Chris Hedges: It’s what the god of the market demands

Union Square Protest, 2008

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with Chris Hedges
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April 15, 2011

on Apr 15, 2011

Chris Hedges speaks to the culture of corporatism and the resistance needed to thwart this at The Sounds of Resistance, a concert and protest against Bank of America in Union Square, NYC Friday April 15, 2011 organized by http://www.itsoureconomy.us

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George Galloway, Lindsey German and Sami Ramadani: Hands Off Libya

Anti-cuts March

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on Apr 15, 2011

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The Obama Doctrine: AWOL in Bahrain by Franklin Lamb

by Franklin Lamb
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Beirut, Lebanon
April 15, 2011

Columbia University Professor Rashid Khalidi passed through Beirut a couple of weeks ago and gave a terrific lecture at AUB entitled “Preliminary  Historical Observations on the Arab Revolutions of 2011.”

In response to a student’s question, Khalidi disputed that there was any “Obama Doctrine” worthy of that label and he predicted the White House would be much more tolerant of human rights abuses in Bahrain than say, in Libya and some other countries whose despotism indexes are no worse than the 200-year ossified Al Khalifa dynasty’s war against its majority Shia population.

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Tom Woods: The Phony Arguments for Presidential War Powers, interviewed by Peter B. Collins and Sibel Edmonds

by Peter B. Collins and Sibel Edmonds
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originally published by Boiling Frogs Post
April 15, 2011

Tom Woods joins us to discuss his latest article on the Phony Arguments for Presidential War Powers which has triggered intriguing reactions from the media on both sides of the isle. He provides us with historical background and a ‘real’ constitutional view of war making powers vested in US presidents, and tells us why the mainstream, left and right, usually proclaims the congressional power to declare war “obsolete.”  Continue reading

Dennis Kucinich: Who are the rebels in Libya?

US, Keep Your Hands Off Libya

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on Apr 14, 2011

Dennis Kucinich: US/NATO intervention politics of hegemony

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