All Views Articles for 2014-01-22
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Ralph Nader America’s Invisible and Costly Human Rights Crisis When the news broke years ago that U.S. forces were using torture on prisoners at Guantanamo Bay detention camp, many politicians and the public expressed appropriate horror. There was shock and... Read more |
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Marge Baker First Things First: Why the United States Need a Pro-Democracy Movement Until we fix our democracy problem, it's hard to fix any problem. Read more |
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Ilyse Hogue 2014: The Year the Pro-Choice Crowd Fights Back The anniversary of Roe v. Wade always brings familiar sights in Washington, D.C., and this Jan. 22, the 41st anniversary of that landmark Supreme Court case, is no different. Anti-choice protesters... Read more |
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Froma Harrop Single Payer Is Not Dead The prospects for single-payer health care -- adored by many liberals, despised by private health insurers and looking better all the time to others -- did not die in the Affordable Care Act. It was... Read more |
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Kumi Naidoo Davos: The Shifting Nature of Power and the Shifting Power of Nature Those attending the WEF are largely focused on the symptoms of various crises not the causes or the cures. Read more |
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David Suzuki Rail vs. Pipeline Is the Wrong Question Debating the best way to do something we shouldn’t be doing in the first place is a sure way to end up in the wrong place. That’s what’s happening with the “rail versus pipeline” discussion. Read more |
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Norman Solomon, Abba Solomon The Blind Alley of J Street and Liberal American Zionism Since its founding six years ago, J Street has emerged as a major Jewish organization under the banner “Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace.” By now J Street is able to be a partial counterweight to AIPAC, the... Read more |
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Adam Parsons The Sharing Economy: A Short Introduction to Its Political Evolution In recent years, the concept and practice of sharing resources is fast becoming a mainstream phenomenon across North America, Western Europe and other world regions. The internet is awash with... Read more |
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Mark Weisbrot Greece: Signs of Growth Come As Austerity Eases The IMF's austerity plan hasn't worked. Greece's possible recovery is down to a construction programme boosting the economy Read more |
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Jonathan Cook Cracks in the Alliance: Finally Daylight Between Israel and US? Things have come to a strange state of affairs when Washington regards Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s far-right foreign minister, as the voice of moderation in the Israeli cabinet. Read more |
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Jim Hightower The Millionaires' Congress vs. The People The rich truly are different from you and me — they tend to hold seats in Congress. Read more |
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Alex Jensen Davos: Peeling Back the Veneer of the World Economic Forum In no way should The World Economic Forum be allowed to insert itself as a legitimate voice on the resolution of the very issues that its agenda – the perpetual growth of its partners – precipitates Read more |