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t r u t h o u t | President Barack Obama: Happy 4th of July
MAY I ADD MY OWN BEST WISHES AND PRAY WE KEEP OUR INDEPENDENCE. MBPosted by Michael Butler, Saturday, July 4, 2009
Economist.com | Welcome to Moscow
"Paranoid, mischievous and heading in the wrong direction, Russia is an awkward prospect for Barack Obama"Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, July 4, 2009
Chris Hedges: The Truth Alone Will Not Set You Free
"Those who care about the plight of the working class and the poor must begin to mobilize quickly or we will lose our last opportunity to save our embattled democracy. The most important struggle will be to wrest the organs of communication from corporations that use mass media to demonize movements of social change and empower proto-fascist movements such as the Christian right. American culture-or cultures, for we once had distinct regional cultures-was systematically destroyed in the 20th century by corporations. These corporations used mass communication, as well as an understanding of the human subconscious, to turn consumption into an inner compulsion" - Hedges .. read morePosted by Mike Blaxill, Saturday, July 4, 2009
NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (3)
The Times laments Obama's intrusion into local politics ("For the voters’ sake, the Obama administration should not be trying to stop candidates from challenging Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary of the New York Senate race"); Gail Collins on Sarah Palin ("The timing of Sarah Palin’s resignation was extremely peculiar. You’d have thought she didn’t want us to notice"); and Bob Herbert with a different take on MJ ("In many ways society has descended into a Michael Jackson-esque fantasyland, trying to leave the limits and obligations of the real world behind").Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, July 4, 2009
NYT (2): National News
Palin resigns as governor; and environmental groups find Supreme Court increasingly hostile to the cause.Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, July 4, 2009
NYT (4): International Affairs
In brazen nose-thumbing at int'l community, Iran claims reformers "plotted," and will also put British embassy employees on trial; Russia to assist U.S. in Afghan war; and Argentina is hit hard by swine flu.Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, July 4, 2009
The time to talk about racial divide
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Saturday, July 4, 2009Once again, the enigma that is Sarah Palin plays it by her rules
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Saturday, July 4, 2009Will the tragedy of Michael Jackson’s life be inherited by his kids?
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Saturday, July 4, 2009t r u t h o u t | The Great American Bubble Machine
Not about Wrigley's gum, nor about blowing soap bubbles. About Goldman Sachs's manipulation of the economy. Also pertains to political subservience. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Friday, July 3, 2009
The Washington Post: RIP | Charles Kaiser
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, July 3, 2009NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (5)
"The challenge now for the West is to engage Iran in a way that will give hope to the opposition and reinforce the doubts of Iran’s political elites — without provoking a backlash" (Editorial); "Does failing to learn from history mean we are doomed to repeat it? Not necessarily, but it’s up to Washington to ensure that 1937 doesn’t happen all over again" (Krugman); "When contemplating the United States and its future, it’s impossible not to think about America’s role in the world and its relationship with China" (Brooks); "Democracy in the United States has been a great success, but during the revolution in 1776 its supremacy in promoting human rights was far from inevitable" (Guest Op-Ed); "The Fourth of July is just one example of the founders’ uncanny ability to cast British traditions in a new mold. Another example is the Declaration of Independence" (Guest Op-Ed)Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, July 3, 2009
NYT (4): National News/Economy
For second time since Depression, California issues I.O.U.'s; Democrat changes to health bill would cover nearly all Americans; Google under investigation in book deal; and judge throws out conviction in cyberbullying suicide case.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, July 3, 2009
NYT (3): International Affairs
Amnesty Int'l accuses both Israel and Hamas of war crimes in Gaza; In Indonesia, a head scarf takes on political significance; and China moves forward on green power.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, July 3, 2009
Noam Chomsky on “Crisis and Hope: Theirs and Ours”
Chomsky, the MIT professor, author and dissident intellectual, just turned eighty years old this past December. He has written over 100 books, but despite being called “the most important intellectual alive” by the New York Times, he is rarely heard in the corporate media. We spend the hour with Noam Chomsky. He spoke recently here in New York at an event sponsored by the Brecht Forum. More than 2,000 people packed into Riverside Church in Harlem to hear his address, titled “Crisis and Hope: Theirs and Ours.” In his talk, Chomsky discussed the global economic crisis, the environment, wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, resistance to American empire and much more - Democracy Now .. read morePosted by Mike Blaxill, Friday, July 3, 2009
Legacy of revolution
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Friday, July 3, 2009Purity of federal ‘Organic’ label is questioned
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Friday, July 3, 2009Spending $102 billion a year on 800 worldwide military bases is bankrupting the country
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Friday, July 3, 2009Undo the Coup
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, July 2, 2009Troop Movement, Not Troop Withdrawal
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, July 2, 2009Weapons: Our #1 Export?
Is this the reason we are always going to war? Cannot the Merchants of Death make something which helps and creates peace? mbPosted by Michael Butler, Thursday, July 2, 2009
The Consortiumnews.com | Iraq: A Bitter Strategic Failure
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, July 2, 2009Truthdig – America’s ICE Backwards Approach to Immigration
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, July 2, 2009NYT Op-Eds (3)
"We’re brilliantly programmed to act on the risks that confronted us in the Pleistocene Age but less adept with 21st-century challenges like climate change" (Kristof); "President Obama must leave Iran’s leaders dangling for the foreseeable future. He should refrain indefinitely from talk of engagement" (Cohen); "The government must be given wider latitude than in the past to monitor private networks and respond to computer threats" (Guest Op-Ed)Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, July 2, 2009
NYT (7): National Politics/Economy
Re terrorism policy, is it "meet the new boss, same as the old boss?"; 9.5% U.S. unemployment rate highest in 26 years; Franken gives Democrats 60-vote supermajority in Senate - but what does that actually mean?; Facing deficits, many schools cut summer programs; Carolyn Maloney's "lonely" Senate campaign; and economics forces the closing of two major magazines: Vibe (music) and The Blade (NYC's gay publication).Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, July 2, 2009
