01 April 2012
The Shifting Strategies of Empire
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David Swanson
Remarks at the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) Conference:

President Obama this week declared the war on Iraq to be an honorable success that has given us a brighter future. Are you fired up? Ready to go?
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31 March 2012
Obama declares war on Iraq an honorable success 2 weeks early for April Fool's Day
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David Swanson
President Proclaims ‘National Day of Honor’ - American Forces Press Service
On March 19, 2012, the ninth anniversary of U.S. forces moving into Iraq, President Barack Obama proclaimed that day to be “A National Day of Honor.”...
30 March 2012
Young women and healthcare coverage
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Kelly Novak
On March 23, protestors gathered in Cleveland to protest the Affordable Care Act’s mandate of contraception coverage, which brings nearly unprecedented reform to women’s healthcare. For young women in America, the ACA’s preventative-...
29 March 2012
The Bad Apple
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Robert Koehler
So it turns out that mass-murder suspect Robert Bales once used a bad word in a Facebook conversation.

This is one of the more bizarre details of his life that has come breathlessly to light in the media, along with his big...
29 March 2012
No Justice Without Peace
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David Swanson
Last night in New York City, by my unscientific estimate, two-thirds of the people on the streets had alcohol in them. A young man celebrating his wedding engagement was stabbed to death. A party caused a third floor apartment to...
26 March 2012
Why George Zimmerman must be arrested and tried for the murder of Trayvon Martin
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Andy Ostoy
The death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin one month ago in Sanford, Fl has all the earmarks of the 1964 Mississippi murders of civil rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner... right down to an inept local police...

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