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02 September 2010
A speech for endless war
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Norman Solomon
On the last night of August, the president used an Oval Office speech to boost a policy of perpetual war.
Hours later, the New York Times front page offered a credulous gloss for the end of “the seven-year American combat...
01 September 2010
Glenn Beck could happen here
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Harvey Wasserman
Now that the dust has settled from Glenn Beck's weekend revival at the Lincoln Memorial, two messages need to be delivered loud and clear.

First: the United States of America has NEVER been a Christian nation, but there are...
30 August 2010
Peace movement pushes for end to war on Iraq
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David Swanson
As news stories are leading those still aware of the war on Iraq to believe it's over, it was encouraging to see Busboys and Poets restaurant in Washington, D.C., packed Sunday evening for a four-hour forum on actions needed to actually...
21 August 2010
Last of the combat troops leaving Iraq? – Only in your dreams
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Bill Noxid
Watching MSNBC’s coverage of ‘the last combat troops leaving Iraq’ for 3 hours reminded of a few brutal realities that still plague this country and this planet. The first being just how far this country remains from any semblance of...
15 August 2010
Wake up Obama
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Joel S. Hirschhorn
If the United States is not kaput it is certainly withering away even as a rich upper class enjoys all the things that money buys. There is massive, widespread economic pain inflicting a huge fraction of Americans who are unemployed,...
09 August 2010
Let's give country reason to celebrate
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Jesse Jackson
Barack Obama comes home this week to celebrate his birthday, and to visit a Ford plant that has begun hiring again, aided by federal loan guarantees for clean energy production. Although Ford wasn't bailed out, it is part of an auto...

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