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by Rand Clifford
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
June 16, 2012
Sense those hooves pounding around the world?
Little surprise that these four bedfellows have in their reins the fate of humanity, even life on Earth. Profit and conquest are all that matter; there is no such thing as enough, only, more.
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with Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
June 17, 2012
Interviewed by William Stranger
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With Ralph Nader
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Jun 15, 2012 by democracynow
DemocracyNow.org -In 2008, Barack Obama pledged to raise the minimum wage every year once elected, but the hourly rate of $7.25 hasn’t increased since 2007. Low-wage workers now make far less than they did four decades ago. Last week Illinois Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. introduced The Catching Up to 1968 Act of 2012. It draws its name from the idea that the federal minimum wage would be $10.55 an hour now if it had kept up with inflation over the past 40 years. Continue reading
by Rick Rozoff
Featured Writer
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Stop NATO
June 16, 2012
On June 15 the news agency of the U.S. Defense Department, American Forces Press Service, ran a story on commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Army General Carter Ham’s testimony before the House Armed Services Committee four months before in which he which averred that last year’s war against Libya “imparted important lessons” for the Pentagon’s newest regional military command.
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by Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich
Washington
June 13, 2012
Bipartisan Letter Calls for Legal Justification of “Signature” Drone Strikes
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and twenty-five fellow Members of Congress today wrote to President Obama demanding the White House’s legal justification for “signature” drone strikes, which could significantly increase the risk of killing innocent civilians or those who have no relationship to a potential attack on the U.S., further enflaming anti-U.S. sentiment abroad.
by Andrew Gavin Marshall
Featured Writer
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http://andrewgavinmarshall.com
June 18, 2012
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I’m Here to be as Annoying as Humanly Possible to Those in Power
Our media is a melting-pot of misinformation, bought and owned by billionaires and oligarchs, whether it is public, private, or foundation-funded. Information is integral, propaganda is power, and media is money. Control of the media leads directly to control of the minds of those who consume it, and like all patterns of consumption, it is sustained by profit, but its purpose is much deeper, more pervasive and permanent: social control.
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By Fred Branfman
Salon.com
June 17, 2012
I first met Noam Chomsky, in Laos, where I showed him the devastating effects of U.S. air raids
Forty-two years ago I had an unusual experience. I became friendly with a guy named Noam Chomsky. I came to know him as a human being before becoming fully aware of his fame and the impact of his work. I have often thought of this experience since — both because of the insights it gave me into him and, more important, the deep trouble in which our nation and world find themselves today. Continue reading
Jun 17, 2012 by GlobalResearchTV
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, President of the International Movement for a Just World analyses a wide variety of issues including the emerging BRICS nations, the crisis in Syria, and the implications of Washington’s policy shift to the Asia-Pacific region.
by Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
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June 18, 2012 Continue reading
Updated: June 18, 2012
Jun 17, 2012 by TheRealNews
Dimitri Lascaris: New Democracy win a hollow victory as majority of Greeks reject austerity and underlying problems remain unsolved
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