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Znet Article Roy: A Perfect Day For Democracy

Znet Article, February, 11 2013 Arundhati Roy
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Anyone who was really interested in solving the mystery of the Parliament Attack would have followed the dense trail of evidence that was on offer. No one did

Znet Article Bacon: The Dignity Campaign’s Alternative Vision for Immigration Reform

Znet Article, February, 11 2013 David Bacon
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The Dignity Campaign is a loose network of more than forty immigrant rights and community organizations, unions and churches

Znet Article Baroud: Bulldozers and More Talks: Paving the Road for a New Status Quo

Znet Article, February, 11 2013 Ramzy Baroud
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Until Palestinians find an alternative to this sorry trio of Israel-US-PA peacemakers, all they can expect is more of the same

Znet Article Nader: Militarizing the State Department

Znet Article, February, 11 2013 Ralph Nader
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Behind the public relations sheen, the photo-opportunities with groups of poor people in the developing world, an ever more militarized State Department operated under Clinton’s leadership

Znet Article Cohn: An Interview with Marjorie Cohn about Targeted Killings

Znet Article, February, 10 2013 Marjorie Cohn
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The White Paper allows the government to kill a US citizen who is not on the battlefield

Znet Article Meister: The Pioneering Black Porters

Znet Article, February, 10 2013 Dick Meister
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The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters is one of the most important yet too often overlooked leaders in the long struggle for racial equality and union rights

Znet Article Edwards: Jousting With Toothpicks - The Case For Challenging Corporate Journalism

Znet Article, February, 10 2013 David Edwards
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In an attempt to break the spell and challenge the silence, we do deliberately use provocative language. We believe the media is far more toxic than most people imagine

Znet Article Swanson: What Mark Warner Asked John Brennan

Znet Article, February, 10 2013 David Swanson
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Brennan might have been asked why he'd lied about the killing of bin Laden or about the murder by drone program

Znet Article Palast: Hugo Chavez Told Me He Won't Sell Oil to the Kochs

Znet Article, February, 10 2013 Greg Palast
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David and Charles Koch are each worth $20 billion (£12.7 billion), and they’re quite certain that’s not enough. And so they need the XL Keystone Pipeline

Znet Article Schechter: The Media Loves Manhunts: Can Chris Dorner Survive?

Znet Article, February, 10 2013 Danny Schechter
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Christopher Jordan Dorner is being pictured as the “mad man” of the hour, playing himself in the manhunt of the week

Znet Article Bloice: A Bit of Optimism in the Alps, A Lot of Pain in the Everyday World

Znet Article, February, 09 2013 Carl Bloice
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Behind the statistics and projections being circulated and discussed are real people, men and women who lives and welfare remain precarious

Znet Article Fisk: The Murder Of Shokri Belaid Is A Sign That Tunisia’s 'Jasmine Revolution' Is Turning Dark

Znet Article, February, 09 2013 Robert Fisk
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The staple demand of all Arab revolutions – “the people want the fall of the regime” - could be heard in Tunis after a leading member of the opposition was shot

Znet Article Halimi: The Wrong Choice

Znet Article, February, 09 2013 Serge Halimi
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It is only when it is too late, when all other options have been rejected, that we are asked to choose between bad and worse

Blog Post Scipes: The Left and US Empire, US Capitalism and Global Climate Change

Blog Post, February, 09 2013 Kim Scipes
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The argument is that we need to tie together our understandings of US Empire, US Capitalism and Global Climate Change; instead of only focusing on one or two factors, we need to integrate and include all three. By not doing this, much of what the...

Znet Article George: Introduction to TNI's State of Power 2013

Znet Article, February, 08 2013 Susan George
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Exposing how the unprecedented concentration of corporate and elite power is at the root of our economic and ecological crisis

Commentary Cooke: More Austerity Cuts Coming to the States

Commentary, February, 08 2013 Shamus Cooke
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The Great Recession has quietly devastated public services on a state-by-state basis, with Republican and Democratic governors taking turns leading the charge

Znet Article Swanson: First City in U.S. Passes Resolution Against Drones

Znet Article, February, 08 2013 David Swanson
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Shortly after 11 p.m. on Monday, February 4th, the City Council of Charlottesville, Va., passed what is believed to be the first anti-drone resolution in the country

Znet Article Early: On Our Own or All Together?

Znet Article, February, 08 2013 Steve Early
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The troublesome question of aging

Znet Article Sinclair: The march that shook Blair: 10 years on

Znet Article, February, 08 2013 Ian Sinclair
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A feature-length interview with Tim Gee, activist and author of Counterpower: Making Change Happen, about his experience of the UK anti-war movement in 2003.

Znet Article Kelly: The Longest War: Afghan People Face Fearful Future as American Troops Prepare to Exit the Ravaged Country

Znet Article, February, 07 2013 Kathy Kelly
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Interview on the economic and social conditions in Afghanistan and what the US "departure" and a "light-footprint strategy" look like to Afghans

Znet Article Johnstone: The Good Intentions That Pave the Road to War

Znet Article, February, 07 2013 Diana Johnstone
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By crying “genocide” when there is no genocide, the U.S. is crying wolf and losing credibility

Znet Article Bloch: Black Hoods And Commandos — Coming To Your Town?

Znet Article, February, 07 2013 Nadine Bloch
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Sometimes the first task of an activist is to make the invisible visible

Commentary Landau: The American Gun Disease: Symptoms of Male insecurity and bad policy

Commentary, February, 07 2013 Saul Landau
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Second Amendment arguments about having regulated militias, which we don’t have, get used as pretexts for fear

Znet Article Glick: Big Steps Forward for US Climate Movement

Znet Article, February, 07 2013 Ted Glick
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There are two major events being organized by the US climate movement over the next month

Znet Article Vltchek: Egypt, Port Said: Notes From A Besieged City

Znet Article, February, 07 2013 Andre Vltchek
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Tanks rolled from barracks and all along the Suez Canal: from Suez City to Ismailia, and from Ismailia to Port Said

Znet Article Shiva: Safety As Freedom

Znet Article, February, 06 2013 Vandana Shiva
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The duty of a state that claims to be democratic is to guarantee safety and freedom to its "weakest citizens"

Znet Article Benjamin: 10 Questions to Ask John Brennan at his CIA Confirmation Hearing

Znet Article, February, 06 2013 Medea Benjamin
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Questions for John Brennan at his hearing on Thursday

Znet Article Hass: Otherwise Occupied: The Conscientious Objector’s Easy Way Out

Znet Article, February, 06 2013 Amira Hass
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Natan Blanc, in military lockup for refusing to evict Palestinians, is missing out on a lot of action

Znet Article Fletcher: Neo-Colonialism Meets Islamic Fundamentalism

Znet Article, February, 06 2013 Bill Fletcher
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The entrance of the French military into the Malian civil war further complicates a descent into hell which that country has been experiencing for the last two years

Znet Article Street: A Tale of Two Sandys: Guns and Climate

Znet Article, February, 06 2013 Paul Street
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Obama’s first post-election press conference gave a depressing sign that his first term climate fiasco will continue

Znet Article Engelhardt: The American Lockdown State

Znet Article, February, 06 2013 Tom Engelhardt
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Post-legal drones, the Bin Laden tax, and other wonders of our American world

Znet Article Monbiot: The End Of Nuclear Power? Careful What You Wish For

Znet Article, February, 06 2013 George Monbiot
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According to the Green MP Caroline Lucas, new nuclear power in this country has been "completely derailed"

Commentary Solomon: Ten Years After Powell’s U.N. Speech, Old Hands Are Ready for More Blood

Commentary, February, 05 2013 Norman Solomon
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When Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke to the U.N. Security Council on February 5, 2003, countless journalists in the United States extolled him for a masterful performance

Znet Article Berrigan: Combat For Women — Is This What Equality Looks Like?

Znet Article, February, 05 2013 Frida Berrigan
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It is a tragedy that combat for women is being heralded as a step towards equality

Znet Article Weisbrot: European Authorities Still Punishing Greece - Can They Be Stopped?

Znet Article, February, 05 2013 Mark Weisbrot
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The so-called troika's fiscal plans for Greece are the cause of its economic depression, not the solution

Znet Article Schechter: “DeWitt C-L-I-N-T-O-N Boom:” Singing the Praises of Free Public Education In The Privatized Charter School Era

Znet Article, February, 05 2013 Danny Schechter
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Singing the praises of free public education in the privatized charter school era

Znet Article Swanson: Rape as Collateral Damage

Znet Article, February, 05 2013 David Swanson
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The World Health Organization in 2005 estimated that 90 percent of Liberian women had suffered physical or sexual violence and 75 percent had been raped

Znet Article Baker: Larry Summers and the Davos Scam

Znet Article, February, 05 2013 Dean Baker
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Economist Larry Summers is presumably not the only "expert" who crafts a message to please the sponsors

Commentary Fletcher: The Choice: David Fagen, the Philippine-US war, & Black Internationalism

Commentary, February, 04 2013 Bill Fletcher
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Fagen’s existence, and specifically his actions in defecting to the Philippine Army raised at the time, and continue to raise, important questions about conscience and patriotism

Znet Article Amin: Mali: Analysis by Samir Amin

Znet Article, February, 04 2013 Samir Amin
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This war will be long, costly and painful and its outcome remains uncertain

Znet Article Swanson: Wars That Aren't Meant to Be Won

Znet Article, February, 04 2013 David Swanson
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Some wars are fought without a desire to win, others without winning being the top priority, either for the top war makers or for the ordinary soldiers

Znet Article Chomsky: The Paranoia of the Superrich and Superpowerful

Znet Article, February, 04 2013 Noam Chomsky
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Interview from “Uprisings,” a chapter in Power Systems: Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire

Video Chomsky: Interview with Noam Chomsky - Is Obama Progressive?

Video, February, 03 2013 Noam Chomsky
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Interview on why and how the modern political environment is the way it is

Znet Article Zirin: Is it Getting Better? Homophobia Rocks Super Bowl

Znet Article, February, 03 2013 Dave Zirin
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We’ve seen the truth about whether there is an LGBT-friendly culture in the NFL and the truth is that we have a ways to go

Znet Article Zunes: The Mali Blowback: More to Come?

Znet Article, February, 03 2013 Stephen Zunes
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It was Western intervention—also ostensibly on humanitarian grounds—that was largely responsible for the Malian crisis in the first place

Znet Article Cromwell: Cartoon Politics: Rupert Murdoch, The Pro-Israel Lobby And Israel’s Crimes

Znet Article, February, 02 2013 David Cromwell
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A crucial element of pro-Israel political lobbying is the reprehensible smearing of justified criticism of the Israeli state as 'antisemitic'

Znet Article Panitch: The New American Paradox: Capital V Labour

Znet Article, February, 02 2013 Leo Panitch
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After decades of government support for capital, corporations and banks are sitting on their cash while workers suffer

Znet Article Zinn: Lincoln and Emancipation

Znet Article, February, 02 2013 Howard Zinn
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Historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the U.S. shows that Spielberg's new film, Lincoln, is far from historically accurate

Znet Article Weisbrot: Media Hate Fest For Venezuela Keeps On Keepin' On

Znet Article, February, 02 2013 Mark Weisbrot
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Last week there was a real media hate-fest for Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez

Znet Article Dowd: 2013: Number One

Znet Article, February, 02 2013 Douglas Dowd
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Since the 1970s capitalism has marched steadily back toward its normal ways and means of labor exploitation, imperialism, militarism, and the destruction of nature

Znet Article Monbiot: Betting on Extinction

Znet Article, February, 02 2013 George Monbiot
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The gambling company Ladbrokes has been offering odds on the conservation status of various fish species

Znet Article Kagarlitsky: Spain Could Collapse Like the U.S.S.R.

Znet Article, February, 01 2013 Boris Kagarlitsky
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Catalonia has adopted a declaration of sovereignty. To those of us who lived through the collapse of the Soviet Union, this is very much deja vu

Commentary Baroud: No Security Firms for African Refugees: Opportunities and War in Mali

Commentary, February, 01 2013 Ramzy Baroud
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From Libya to Mali a typical story is forming, coupled with lucrative contracts and massive opportunities of all sorts

Znet Article Eidelson: Alt-Labor

Znet Article, February, 01 2013 Josh Eidelson
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Nonunion workers’ groups are gathering strength across the country. But will they ever make the kind of impact that traditional labor once did?

Znet Article Turse: The Hagel Hearings

Znet Article, January, 31 2013 Nick Turse
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The last best chance for the truth about a lost war and America’s war-making future

Znet Article Zirin: 'It's a New World': The Super Bowl Becomes a Platform for LGBT Equality

Znet Article, January, 31 2013 Dave Zirin
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The Super Bowl pits two NFL teams connected directly and indirectly to the struggles for LGBT rights

Znet Article Solomon: Verbal Tics and Political Routines

Znet Article, January, 31 2013 Norman Solomon
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A lot of what we say and do becomes habit-forming

Znet Article Morales: Evo Morales’ Historic Speech At The Isla Del Sol

Znet Article, January, 30 2013 Evo Morales
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On December 21, at a solstice celebration in Lake Titicaca, high in the Andes, Bolivian president Evo Morales introduced the “Manifesto of Isla del Sol”

Znet Article Swanson: A Blowback Hurricane

Znet Article, January, 30 2013 David Swanson
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U.S. weapons account for 85% of international weapons sales. While the NRA bought a political party, Lockheed Martin bought two

Znet Article Bloice: Obama’s Biggest Challenge: People Without Jobs

Znet Article, January, 30 2013 Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page

African American unemployment actually increased last month and - as has become usual - the rate for young black people remained at an alarming level

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