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The bitter tears of Johnny CashThe untold story of Johnny Cash, protest singer and Native American activist, and his feud with the music industry By Antonino D’Ambrosio / November 9, 2009 In July 1972, musician Johnny Cash sat opposite President … Continue reading
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Development: US fails to measure up on ‘human index’ Nation slumps from 2nd to 12th in global table· Richest fifth take home $168,000, poorest $11,000 * Buzz up! * Digg it * Ashley Seager * The Guardian, Thursday 17 July … Continue reading
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BOOKS / ‘Eating Animals’ : The Beef with Factory Farms
Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals:A sweeping indictment of factory farms …what we should be talking about is how upward of 99 percent of animals are raised and what it does to them, what it does to the environment, what it … Continue reading
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Tagged Animal Cruelty, Books, Environment, Factory Farms, Food, Investigative Journalism, Meat Industry, Nonfiction, PETA, Vegetarianism
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Dahr Jamail : Ft. Hood Shootings Reflect Problems in U.S. Military
The sun sets at Ft. Hood, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, as the media awaits a briefing on the day’s terrible events. Photo by Michael Thomas / AP.Shootings rock massive Fort HoodAs soldiers point to grim mood at the base … Continue reading
James Howard Kunstler : Our Gods are not Happy
Rough beast, preparing to slouch. Art by Alex “Rhino” Voroshev.Thinking the unthinkable:Cornpone Hitlers and the agony of ordinary people By James Howard Kunstler / November 3, 2009 A side-trip to the local mall — where else to buy ammo around … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Coups d'etat, Economic Crisis, Right Wing Extremists, Wall Street
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Sudanese Journalist : Seven Years at Guantanamo was ‘Living Hell’
Above, supporters of Sami Al’Hajj unfurl banner during Al’Hajj’s 2008 hunger strike. Below, Al Jazeera interviews Sami Al’Hajj at the Doha International Airport in Quatar, May 30, 2008. Photo by omar_chatriwala / Flickr.Journalist Al’Hajj describes Guantanamo detentionBefore international war crimes … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Administration, Guantanamo, Journalists, Torture, War Crimes
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Some Cockamamie Ideas about Afghanistan
Afghani women: Offer micro-loans for economic development. Photo from UNHCR.Remembering Pharaoh, Plagues and Exodus…Afghanistan: There has to be a better way By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / October 29, 2009 When some of us outside Washington (and … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Peace, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Fox News : Just Don’t Call it ‘Journalism’
Glenn Beck of Fox “quote” News.Fox and its enablersIn the mainstream media Fox’s pretense of being an actual news network is hardly more convincing than, say, Milton Berle in a bra and garters posing as a woman. By Eric Alterman … Continue reading
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Tagged Fox News, Journalism, Mainstream Media, Obama Administration, Propaganda, White House
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Sauerkraut and the flu… It is that time of year, and even more so this year that we are bombarded with messages about getting a flu vaccination. I don’t know about you but when all of this fear is shoved … Continue reading
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Playing with Fire : Perry Admits Medina Role in Winningham Execution
Fighting fire with fire: David Medina played role in execution:Perry’s counsel was cleared of arson charges By Glenn W. Smith / October 19, 2009 Dog Canyon’s Glenn W. Smith and Steve Hall of the StandDown Texas Project join Thorne Dreyer … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Forensic Science, Rick Perry, Texas Politics
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Dick Flacks : Pete Seeger’s Project
Celebrating Pete Seeger:Our political troubador More than any other individual, he had conceived and fostered a tradition of protest song that drew from a number of cultural roots, had significant political consequence, and reshaped the forms and content of popular … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Blacklist, Civil Rights Movement, Communist Party, Folk Music, McCarthyism, Music, Pete Seeger, Social Movements, The Left
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Biodiversity and Global Change : Carbon in the Soil
Insights from soil carbon research: Scientists analyze interactions with climate change and land management to address food, fuel, water and fiber needs. By Alison Grantham / October 18, 2009 Nearly 300 soil scientists from 33 countries gathered last week in … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Scientific Research, Sustainability
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