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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Military Outsourcing: Of Exceptionally Dubious Value
A firearms and tactics instructor at Blackwater demonstrates a weapon in Moyock, N.C. Photo: Gerry Broome/AP. Flushing BlackwaterBy Jeremy Scahill / August 26, 2009 Blackwater, the private mercenary company owned by Erik Prince, has been thrust back into the spotlight … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackwater, Military Contractors, Military Cover-ups, Obama Administration
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The Forgotten War: Bringing Only More Despair
A huge explosion in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Tuesday left mounds of rubble. At least 41 people were known dead. Photo: Allauddin Khan/Associated Press.Bombing Deepens Despair in a Stricken Afghan CityBy Taimoor Shah / August 26, 2009 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — This … Continue reading
Water Or Coke? A Few Revealing Facts
According to Snopes, most of the information about Coke below is quite untrue. The source of this piece is unknown – I tend to call it Internet detritus. Janet says: “I think the part about water is true, but the … Continue reading
Wendell Potter: Health Insurance Executive Speaks the Truth
Health Care Fit for AnimalsBy Nicholas D. Kristof / August 26, 2009 Opponents suggest that a “government takeover” of health care will be a milestone on the road to “socialized medicine,” and when he hears those terms, Wendell Potter cringes. … Continue reading
Texan Creekmore Fath : He Paddled His Own Canoe
Creekmore Fath with former law partner — and U.S. Congressman — Bob Eckhardt. Photo by Alan Pogue.So Long to the ‘Communist Threat’:Creekmore Fath, last of a generation of progressive activists I met Fath during… future U.S. Sen. Ralph Yarborough’s losing … Continue reading
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Tagged LBJ, Progressive Democrats, Red-Baiting, Texas, Texas Observer, Texas Politics, UT-Austin
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Joe Nick Patoski : Jim Dickinson Was One Cool Memphis Cat
It’s not just the whites reaching for the black culture, it’s the blacks reaching for the white culture. It’s about the collision. Jim Dickinson. Photo from Memphis Flyer. Memphis musician Jim Dickinson dies at 67Career of artist, producer touched four … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Blues, Civil Rights, Deaths, Memphis, Musicians, Oral History, Racism, Rock 'n Roll, the South
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Poster Child for Lousy Health Insurance
Don’t mourn, organize:How I became a poster child for lousy private health insurance By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / August 27, 2009 For 25 years I have been a member of a private health insurance plan that … Continue reading
For the First Time: A Two-State Israel/Palestine Solution with a Specific Time Line
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad announced the plan, the first of its kind from the Palestinian Authority, in his Ramallah office. Photo: Abbas Momani/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images.Palestinians Plan State, but Will Netanyahu Block it?By Juan Cole / August 26, 2009 … Continue reading
Tom Hayden : On the Death of Ted Kennedy
Ted Kennedy, right, with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, worked for an Irish peace. Were he alive today, the Democratic Party would be less likely to drift away from its progressive legacy in the name of victory at any price. … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Democratic Party, Edward Kennedy, Progressive Democrats, Tom Hayden
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BOOKS / Covering for the Bosses : Labor and the Southern Press
Dixie Media Versus Unions How Southern media have strengthened the region’s corporatocracy. By Roger Bybee / August 26, 2009 [Covering for the Bosses: Labor and the Southern Press by Joseph B. Atkins, 224 pp, University Press of Mississippi, July 1, … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Labor History, Labor Unions, Mainstream Media, Mass Media, the South
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Whole Foods : Investment Group Calls for John Mackey’s Head
Investment group calls for Mackey’s head; Whole Foods tries damage control CtW Investment Group calls on Whole Foods board to remove Chair and CEO John Mackey; Says damage caused by WSJ op-ed shows Mackey is a ‘liability’ See full text … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Business, Health Care Reform, Investments, Social Action, Whole Foods
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The Lion Passes: A Different Look at Chappaquiddick
Teddy Kennedy and Chappaquiddick:The official story doesn’t wash After the airplane crash and the shooting of JFK and RFK, killing Ted Kennedy would not do. Gullible as the public is, too many would think a plot was afoot. Kennedy had … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Chappaquiddick, Conspiracy, Deaths, Edward Kennedy, Indigenous People, U.S. Senate
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