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“Deficit Fears Irrational, Cuts Will Impede Recovery”
JAMES K. GALBRAITH, THEA HARVEY Chair of Econom…
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U.S. “Hypocrisy” on Libya and International Criminal Court
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called f…
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Wall Street Criminality: Origin of State Crises
Last night Charles Ferguson, director of ̶…
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Palestinians, Israel and Freedom and Democracy
AHMET DOGAN, via Ann Wright, Greta Berlin Profe…
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Libya
Chair of the department of political science at the University of New England, Ahmida’s books include The Making of Modern Libya and Forgotten Voices: Power and Agency in Colonial and Postcolonial Libya — largely about the little-known Italian genocide in Libya of 100 years ago. He said today: “Despite the brutal backlash it is too late for the regime; Libyan people are rising and fighting for change.” The new online journal Jadaliyya just posted an audio of an interview with Ahmida.
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CIA Spy Captured in Pakistan: Fallout
Dave Lindorff said today: “When Raymond Davis, the American who killed two Pakistani intelligence operatives in Lahore and now sits in a Lahore prison, was arrested, he claimed to have worked for a security company in Orlando. I checked it out for Counterpunch magazine. The address proved to be a vacant storefront in an empty strip mall. President Obama has publicly called Davis ‘our diplomat,’ demanding his release. He was lying. Davis is a CIA contractor. Major U.S. news organizations knew this weeks ago, but went along with the lie. It gets worse though. I’ve learned that in Davis’s camera,…
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Bahrain and Yemen Regimes: Saudi and U.S. Backing
Abdulla is director of Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain. He recently wrote the piece “The Revolt in Bahrain.” He said today: “King Hamad bis Isa Al Khalifs, the ruler of Bahrain, is in Saudi Arabia today to get assurances from the Saudi regime. The Saudi regime will back the Al Khalifa ruling family in Bahrain if things get worst and out of hand. Some Saudi troops already are in Bahrain monitoring the situation and ready to act if needed. …
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The Attack on Unions
Fletcher is co-founder of the Center for Labor Renewal and author of the book Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice. He just wrote the piece “Modern-day Pirates: the Republicans vs. the Public Sector.” Fletcher has been a critic of unions as well, see this interview: YouTube.
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U.S., International Law, Libya and Israel
Worthington just wrote the piece “Revolution in Libya: Protesters Respond to Gaddafi’s Murderous Backlash with Remarkable Courage; U.S. and UK Look Like the Hypocrites They Are,” which states: “An adept survivor, Gaddafi came onside in the ‘War on Terror’ after the 9/11 attacks, prompting the most miserably transparent examples of hypocrisy on the part of Western nations, as their leaders queued up to welcome the former pariah as an ally and barely managed to disguise their excitement at having access to Libya’s rich oil reserves.
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Wisconsin and Egypt: Waves of Protests and Solidarity
KAMAL ABBAS, TAMER FATHY Abbas is general coord…
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