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Daschle Admits -- Then Denies -- That White House Agreed With Industry To Scrap Public Option (Brian Beutler)
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle acknowledged that the public option didn't survive the health care debate because of a "understanding" that the White House reached with health care ...
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There Is Class War, and Rich Are Winning (Dave Zweifel)
Oct. 6, 2010 -- The Capital Times (Wisconsin) -- A University of Chicago law professor created a firestorm of controversy last month when he blogged that he and his wife are barely making ends meet ...
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BOOKS: Canada and Israel -- Building Apartheid. By Yves Engler (Jim Miles)
Canada and Israel -- Building Apartheid. Yves Engler. RED/Fernwood Publishing, Canada. 2010. Oct. 5, 2010 (Palestine Chronicle) -- While much is made of U.S. support of Israel, its unstinting ...
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Dissent in the Age of Obama (Cindy Sheehan)
Peace activists had high hopes of an Obama presidency only to face the harsh realities of FBI raids and intimidation “The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, ...
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Fmr. Intelligence Director: New Cyberattack May Be Worse Than 9/11 (Max Fisher)
Sept. 30, 2010 (The Atlantic) -- Speaking at the Washington Ideas Forum at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., former Director of National Intelligence and Director of the National Security Agency Mike ...
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One in 28 US Kids Has a Parent in Prison: Study (Daniel Tencer)
Oct. 1, 2010 (Raw Story) -- The United States' exceptionally high rate of incarceration is causing economic damage not only to the people behind bars but to their children and taxpayers as a whole, ...
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Will Americans Act to Prevent Economic and Environmental Collapse? (Ted Rall)
Oct. 1, 2010 -- PHILADELPHIA (Information Clearing House) -- I am touring to promote my new book. "The Anti-American Manifesto" lays out America's biggest problems and what we can do to fix them. ...
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Global Unemployment to Trigger Further Social Unrest, UN Agency Forecasts (Julia Kollewe)
International Labour Organisation (ILO) notes that social unrest has already been reported in at least 25 countries Oct. 1, 2010 (The Guardian) -- The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has ...
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Animal Rights/Vegan Issues: Where's the Left? (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust March 17, 2010 -- In a recent article, I discussed how America’s top liberal (sic) eco-spokesperson, Al Gore, conveniently ignores the primary cause of climate change: ...
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Himalayas Unsettled by Melting Glaciers, More Avalanches (Bhuwan Sharma)
The Tso Rolpa glacial lake in central Nepal has grown due to the faster melting of snow with global warming. (Credit:Kishor Rimal/IPS) Oct. 4, 2010 -- KATHMANDU (Inter Press Service) -- For the last ...
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US Top Court Refuses to Hear Guantanamo Wiretap Case (Agence France Presse)
A member of the US military mans the guard post before sunrise at Camp Delta. (AFP) Oct. 4, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (Agence France Presse) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a plea by 23 ...
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