming, which is the thriving business of food banks

Znet Article Mann: What’s Really on Trial in George Zimmerman’s Case?

Znet Article, June, 15 2013 Eric Mann
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For many who follow the trial, it will be Trayvon Martin who will be on trial

Znet Article Hass: The Most Humane Little Checkpoint

Znet Article, June, 14 2013 Amira Hass
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A place of humiliation

Commentary Kagarlitsky: Pseudo-Experts Fuel Popular Ignorance

Commentary, June, 14 2013 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Most Russian journalists are convinced that an "expert" is any person who has an opinion on a particular subject, regardless of that person's field of expertise

Znet Article Solomon: Clarity from Edward Snowden and Murky Response from Progressive Leaders in Congress

Znet Article, June, 14 2013 Norman Solomon
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Public mention of the virtues of his courageous whistleblowing seems to be a congressional bridge way too far

Znet Article Cooke: Who Killed the Syrian Peace Talks?

Znet Article, June, 14 2013 Shamus Cooke
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The long awaited Syrian peace talks — instigated by power brokers Russia and the United States — had already passed their initial due date, and are now officially stillborn

Znet Article Pearson: Science for Need not Greed: Venezuela’s Telescope Plant

Znet Article, June, 13 2013 Tamara Pearson
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The list of abuses and illogical uses of science today is a long one

Znet Article Grossman: Unlikely Alliances

Znet Article, June, 13 2013 Zoltan Grossman
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By asserting their treaty rights and sovereignty, Indigenous nations are benefiting not only themselves, but also their treaty partners

Znet Article Cohn: Former CIA Employee, Snowden, Blows Whistle on NSA's Dragnet Surveillance

Znet Article, June, 13 2013 Marjorie Cohn
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Both Congress and the courts have acquiesced in the unprecedented surveillance of us all

Commentary Zirin: ULTRA-magnetic FCs: The Soccer Fans at the Heart of Turkey’s Uprising

Commentary, June, 13 2013 Dave Zirin
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Welcome to the twenty-first century, where the revolution is not only televised: it takes place in between games

Znet Article Swanson: NSA Whistleblowing a Strong Tradition

Znet Article, June, 13 2013 David Swanson
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Thomas Drake, Edward Snowden, and NSA whistleblowers whose names we've learned are part of a rich and, I hope, growing tradition

Znet Article Schechter: When The Public Is In Trouble, Public TV Gets Hammered

Znet Article, June, 13 2013 Danny Schechter
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If ERT goes down without a fight today, others will follow tomorrow

Znet Article Monbiot: Corporate Carve-Up

Znet Article, June, 13 2013 George Monbiot
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From the Conference of Berlin to today's G8, 'helping' Africans looks suspiciously like grabbing their resources

Znet Article Raptis: What a Wonderful World!

Znet Article, June, 12 2013 Nikos Raptis
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This is a wonderful world and the sky is blue. They were "meant" to be that way. They were not "meant" to be filled with drones, or pepper spray, or chemicals

Znet Article Albert: Cut the Crap

Znet Article, June, 12 2013 Michael Albert
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What is really needed is not only to be in favor of true, viable, worthy, compelling, alternatives - but to also fight for and win those gains

Znet Article Ali: The Filthy Rich Election

Znet Article, June, 12 2013 Tariq Ali
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Not long before last month’s elections, dozens of workers (the youngest was 12) were burned to death in factory fires in Karachi and Lahore. Pakistan’s rulers were unmoved

Commentary Street: Secret Surveillance in the Age of Obama

Commentary, June, 12 2013 Paul Street
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Almost as bad as the programs themselves, are the creepy justifications offered for them by Barack Obama and his defenders

Commentary Solomon: Historic Challenge to Support the Moral Actions of Edward Snowden

Commentary, June, 11 2013 Norman Solomon
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It’s not just the National Security Agency that stands exposed; it’s the repressive arrogance perched on the pyramid of power

Znet Article Hass: Listening To Palestinian Officials, Longing For Trotsky

Znet Article, June, 11 2013 Amira Hass
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When Palestinian politicians talk to journalists, a longing for Leon Trotsky suddenly takes hold of me

Znet Article Swanson: Not Impeaching Bush Is Sure Paying Off!

Znet Article, June, 11 2013 David Swanson
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Refusal to impeach pulls the foundation out from under representative government

Znet Article Chomsky: “Future of the Euro Zone Looks Pretty Dim”

Znet Article, June, 11 2013 Noam Chomsky
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The lack of jobs is destroying a whole generation with all kinds of consequences for the future

Znet Article Bello: Global Poverty Down, Philippine Poverty Remains High

Znet Article, June, 11 2013 Walden Bello
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The economy may continue to grow impressively, but this alone will not be sufficient to reduce poverty and inequality

Znet Article Zirin: Decriminalize the Game: A Solution to Baseball’s Drug Wars

Znet Article, June, 11 2013 Dave Zirin
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Steroids and all PEDs need to be seen as an issue of public health, not crime and punishment

Blog Post Fitz: Politics and Environment

Blog Post, June, 11 2013 Don Fitz
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Green Time TV Politics and Environment Politics pervades every aspect of environmental activities, from relations between nations to governmental financial decisions to personal behavior. July 2013 Green Time TV explores government claims of...

Znet Article Ellsberg: Edward Snowden: Saving Us From The United Stasi Of America

Znet Article, June, 10 2013 Daniel Ellsberg
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Snowden's whistleblowing gives us a chance to roll back what is tantamount to an 'executive coup' against the US constitution

Znet Article Hass: The Empire Hamdallah Built

Znet Article, June, 10 2013 Amira Hass
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The man appointed Palestinian prime minister helped turn An-Najah University into a flourishing and influential bod

Znet Article Fisk: Ahmadinejad’s Successor Is Supposed To Be Chosen By The People, Not Guardians

Znet Article, June, 10 2013 Robert Fisk
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This is not a real election for Iran but a competition between clerical favourites

Znet Article Fletcher: Dangers Associated With The Syrian Proxy War

Znet Article, June, 10 2013 Bill Fletcher
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While it is positive that the USA and Russia have been discussing a peaceful resolution to the Syrian civil war, the reality is that this conflict may grow and spread

Znet Article Schechter: Ethical Conundrums: Left, Right and Center

Znet Article, June, 10 2013 Danny Schechter
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The point is that one ethic too often in short supply is courage and a willingness to stand up for what you believe

Blog Post McGehee: The Elephant in the Room: NSA Prism Program, Rights, Security and Empire

Blog Post, June, 10 2013 Michael McGehee
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The Elephant in the Room: NSA Prism Program, Rights, Security and Empire

Znet Article Giroux: In the Dead Zone of Capitalism: Lessons on the Violence of Inequality from Chicago

Znet Article, June, 09 2013 Henry A. Giroux
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Americans are confronted daily with the violence of inequality

Znet Article Panitch: The State and the Making of Global Capitalism

Znet Article, June, 09 2013 Leo Panitch
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The question of the state’s relationship with capital remains an important—and still highly contested—one for scholars as well as activists

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