22 March 2006
Why We Fight
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Eric Ray
"Why We Fight"
Directed by Eugene Jarecki
Running time: 98 mins.

It is mentioned in the film’s tagline that “it is nowhere written that the American empire goes on forever.” One interview subject points out the...
19 March 2006
“Murdered By Capitalism: A Memoir of 150 Years of Life & Death on the American Left”
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John Storhm
“Murdered By Capitalism: A Memoir of 150 Years of Life & Death on the American Left”
by John Ross (Nation Books, 2004)

In his most recent book, author John Ross combines the fire of Edward Abbey with the rampaging...
19 March 2006
Utah testing of the Diebold touch-screen reveals new problems
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Black Box Voting
Emery County Clerk Bruce Funk has been running elections for 23 years. He was quite content with his optical scan system. The state of Utah thought otherwise: On Dec. 27, Funk took delivery on 40 Diebold TSx touch-screen machines, part...
18 March 2006
GOP bids to take ANWR while region was ravaged by major oil spill
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Jason Leopold
The Senate passed approved a measure in a budget bill Thursday that included a provision to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling - just as the region suffers through one of the worst oil spills in history.

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26 February 2006
Confessions of an economic hit man
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James A. Lucas
A couple of days ago I was part of  a group that met at the Dayton International Peace Museum to discuss John Perkins’ book "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man” in which he relates his role in convincing various poor nations to accept...
19 February 2006
Lawsuit calls genetically engineered alfalfa a risk to farmers and the environment
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The Cornucopia Institute
Groups Challenge USDA Approval of First Perennial Gene Altered Crop

San Francisco, Calif. – Shortly after a government report cited problems with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) oversight of genetically...

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