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05 July 2012
Oh say, maybe we can't see: Another 4th of July
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David Swanson
It's just possible that the space of 236 years and a truckload of fireworks are obscuring our vision.
It's hard for us to see what should be obvious.
Many nations -- including Canada as the nearest example -- have gained...
30 June 2012
Re-examining the Lucasville uprising: Essay 1
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Staughton Lynd
This article is the first in a series of articles documenting the Lucasville uprising in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the event, by Lucasville Amnesty.
April 2013 will be the 20th anniversary of the 11-day uprising...
29 June 2012
For Love or Money
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Robert Koehler
Poverty has always been the shadow of prosperity, but now we have an advancing global depression creating more of it — pulling in more and more of the middle class, the folks who aren’t used to it. This is where the headlines are.
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27 June 2012
Syria: No to intervention, no to illusions
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Phyllis Bennis
Fifteen months on, the short Syrian spring of 2011 has long since morphed into a harsh winter of discontent. Syria is close to full-scale civil war. If the conflict escalates further, it will have ramifications far outside the country...
25 June 2012
How small abused nations could end war
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David Swanson
An urgent plea to the nations that my nation likes to kick around.
The U.S. State Department has a list of the treaties it believes are in force and the United States a party to. On that list one finds this:
RENUNCIATION OF...
20 June 2012
Klepetromilitatorship
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David Swanson
Which came first, the oil business or the war machine that protects it? Who started this madness, the military that consumes so much of the oil or the corporations that distribute and profit from the filthy stuff?

An answer of...

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