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Blackwater : New Markets for Corporate Thugs
Blackwater’s Private SpiesBy Jeremy Scahill This past September, the secretive mercenary company Blackwater USA found its name splashed across front pages throughout the world after the company’s shooters gunned down seventeen Iraqi civilians in Baghdad’s Nisour Square. But by early … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Corporate Corruption, Iraq, Latin America, Pentagon
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Dan Rather Slams Corporate News
Texas’ Rather speaks to media reform group Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather delivered a blistering critique of corporate news on Saturday night at the National Conference for Media Reform hosted by Free Press. The following are Dan Rather’s prepared … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Media, Internet, Journalism, Media, Media Reform, Texas
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will.i.am? john.he.is!
The first video below is the will.i.am video, which many of you have probably seen ages ago. The second is the john.he.is takeoff. Even if you’ve seen the first video before, I recommend playing it again as a refresher to … Continue reading
Bob Dylan Endorses Obama; Discusses Upcoming Art Show
Bob Dylan says Barack Obama is ‘changin’ AmericaBy Alan Jackson and David Byers See entire Times Online interview with Bob Dylan, about his upcoming London art show and much more, at end of this article. His 1964 track ‘The Times … Continue reading
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Tagged Artists, Arts, Bob Dylan, Music, Obama, Popular Culture, Presidential Campaign, Rock 'n Roll
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Blackmailing Iraq – Just Another Day at BushCo
US issues threat to Iraq’s $50bn foreign reserves in military dealBy Patrick Cockburn / June 6, 2008 Under the planned pact, reported in The Independent yesterday, US soldiers in Iraq will enjoy legal immunity The US is holding hostage some … Continue reading
Reagan Didn’t Win the Cold War, the Hippies Did
Old Myths From the Age of Idiocy (the One We’re in Now) to Be Replaced by: New Truths for the Age of Reality (the One We Hope to Enter)by Larry Beinhart The Great Republican Disaster, from Reagan to Bush the … Continue reading
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Alton Kelley : Master of Psychedelic Art
Alton Kelley, 1967. Photo by Bob Seidemann. Alton Kelley, 67, Artist of the 1960s Rock Counterculture, DiesBy William Grimes / June 4, 2008 Alton Kelley, whose psychedelic concert posters for artists like the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, and Big Brother … Continue reading
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Tagged Artists, Arts, Counterculture, Deaths, Music, Psychedelia, Rock 'n Roll, Sixties
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BushCo Crimes Build a Mountain
George Bush with General David Petraeus at Al-Asad Air Base in Anbar Province, Iraq, last year; JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty ImagesRevealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US controlBy Patrick Cockburn / June 5, 2008 Bush wants 50 military bases, control of … Continue reading
And Why, Exactly, Is This Man Still in Office?
Libby Links Cheney to Plame Leakby Jason Leopold / June 4, 2008 FBI documents obtained by a congressional committee indicate that Vice President Dick Cheney may have authorized his former deputy to leak the identity of covert CIA operative Valerie … Continue reading
Quote of the Day: Jon Stewart
Is America ready for a woman or a black President? A succinct analysis: In Larry King’s interview with Jon Stewart, Larry brought up the subject of the primaries and asked him if America was ready for a woman or a … Continue reading
Human Rights Groups Press China on 19th Anniversary of Bloody Crackdown
Tiananmen Square, 1989. On the 19th anniversary of China’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations, civil rights activists are calling for the release of more than 100 prisoners from the 1989 protests ahead of this summer’s Olympic Games. Photo by Jeff … Continue reading
