Ralph Nader: End the War on Drugs + Book Fair with Ralph Nader and Chris Hedges

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“Only the Super Rich Can Save Us”
with Ralph Nader
C-SPAN Video Library
Nov. 15, 2009
Ralph Nader talked about his novel “Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!” Seven Stories Press; September 22, 2009. In his book he speculates on what could happen if America’s wealthiest individuals decided to work for the collective good. Mr. Nader, a consumer [...]

Plan Colombia – Cashing In on the Drug War Failure (2004)

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Free-Will Productions website
56:20
Video Documentary Directed by Gerard Ungerman – Narrated By Ed Asner
Plan Colombia: Cashing in on the Drug War Failure documents what many believe to be dangerous hypocrisy on the part of the American government. The film gives particular attention to the reasons behind the drug trade (Colombia is the world’s biggest cocaine [...]

El Salvador’s gold fight goes international

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TheRealNews
November 12, 2009
After activists block its mining permit, Canadian gold mining corporation is using a US free trade agreement to sue the government of El Salvador

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from the archives:
Gold, impunity and violence in El Salvador

Richard Scott discusses Warrantless Wiretapping on the Jeff Farias Show

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Posted with permission from Jeff Farias
The Jeff Farias Show
Nov. 10, 2009
Richard Scott interview:
Broadcasting live here and simulcast on • Roots Up Radio and Jerva Westerort Local Community Radio – 91.1 Stockholm, Sweden
Richard “Ishmael” Scott, a writer at Sibel Edmonds website Boiling Frogs Post. Ishmael acquired his moniker hunting submarines for six years as [...]

Immortal Technique on Obama, 9/11 truth & Corporate America

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RussiaToday
November 11, 2009
The U.S. government uses foreign wars to distract people’s attention from internal problems. That’s according to rapper and political activist ‘Immortal Technique’. In an exclusive interview with RT’s Marina Portnaya he says America’s bad decisions are covered up with lame excuses.

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Still Waiting for Health Care by Ralph Nader

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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page
Nov. 11, 2009
The House of Representatives debate on the health insurance “reform” is over with the Democrats failing the people and the Republicans disgracing themselves as having left their minds back in the third grade with apologies to third graders.
House Democrats were determined to pass any bill with a nice [...]

Jane D’Arista: Anatomy of casino capitalism Pt 1 + Pt 2

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http://therealnews.com
Jane D’Arista unravels the web of banking confidence schemes

Dodd upsets banks with plan for a single bank overseer

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By Kevin G. Hall and David Lightman
McClatchy Newspapers
Nov. 10, 2009
WASHINGTON — A key Senate committee chairman unveiled a sweeping 1,136-page bill Tuesday that, if enacted, would mandate the most comprehensive overhaul of financial regulation since the Great Depression.
The legislation would affect both average Americans and the well-heeled on Wall Street. It would bring unregulated [...]