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Sunday, January 2, 2011This Is a Protest A video showing Tea Party "protests" versus protests or resistance actions from the Left 
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Saturday, January 1, 2011I Owe a Debt of Gratitude to OpEdNews I owe a debt of gratitude to all of you, my forty-four fans, regular readers and others, especially OpEdNews.com Editor-in-Chief Rob Kall. For today I begin a trip from the Midwest to Westfield, New Jersey. I begin a journey because I have been given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to serve The Nation magazine as an intern in New York during the spring of this year. 
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Friday, December 31, 20102011 Is Here: Where to Next, Fellow Citizens? Looking back at 2010 and looking forward to 2011 -- and thinking about how we the people can really begin to shape the agenda instead of always reacting defensively against those at the top, which leads us to wind up in their veal pen for change. 
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Thursday, December 30, 2010The Best Films of 2010 A top ten list of some top films from 2010 -- and a few honorable mentions thrown into the mix. 
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010Ten Top-Notch Albums of 2010 Ten of the best albums of 2010 highlighted before the new year. 
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010Ten Top-Notch Tunes from 2010 A collection of some of the best songs of 2010. 
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Tuesday, December 28, 20102010 Comes to an End But the BP Oil Disaster Continues As 2010 comes to an end, one of the most horrific disasters of the year--the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon oilrig, which blew up and killed 11 workers and injured 17 others--continues to bring devastating impacts to residents living in and around the Gulf. Suspicions run high. Residents suspect Corexit continues to be sprayed to disperse oil under cover of the night. Conspiracy theories on oil leaking spread too. 
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Monday, December 27, 2010Hollywood & the Pentagon: Ideal Tyrants of America Hollywood and the Pentagon have formed an ideal tyranny, a partnership over Americans' perceptions of U.S. wars and the U.S. military. The Al Jazeera show "Empire" takes over forty minutes to look at America and how Hollywood helps to manage Americans' views on U.S. involvement in wars.
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Sunday, December 26, 2010Hollywood: Chronicler of War (Parts 1 & 2) A look at Hollywood and its relationship with the Pentagon. Al Jazeera's "Empire" ran a two-part segment looking at how Hollywood has helped shape perceptions of U.S. wars. 
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Friday, December 24, 2010Twenty Songs for a Merry Christmas Ever since I can remember, I have greatly enjoyed the holiday season because I not only have had the warmth of friends and family but I have also had great holiday music to listen to as Christmas draws near. Tomorrow, on Christmas, here is a list of twenty songs to help make your Christmas merry and bright. 
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Friday, December 24, 2010Thoughts on Lennon & Yoko's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" A number of people know this song. Somehow, the celebrity and enigma of John Lennon managed to catapult this song into the catalog of Christmas music that plays over and over again at Big Box retail stores and on FM radio stations around the country. The song, "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)," was released as a single in 1971. It's lyric, "War is over/If you want it... 
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010Indefinite Detention of Guantanamo Detainees to Become a Long-Term U.S. Policy The Obama Administration will be making indefinite detention a more institutionalized part of U.S. policy in the so-called war on terrorism. An executive order to set up a "parole board" to periodically "review evidence" against "prisoners" being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba is being discussed and is expected to be signed by Obama next year. 
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010How Obama Made "Pragmatic" a Popular Dictionary Search This Year This year one of the most searched for words on the Merriam-Webster Dictionary website was "pragmatic." It was number two on the top ten list and the President and Publisher of Merriam-Webster, John M. Morse, suggests, "The popularity of pragmatic is reminiscent of 2005, when integrity was the most frequently looked-up word. In both cases, I think the word described a quality that people value highly... 
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010You Just Want to Nader Obama (VIDEO) I created a video that complements a recent article I just posted, "White House Pragmatism Versus the Pragmatism of Progressive Citizens." It represents a conversation I believe many progressives are having as talk of a a primary challenge to Obama in the upcoming 2012 Election increases. Enjoy. 
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Monday, December 20, 2010Democrats, Obama Cave to Corporations Unwilling to Let Congress Close Tax Loophole to Help 9/11 Responders Add healthcare for 9/11 responders to a long list of concessions or outright capitulation to corporations that has taken place as a result of Democrats and President Obama being unwilling to take a stand against Republicans fronting for corporate executives and the top 2% in America. 
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Monday, December 20, 2010Artist Victor M. Montanez on MOCA's Mural Controversy, Censorship and How Artists Help the Elite Censor Art & Culture Reacting to a recent whitewashing of an antiwar mural in Los Angeles, Chicago artist Victor M. Montanez shares his views on censorship, art, culture and how the liberal class has helped powerful interests step up what is and is not permissible in art. 
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Saturday, December 18, 20105 Videos You Should See This Week (December 18th) Here's this week's edition: Georgia prisoner strike, veteran-led civil resistance action, Obama supporter vs. a progressive, Julian Assange and the War You Don't See 
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Thursday, December 16, 2010Veteran-led Civil Resistance in Front of White House and WikiLeaks' Role in Inspiring the Action This morning, on December 16th, military veterans will lead a nonviolent act of civil resistance against the ongoing U.S. wars and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. Led by Veterans for Peace, the organizers expect this to be the largest veteran-led resistance since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan began. I interviewed a lead organizer and a veteran and asked them about organizing this event as the US pursues WikiLeaks. 
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Monday, December 13, 2010Defending a Tax Cut Deal That is Robin Hood in Reverse The Senate will debate the tax cut deal today. President Obama, despite Sen. Bernie Sanders' wise words on the floor of the Senate on Friday, defended the deal in his weekly address. 
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Monday, December 13, 2010Jane Hamsher is No "Ratfucker" (And She Shouldn't Be Required to Show Progressive Credentials Either) Matt Osborne of Osborne Ink, a blog that is part of the Banter Wire media group, has taken it upon himself to decide whether Jane Hamsher, founder of Firedoglake, deserves to enjoy the status she enjoys in progressive circles or not. In a recent post, he calls her a "ratfucker" and says there is nothing ""left' left of Hamsher." I would norm Page 9 of 37 First Last Back Next 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 View All |
