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Sen. Sanders Goes to Washington

June 10, 2016

Exclusive: A sampling of Bernie Sanders backers at a Washington D.C. rally found many ready to vote for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump but others still angry over how the Democratic establishment sabotaged their cause, reports Chelsea Gilmour.

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Media, Obama Administration, Politics

The US-Russia Info-War: What’s Real?

June 10, 2016

The Obama administration is dangling the possibility of real peace progress in Ukraine to convince the Europeans to renew sanctions on Russia, but is that just a bait-and-switch trick to keep Europe in line, asks Gilbert Doctorow.

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

Venezuela’s Struggle to Survive

June 10, 2016

Amid a reassertion of U.S.-backed neoliberal policies in Latin America, Venezuela’s socialist government totters at a tipping point, beset by a severe economic crisis, but Lisa Sullivan sees a ground-up struggle of Venezuelans to survive.

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S. Korean Villagers Sued for Anti-Base Protests

June 10, 2016

Village protesters have challenged South Korea’s construction of a new naval base on Jeju Island, known for its stunning Gureombi Rocks, but the navy is striking back with a punitive lawsuit designed to silence dissent, writes Ann Wright.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, Secrecy, The Bush-43 Administration

Why US Politics and Policy Are Adrift

June 10, 2016

The U.S. system of politics and public policy is in disarray awash with elites trying to manipulate the public and the public drifting away from any factual grounding, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explains.

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Human Rights, Media, Secrecy

Deflategate Twist: 31 NFL Teams Are Cheating

June 9, 2016

Exclusive: In pressing ahead with the absurd “Deflategate” case against Tom Brady, the NFL’s 31 rival owners appear to be using a made-up scandal to get an edge on the New England Patriots and — to put it bluntly — cheat, writes Robert Parry.

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Media

How Muhammad Ali Touched Lives

June 9, 2016

The death of boxing great Muhammad Ali touched many people, especially those fortunate enough to have known him as a brash and brave young man who transformed sports and challenged the Vietnam War, as Mollie Dickenson recalls.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics

Sanders’s Contribution toward Mideast Peace

June 9, 2016

While victorious Hillary Clinton is expected to pivot right to attract disenchanted Republicans, Alon Ben-Meir hopes she will at least adopt Sen. Sanders’s more evenhanded approach toward peace negotiations between Israel-Palestine.

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Clinton’s Curious California Victory

June 9, 2016

The Democratic Party’s California primary made it hard for pro-Sanders independents to vote, with many denied the right ballots and many young voters forced to vote “provisionally,” giving Hillary Clinton a boost toward victory, writes Rick Sterling.

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Democrats Are Now the Aggressive War Party

June 8, 2016

Exclusive: For nearly a half century – since late in the Vietnam War – the Democrats have been the less warlike of the two parties, but that has flipped with the choice of war hawk Hillary Clinton, writes Robert Parry.

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Constitution, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, Obama Administration, Secrecy

Calling Out Drone War as a War Crime

June 8, 2016

Night and day, U.S. “pilots” sit in cushioned chairs near Las Vegas, commanding drones on the other side of the planet, tracking and killing people, what retired Col. Ann Wright and other activists call a war crime, writes Dennis J Bernstein.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

Pushing for Humane Immigration Reform

June 8, 2016

The treatment of America’s 11 million undocumented immigrants has been a political football in Campaign 2016, booted around hardest by Republican Donald Trump, but Pablo Alvarado seeks a more humane approach, reports Dennis J Bernstein.

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Campaign 2016, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

Big Money’s Conquest of Democratic Party

June 8, 2016

As Hillary Clinton finally clinches the Democratic nomination, the big question facing Democrats is: are they now the party of big money and elite special interests or will the Sanders’ revolt live on and grow, write Bill Moyers and Michael Winship.

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Campaign 2016, Constitution, Environment, Foreign Policy, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

GOP Congress Plays Pentagon Budget Games

June 8, 2016

Despite a nearly $600 billion military budget, congressional Republicans are demanding even more money for the Pentagon, while rejecting cuts in spending for military bands and resisting emergency funds to fight the Zika virus, notes Mike Lofgren.

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Campaign 2016, Constitution, Human Rights, Media, Obama Administration, Politics

Failure of America’s Two Parties

June 7, 2016

The U.S. political process, which fancies itself the world’s “gold standard,” is ready to foist on the American people two disdained candidates, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, raising profound doubts about the two-party system, writes Nat Parry.

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Campaign 2016, Media, Obama Administration, Politics

Declaring Clinton’s Premature Victory

June 7, 2016

Exclusive: The mainstream media has run out screaming headlines and saturation TV coverage on AP’s tally that Hillary Clinton has nailed down the Democratic nomination, but the claims are misleading, reports Joe Lauria.

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Environment, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Lost History, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

Israel Covets Golan’s Water and Now Oil

June 7, 2016

Exclusive: Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu is defiantly asserting permanent control over the occupied Golan Heights, a determination strengthened by Israel’s extraction of water and now possibly oil from the land, writes Jonathan Marshall.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

Sanders Speaks against Racism, Injustice

June 6, 2016

As Hillary Clinton seeks to finally extinguish Bernie Sanders’s campaign, the Vermont senator continues to speak out against the Establishment’s neglect of social justice and against the racism coming from Donald Trump, reports Marjorie Cohn.

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

Europe Sleepwalks toward World War III

June 6, 2016

The West’s scary new catch phrase for anything the diabolical Russians do is “hybrid war,” accusing Moscow of spreading propaganda and funding NGOs, pretty much what the West has been doing for decades, as Gilbert Doctorow explains.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, Lost History, Obama Administration, Politics, Secrecy

Will Hillary Clinton Get Favored Treatment?

June 6, 2016

Exclusive: Hillary Clinton’s private emails jeopardized the safety of undercover CIA officers, suggesting criminal charges, but the Obama administration might make an exception for the Democratic frontrunner, says ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern.

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