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Assessing the Success of the Surge
The Guardian’s Ghaith Abdul-Ahad went back to Baghdad to see the effects of last year’s troop escalation (“surge”). He argues that the US military’s blast walls and forcible division of the city into isolated micro-neighborhoods are the cause of the … Continue reading
Jim Hightower : Bush’s Empty Promise to Wounded Vets
Portrait of Marine Staff Stg. John Jones by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. ‘Where is George when thousands severely wounded in his misguided Iraq war need him to act?’ By Jim Hightower / August 6, 2008 When Bear Stearns, Freddie Mac, and Fannie … Continue reading
FILM : Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Patti Smith. Photo by Steven Sebring.‘This androgynous Jersey girl obsessed with Rimbaud and Shelley and Whitman came to the big city 40 years ago’By Andrew O’Hehir / August 6, 2008 Almost at the beginning of Steven Sebring’s documentary “Patti Smith: … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Entertainers, Film, Independent Film, Music, Musicians, Poetry, Punk Rock, Rock 'n Roll
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How Washington’s Right-Wing Wrecking Crew Robbed Us Blind
Conservatives have turned a vast government built for our protection into a device for exploiting us By Thomas Frank / August 6, 2008 Washington is the city where the scandals happen. Every American knows this, but we also believe, if … Continue reading
The PATRIOT Act’s War on Charity
‘New powers granted to the Treasury Department currently allow the government to shut down charities based on unfounded claims’ By Maya Schenwar / August 5, 2008 Since the PATRIOT Act’s passage almost seven years ago, many of its adverse effects … Continue reading
Cindy Sheehan : ‘This is Horseshit"
Cindy Sheehan. Photo by Jim Watson / AFP / Getty.‘This nation is teetering on the precipice of financial ruin and dragging the rest of this planet down with us’By Cindy Sheehan / August 6, 2008 It is not if we … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Direct Action, Peace Movement, Social Action, Social Change
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Barack Obama Speaks at Burning Man!
Photo by Declan McCullagh. ‘Festival goers screamed at the top of their lungs, spun in endless circles, and threw up on each other’By Jeff Lieber / August 5, 2008 Standing on the main stage at a world famous gathering of … Continue reading
Drawn and Quartered
R.J. Matson / The New York Observer and Roll Call. Thanks to Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog
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Tagged Cartoon, George W. Bush, Humor, John McCain, Political Cartoon
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India : On the Front Lines of the Global Food Crisis
The courtyard of the home where I stayed.Things that go bump in the nightBy Mira Kamdar / August 4, 2008 JAITU, FARIDKOT DISTRICT, India—Wrapped in a musky blanket under a fan that was frantically trying to beat the air free … Continue reading
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Tagged Food Crisis, Green Revolution, Hunger, India, Poverty, The World
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Nearly Half of all the World’s Primates at Risk of Extinction
The endangered golden lion tamarin. Photo by Anup Shah/Getty Images.Study paints bleak picture for hundreds of species: Loss of habitat and boom in bushmeat trade blamedBy James Randerson / August 5, 2008 Nearly half of all primate species are now … Continue reading
Denver Police Brace for Convention
Security was heavy for the Democratic National Convention in Boston in 2004, including state troopers in riot gear the day before it opened. This year’s convention is in Denver on Aug. 25-28. Photo by Bob Bukaty/Associated Press.Officials ‘fearing that the … Continue reading
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Latest About Obama From Toby Keith, New Darling of the Right
Keith: Obama ‘Talks, Acts, And Carries Himself As A Caucasian’By Max Blumenthal / August 5, 2008 Last week, I reported for the Huffington Post that country singer Toby Keith had performed a pro-lynching anthem on the Colbert Report, and would … Continue reading
