From Military-Industrial Complex to Permanent War State
by Aimee Allison
on November 30, 2010
Fifty years after Eisenhower's speech on the "military-industrial complex," that threat has morphed into a far more powerful and sinister force. It has become a "Permanent War State," with the power to keep the United States at war continuously for the indefinite future.
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What Does WikiLeaks Have on Bank of America?
by Aimee Allison
on November 30, 2010
Recent reports suggest that Bank of America is in damage control mode after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange promises to unleash a cache of damning, secret documents.
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The 'new normal' of unemployment
by Aimee Allison
on November 30, 2010
First they failed to recognize the impending meltdown, and now economists seem ready to accept that U.S. unemployment will be higher the historic average. As if there was no other option.
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WikiLeaks: Demystifying 'Diplomacy'
by Sarah Buecher
on November 30, 2010
Compared to the kind of secret cables that WikiLeaks has just shared with the world, everyday public statements from government officials are exercises in make-believe.
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'God Won't Allow Global Warming,'
by administrator
on October 19, 2010
Representative John Shimkus (R-IL), who said he opposed cap and trade legislation because God would not allow the Earth to be destroyed by global warming, is seeking the chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
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Deficit Hawks: Substituting Money for Competence
by Sarah Buecher
on November 30, 2010
The Washington Post, National Public Radio (NPR) and everyone else who is respectable in Washington agrees: we must do something about the deficit now.
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New Health Care Law Fails to Make the Grade
by Sarah Buecher
on November 23, 2010
When it comes to health insurance coverage, Wisconsin receives a B in comparison to other states, but only because it’s graded on a curve.
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Commodifying Nature in an Age of Climate Change
by Sarah Buecher
on November 30, 2010
For about two weeks, starting today, the world will be locked into another session of negotiations on how to tackle climate change. The conference, to be held in Cancun, Mexico, has drawn less excitement than its predecessor held in Copenhagen, Denmark, a year ago.
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The Stimulus Package in Kabul
by administrator
on October 19, 2010
You must have had a moment when you thought to yourself: It really isn’t going to end, is it? Not ever.
Rationally, you know perfectly well that whatever your “it” might be will indeed end, because everything does, but your gut tells you something different. I had that moment recently when it came to the American way of war.
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An Appeal from Daniel Ellsberg for RootsAction on Afghanistan
by Aimee Allison
on January 14, 2011
Join Daniel Ellsberg in signing the new petition “We Oppose the War in Afghanistan.”
It is a dangerously misleading myth that U.S. wars in the Middle East serve to protect Americans at home. That false claim is used to justify U.S. troop casualties, vast military spending, countless foreign deaths and illegal acts such as torture, kidnapping, indefinite detention and warrantless domestic surveillance.
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