All Views Articles for 2013-04-08
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Tory Field, Beverly Bell Farmers and Consumers V. Monsanto: David Meet Goliath Bordering an interstate highway in Arkansas, a giant billboard with a photo of a stoic-looking farmer watches over the speeding traffic. Read more |
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Glenn Greenwald Margaret Thatcher and Misapplied Death Etiquette The dictate that one 'not speak ill of the dead' is (at best) appropriate for private individuals, not influential public figures Read more |
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César Chelala How Much Longer Will the Iran "Game" Continue? The last failure of talks between Iran and the six world powers represented by Catherine Ashton, who held negotiations on behalf of the P5+1 powers –the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain... Read more |
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Jill Richardson A Recipe for a Sounder Diet There are ways to make healthy food affordable that don't require abusing farmworkers. Read more |
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Chris Hedges The Hijacking of Human Rights The appointment of Suzanne Nossel, a former State Department official and longtime government apparatchik, as executive director of PEN American Center is part of a campaign to turn U.S. human rights... Read more |
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Bill McKibben Is the Keystone XL Pipeline the “Stonewall” of the Climate Movement? And If So, Is That Terrible News? Read more |
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Paul Buchheit The Corporate Betrayal of America Multinational corporations have built their businesses on the backs of American taxpayers. They've depended on government research, national defense, the legal and educational systems, and our... Read more |
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Frida Berrigan Coming Out as an Activist I trudged down the side of the road carrying a small sign: “I am waiting for YOU to shut down Guantanamo.” We were marching toward the Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn., on Good Friday. Read more |
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Richard Eskow Obama’s Social Security Cuts Are Our Wake-Up Call No jobs. No growth. Falling income. Unaffordable colleges. A dying middle class. Young people without hope. The greatest economic inequality in modern history. Read more |