All Views Articles for 2013-06-18
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Dr. Hakim and the Afghan Peace Volunteers An Appeal from Afghanistan to Whistle-Blow on War Recognition that 95 million human beings were killed in World War I and II has helped the people of the world understand that the method of war is not cost-effective. Read more |
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Russell Mokhiber The Price of Justice: Greed, Corruption and Big Coal Check out this cast of characters. Don Blankenship, the former CEO of Massey Energy. He lives in a big house. Hugh Caperton, a mine owner, who alleges that Massey drove him out of business. He lives... Read more |
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Dave Zirin Mass World Cup Protests Rock Brazil I traveled to Brazil last September to investigate the preparations for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. It was painfully evident that the social disruption of hosting two mega-events in rapid... Read more |
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Paul Towers Buzz Off, Monsanto Last week, the term “bee-washing” emerged in public conversation. Read more |
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Laurie Penny The G8 Comes to the 'New Northern Ireland', a Place Where no Dissent Will Be Tolerated "Could they not have just had the meeting on Skype?" Read more |
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Nick Turse The Terror Diaspora The U.S. Military and the Unraveling of Africa Read more |
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David Macaray Lesser of Two Evils The argument against government regulation of commerce goes something like this. These regulations are cumbersome, confusing, expensive, inefficient, vaguely “unconstitutional,” and, ultimately,... Read more |
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Robert Scheer The Terror Con For defense contractors, the government officials who write them mega checks, and the hawks in the media who cheer them on, the name of the game is threat inflation. And no one has been better at it... Read more |
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Bill Bigelow Camouflaging the Vietnam War: How Textbooks Continue to Keep the Pentagon Papers a Secret In the Academy Award-winning documentary Hearts and Minds , Daniel Ellsberg, who secretly copied and then released the Pentagon Papers, offers a catalog of presidential lying about the U.S. role in... Read more |
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Lucinda Marshall Confronting Militarism And Patriarchy–The Take Away From The Congressional Hearings On Sexual Assault In The Ranks Read more |