All News Articles for 2013-03-13
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Defense Companies Cash in on Gov't Hyped 'Cyber-Security' Threat Contractors predict "dozens" of private companies will soon have access to personal cyber data Read more |
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'The Backdoor to War with Iran': Wilkerson Attacks Senate Resolution Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Resolution S.RES.65 sends the message to Iran that the US objective is regime change, not a negotiated settlement to nuclear question. Read more |
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Challenges to 'Cybersecurity' Bill Grow as Congressional Hearings Loom Concerns over privacy and civil liberties raise alarms bells over CISPA Read more |
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Erased US Data Shows 1 in 4 Missiles in Afghan Airstrikes Now Fired by Drone Drones are now firing nearly a quarter of all air-launched missiles in Afghanistan, just as the US military deletes its drone figures. Read more |
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Postal Union Members Rally Against 'Death Spiral of Cuts and Closures' Beyond a call to save Saturday service, multi-faceted assault on workers, customers must be stopped, says group Read more |
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Report: Over 2 Million Syrian Children Threatened by Conflict A new report is warning Syria’s children are perhaps the greatest victims of their country’s civil war. Read more |
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Farmers Protest Japan's Push to Join 'Trans-Pacific Partnership' 'Anxiety and anger' as Japan expected to announce plans to join trade talks this week Read more |
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Climate Movement Claims 'Victory' After Direct Action Suit Dropped by Energy Giant 'Only a few of us went up that chimney but 64,000 people came down.' Read more |
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Fire in the Bayou: Oil-Carrying Barge, Tugboat Ablaze After Crashing into Gas-Filled Pipeline Barge carrying 92,000 gallons of oil; Coast Guard has not yet assessed extent of leak Read more |
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Wave of "Ag Gag" Bills Threaten Food Safety and Freedom of the Press Remember "fecal soup"? A CBS "60 Minutes" exposé in 1987 documented widespread food safety violations by the poultry industry, making use of undercover video from a hidden camera placed by the "60 Minutes" crew. Read more |
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Rick Wolff: A Cure for Capitalism? Employment's up, wealth's up, but the benefits of both are increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few. Welcome to capitalism, says GRITtv regular, Richard Wolff. In this conversation he discusses the concentration of power in today's economy and suggests some alternatives, including "worker self-directed enterprises" if we want to democratize the economy, and US society. Distributed by OneLoad.com Read more |
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Despite Efforts to Suppress, Cleaner Energy Continues Inevitable Rise Though the fossil fuel industry maintains iron grip, attractiveness of common sense renewables trumps all Read more |
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Public Pays for Fukushima While Nuclear Industry Profits UXBRIDGE, Canada - Two years after Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the country faces 100 to 250 billion dollars in cleanup and compensation costs, tens of thousands of displaced people and widespread impacts of radiation. The nuclear industry and its suppliers made billions from building and operating Fukushima’s six reactors, but it is the Japanese government and its citizens who are stuck with all the costly “fallout” of the disaster. Read more |