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Thursday, February 8, 2007
ITV - John Pilger - Iran: a war is coming
(1 comments) The United States is planning what will be a catastrophic attack on Iran. For the Bush cabal, the attack will be a way of "buying time" for its disaster in Iraq. In announcing what he called a "surge" of American troops in Iraq, George W Bush identified Iran as his real target. "We will interrupt the flow of support [to the insurgency in Iraq] from Iran and Syria", he said. "And we will seek out and destroy the networks provid

Thursday, February 8, 2007
AlterNet: 9/11: The Case Isn't Closed
(1 comments) No matter what you believe about who was responsible for 9/11, and how it went down, we're all amazed at how much political capital the events of that day produced for this administration: A bipartisan consensus on torture; an era of permanent war; detentions without trial; "no fly" lists for activists; the Bill of Rights gone with the wind, and a cowed professional media willing to self-censor and suppress pertinent informati

Thursday, February 8, 2007
AlterNet: The Rise of Christian Fascism and Its Threat to American Democracy
(1 comments) Dr. James Luther Adams, my ethics professor at Harvard Divinity School, told his students that when we were his age -- he was then close to 80 -- we would all be fighting the "Christian fascists." The warning, given 25 years ago, came at the moment Pat Robertson and other evangelists began speaking about a new political religion that would direct its efforts toward taking control of all institutions, including government.

Thursday, February 8, 2007
AlterNet: ForeignPolicy: How to Prevent a War with Iran
(1 comments) To stop the looming war with Iran, Congress needs to pre-empt the possibility of the White House launching an attack. The secret weapon is the Boland Amendment.

Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Courtesy, Professionalism, and Respect? Not for Journalists
(1 comments) Does accurately covering a protest mean putting yourself at risk of police harassment? Some young journalists say it does, reports Wire Tap magazine.

Wednesday, February 7, 2007
If Hindsight Is 20/20, the Black Panthers Look Better and Better All the Time
(1 comments) While Dr. King's nonviolent resistance made the national papers, direct confrontation and community services made more sense to the Panthers.

Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Think Progress » New Report Spells Out Catastrophic Consequences Of Military Action Against Iran
(1 comments) Yesterday, a coalition of British NGOs, think-tanks, and trade unions published a new report that assesses an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities would be "highly dangerous."

Monday, February 5, 2007
Jeff Jarvis: Why YouTube gets my vote for political punditry
(3 comments) The revolution will not be televised. It will be YouTubed. The open TV of the people is already turning into a powerful instrument of politics - of communication, message, and image - in the next US presidential election.

Monday, February 5, 2007
U.S. workplace not family-oriented - Your Career - MSNBC.com
(1 comments) A new study shows that the United States continues to lag "far behind virtually all wealthy countries with regard to family-oriented workplace policies such as maternity leave, paid sick days and support for breast-feeding.

Monday, February 5, 2007
Bloggers can make money, but most keep day jobs | csmonitor.com
(1 comments) The rise of 'contextual advertising' has created a 21st-century version of royalties.

Monday, February 5, 2007
Iran's weakened hard-liners crave a US attack | csmonitor.com
(1 comments) From the rhetoric of President Bush to his dispatch of Patriot air-defense systems and a second carrier battle group to the Persian Gulf, there are growing signs that the Bush administration is showing its willingness to solve the Iranian nuclear crisis with a preemptive military attack. The already tense US-Iran relationship is now a tinderbox.

Monday, February 5, 2007
Europe 'ripe' for our ideas, says far right | csmonitor.com
(1 comments) The "Identity, Tradition, and Sovereignty" caucus, is constituted inside the EU Parliament. It includes the "Attack" party from Bulgaria, which published lists of Bulgarian Jews on its website; the party of Alexandra Mussolini, grand-daughter of Italy's World War II fascist leader; and is led by Bruno Gollnisch of Jean-Marie Le Pen's far-right French party, who faced trial in Lyon this fall for Holocaust denia

Monday, February 5, 2007
Nation fiction | csmonitor.com
(1 comments) Is the concept of nation slipping? One might think so with a UN blueprint for the future status of Kosovo. The Balkan enclave has been UN-run since 1999 when NATO freed its mainly Albanian population from Serb rule. Not granting it freedom would fit a global trend.

Sunday, February 4, 2007
Wal-Mart Cuts Taxes By Paying Rent to Itself
(1 comments) Here's how it works: One Wal-Mart subsidiary pays the rent to a real-estate investment trust, or REIT, which is entitled to a tax break if it pays its profits out in dividends. The REIT is 99%-owned by another Wal-Mart subsidiary, which receives the REIT's dividends tax-free. And Wal-Mart gets to deduct the rent from state taxes as a business expense

Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Jesse Jackson: Media Ownership a Civil Rights Issue
(2 comments) American news media valued King as a man who fought for equality, Jackson said. But when King began to attack America's foreign policy, the media could no longer back him, he said.