U.S. Foreign Policy Should be Consistent and Honest by Dennis Kucinich

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by Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich
Apr 18, 2011

Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following response to near back-to-back reports that the United States has played a much larger role in the so-called Arab Spring revolutions in the Middle East, including direct support for the opposition in Syria, than previously known.

“The United States has no right to interfere in the internal affairs of any other nation, just as no other nation has the right to interfere in the internal affairs of the United States,” said Kucinich.

Andrew Gavin Marshall: The IMF and World Bank Creating Crises

with Andrew Gavin Marshall
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Dandelion Salad
April 18, 2011

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The IMF and World Bank were created over 60 years ago to realign the global economic landscape. Andrew Gavin Marshall from the Centre for Research on Globalization, however, says that the actions of these international economic giants did little to help the third world countries it advertised it would, and instead has only helped make the wealthier countries wealthier.

Is Israel the Sole Determinant of US Presidential Elections? by Sibel Edmonds

by Sibel Edmonds
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Originally published by Boiling Frogs Post
April 18, 2011

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They Say They Are…

Are the elections results of US presidential elections determined by 2% of the population? Can the five million or so Jewish population be counted as the US majority? Does the Israel lobby shape the majority of US voters’ decisions? Is Israel the main determinant of political elections’ results when it comes to high US public offices? I don’t know your take or answers to these questions, but we do have ‘theirs, on the record, loud and clear, and of course, delivered with hubris and cockiness:

Waiting for the Spark by Ralph Nader

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by Ralph Nader
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April 18, 2011

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What could start a popular resurgence in this country against the abuses of concentrated, avaricious corporatism? Imagine the arrogance of passing on to already cheated working people and the jobless enormous corporate losses? This is achieved through government bailouts and tax escapes.

History teaches us that the spark usually is smaller than expected and of a nature that is wholly unpredictable or even unimaginable. But if the dry tinder is all around, as many deprivations and polls reveal, the spark, no matter how small, can turn into a raging inferno.

Bahraini rulers play sectarian card in bid to trump pro-democracy movement By Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham
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April 18, 2011
Manama, Bahrain

Increasing attacks on Shia mosques in the Bahraini state’s withering crackdown against the pro-democracy movement is a deliberate attempt to isolate the political opposition and amounts to a campaign of “sectarian cleansing”, say human rights groups.

Over the past four weeks since the Saudi-led Gulf Peninsula Shield military intervention in Bahrain, there appears to be a concerted drive by pro-state Sunni forces to target repression at the Shia population and in particular Shia mosques and other religious sites, such as cemeteries and meeting places known as Mattams.

Throw Out the Money Changers by Chris Hedges

by Chris Hedges
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April 18, 2011