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Human Rights, Obama Administration, Religion, Right Wing

US Military Takes Lead on Anti-Gay Bias

October 10, 2011

Curiously, it has often fallen to the U.S. military to take the lead in changing the society’s patterns of discrimination, even as churches sometimes lag. After World War II, the military took up the fight against racial bias. Today, the target…

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Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, The Bush-43 Administration

Romney’s Neocon Foreign Policy Plan

October 10, 2011

Presidential contender Mitt Romney has laid out his vision for a foreign policy in a Romney administration and it looks like it could have been dreamt up by the same neocons who guided George W. Bush’s disastrous pursuit of permanent U.S. military dominance,…

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Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

GOP Sees ‘Mob’ in Wall St. Protests

October 10, 2011

The Republican complaint that any talk about raising taxes on the rich is “class warfare” has now refocused on the protests against Wall Street greed as an example of “mob” rule, instigated by President Barack Obama. But Danny Schechter finds the…

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Constitution, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics

Washington Protest Stays Put

October 10, 2011

Across the United States, the 99 Percent Movement is occupying more and more parks to protest America’s growing economic inequality. In Washington DC, activist Kevin Zeese reports on the protest at Freedom Plaza near the Treasury building.

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Human Rights, Intelligence, Lost History

Baby-Snatching: Argentine Dirty Secret

October 9, 2011

From the Archive: In Argentina, a case of a 35-year-old woman may finally prove that military officers in the Dirty War of the 1970s had a systemic scheme for stealing babies from female dissidents who were murdered. In this 1997…

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Human Rights, Religion, Right Wing

Israeli Rightists Threaten Arab Civilians

October 8, 2011

Israel’s right-wing leaders feel they can count on U.S. politicians to rubber-stamp pretty much whatever Israel does to the Palestinians, with some extremist rabbis even glorifying the racist mass murderer Baruch Goldstein. Which leaves Lawrence Davidson wondering what it will…

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Intelligence, Lost History, Media, Secrecy

Reagan’s Bargain/Charlie Wilson’s War

October 7, 2011

From the Archive: At the 10th anniversary of the U.S. war in Afghanistan, we are re-publishing two articles by Washington insiders, CIA analyst Peter W. Dickson and lobbyist Bruce P. Cameron. Both issued unheeded warnings about the looming catastrophe — Dickson while at the CIA…

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Lost History, Media, Obama Administration, Secrecy

Why Afghanistan Really Fell Apart

October 7, 2011

From the Archive: A mythology has long surrounded why America got into its 10-year-long Afghan war, based on the false premise that Washington’s big mistake was abandoning Afghanistan after the Soviets departed in 1989. The reality was quite different, as foreign…

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Human Rights, Lost History, Obama Administration, The Bush-43 Administration

Toward a New National Security Policy

October 7, 2011

During the Cold War, the U.S. avoided large permanent bases in the Islamic world so as not to enflame anti-Western passions. But that changed with the Persian Gulf War, endangering rather than protecting the interests of the American people —…

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Constitution, Human Rights, Lost History, Obama Administration, The Bush-43 Administration

The Moral Imperative of ‘Activism’

October 6, 2011

Exclusive: On Sept. 18, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern gave a talk about “activism” to a conference in Charlottesville, Virginia, focused on the need to confront the military industrial complex. Now, as the occupation of Freedom Plaza in Washington gets…

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Intelligence, Obama Administration

Which Way on Afghan Peace Talks?

October 6, 2011

In a final act as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen lashed out at what he saw as collusion between Pakistan’s secretive spy agency and militants who mounted daring raids against U.S. targets in Afghanistan. But…

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Constitution, Lost History, Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

Reagan’s ‘Greed Is Good’ Folly

October 5, 2011

Exclusive: For three decades, the United States has undertaken an extraordinary social experiment, incentivizing greed among the richest Americans by cutting their top tax rates in half or more. The results are now in from Ronald Reagan’s bold gamble and…

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Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics

Occupying the Heart of the Beast

October 5, 2011

Finally, a truly “populist” movement not like the Tea Party funded by billionaires to serve the interests of billionaires has arisen in America to challenge the growing economic inequities in U.S. society. Phil Rockstroh found his time with the “99…

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October 4, 2011

From Robert Parry: For a limited time, we are offering as a three-book set Lost History, Secrecy & Privilege and Neck Deep at the deep discount price of only $29 for all three, postage included.

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Health Reform, Media, Obama Administration, Politics

From Boston with the “99 Percent”

October 4, 2011

The “99 Percent” movement arising across the United States represents the first major public manifestation of disgust and fury at the rampant greed that has concentrated the nation’s wealth with the top “One Percent.” Economic journalist Mark Provost reports on his…

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Human Rights, Media, Obama Administration

Why Palestine Already Is a State

October 4, 2011

Palestinian officials have appealed for membership at the United Nations, prompting angry retorts from Israel and a veto threat from the Obama administration. But the UN issue is membership, not statehood, which Joe Lauria writes is already a de facto…

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Constitution, Human Rights, Lost History, Media, Obama Administration

‘Sarah’s Key’: Enforcing Injustice

October 4, 2011

As the Occupy Wall Street and other populist protests grow, the role of police in either allowing dissent or crushing it will be at center stage. In that regard, Gary G. Kohls sees valuable lessons from the Holocaust drama, “Sarah’s…

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Constitution, Human Rights, Intelligence, Obama Administration, Secrecy

The Slippery Slope of Assassinations

October 4, 2011

With the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen and al-Qaeda associate based in Yemen, the Obama administration has stepped onto a slippery slope where loosening standards for extrajudicial killings could slide into a terrifying use of government power, the…

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Human Rights, Lost History, Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Religion, Right Wing, The Bush-43 Administration

Israel’s Window to Bomb Iran

October 3, 2011

Exclusive: Israeli leaders continue to pound the drum about taking out Iran’s nuclear program and some hardliners may want to strike soon, fearing the window of opportunity will close if President Barack Obama wins reelection and is less susceptible to political…

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Human Rights, Politics, Religion, Right Wing

The Rise of Modern Barbarism

October 3, 2011

For several decades, the American Right has been fanning the flames of animosity among white men angered over what they see as their reduced status and other threats from modernity. Now that brush fire is threatening to sweep across the nation…

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Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

US Pols Say the Darnedest Things

October 2, 2011

As American politics continues its sorry decline with many elected officials now sounding as goofy as any loud-mouth radio host there are more and more suggestions about the need for reform, as Michael Winship observes.

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Human Rights, Intelligence, Lost History, Media, Obama Administration, Right Wing, Secrecy, The Bush-43 Administration

Enduring Terror Double Standards

October 1, 2011

Exclusive: President Barack Obama ordered the targeted killing of al-Qaeda figure and American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki despite the lack of any legal due process. But the same week, the U.S. government continued to turn a blind eye to a Cuban-American…

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Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics

‘Occupy Wall Street’ Movement Grows

October 1, 2011

The economic distress caused by out-of-control Wall Street greed finally has prompted a dramatic public response in the form of protesters occupying a park in the Financial District of New York City. Slowly, the movement has attracted broader support, reports Danny…

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Human Rights, Religion, Right Wing

Finding Peace in Religious Scholarship

October 1, 2011

Some neoconservatives, Christian fundamentalists and right-wing Jews insist that a “clash of civilizations” is underway with Islam and that peaceful coexistence is not an option. But Rev. Howard Bess, a Baptist, sees hope from fair-minded scholarship about the Bible and…

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Constitution, Health Reform, Lost History, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

Would the Founders Back Health Law?

September 29, 2011

Exclusive: President Barack Obama’s health care law is heading to the rightist-dominated U.S. Supreme Court which may render a decision during the heat of Campaign 2012. Some Republican jurists are sure to claim that the law violates the “originalist” thinking…

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Health Reform, Media, Obama Administration, Politics

‘Moneyball’: The Value of Reason

September 29, 2011

Brad Pitt’s new movie, Moneyball, may be about baseball but it also raises larger questions about the importance of applying facts and rationality to achieve a successful outcome, a lesson that the American people might apply to their political judgments,…

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Human Rights, Obama Administration, Religion

Alice Walker Fights Anti-Palestinian Bias

September 28, 2011

Pulitzer-winning author Alice Walker sees a reflection of the injustice done to African-Americans in today’s treatment of the Palestinians, leading her to object when the artwork of Palestinian children is barred from U.S. museums and to join a flotilla that challenged…

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Intelligence, Lost History, October Surprise, Secrecy

Taking a Bush Secret to the Grave

September 27, 2011

Special Report: The National Archives has approved an appeal by journalist Robert Parry seeking release of a 30-year-old secret, the address where George H.W. Bush supposedly went on an October weekend in 1980 — when several witnesses put Bush in…

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Intelligence, Obama Administration

US Losing Sway in Af-Pak Region

September 27, 2011

Obama administration officials have been talking tough about Pakistan and its alleged support to militants who have crossed into Afghanistan to attack U.S. forces. But the reality is that Washington has little leverage left after a decade of failed wars,…

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Media, Obama Administration

Will Rabbani Hit Derail Afghan Peace?

September 26, 2011

The U.S. government and media are outraged over the Taliban assassination of the Afghan High Peace Council’s chairman, but the attack should have been expected once the Obama administration and the Afghan government signaled a U.S. occupation extending more than…

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Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics

Obama’s Hollow Words on Palestine

September 26, 2011

President Barack Obama struggled to explain his planned veto of UN recognition of a Palestinian state just a year after he welcomed the idea. His speech was a painful example of a leader knowing what is right and calculating that…

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Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, The Bush-43 Administration

The One Answer: Tax the Rich

September 26, 2011

Exclusive: When President Barack Obama suggested a minor adjustment in tax rates for the rich to make sure they pay at least the same percentage as their employees Republicans cried “class warfare.” But higher taxes on the rich may be…

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