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textEconomic Recovery? What Recovery? by Stephen Lendman
America faces economic depression...
Posted: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 7:41am PDT
textGlobal BDS Against Israel Is Working by Stephen Lendman
Israel fears delegitimization...
Posted: Tue, Sep 7, 2010 11:31am PDT
textRipping Off Dead War Vets' Beneficiaries by Stephen Lendman
stealing from the dead...
Posted: Sun, Sep 5, 2010 8:27am PDT
documentHate Crimes Against Homeless Outnumber All Other Hate Crimes Combined
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by Edward Campbell
By Edward Campbell Burlington, VT, Sept. 4 (ECM)--Challenging the popular belief that racial and ethnic minorities are the most oppressed segments of American society the National Coalition for the Homeless, in its August 2010 report on Hate Crimes Against the Homeless, declared: “Violent, often fatal, attacks on homeless Americans now outnumber all other categories of hate crimes combined.”...
Posted: Sat, Sep 4, 2010 9:50am PDT
textFDA Releases Incomplete Data on Genetically Engineered Salmon by Dan Bacher
“No new data relating to the environmental and economic risks that transgenic salmon will pose if they escape into the wild was included in the materials released today,” said Erich Pica, President of Friends of the Earth US....
Posted: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 6:06pm PDT
textKatrina's Destructive Aftermath by Stephen Lendman
willful harm against thousands of people...
Posted: Thu, Sep 2, 2010 7:07am PDT
image106.9 Community Radio Benefit a Roaring Success!
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by kfuk
As the sounds of 106.9 Radio blared into the hot summer night, bands raged at the Tower Bar. The Array Orchestra, Vaginals, Beatless and Mermaid serenaded the crowd of community radio supporters. Fun was had by all and much cash was raised for the DIY radio effort!...
Posted: Fri, Aug 27, 2010 6:38pm PDT
textCoalition Demands FDA Deny Approval Of Frankenfish by Dan Bacher
If the FDA opens this door, GE fish will likely be among the millions of salmon that currently escape from open ocean pens every year. This could be the last blow to wild salmon stocks and in turn the thousands of men and women who depend on fishing for their livelihoods....
Posted: Fri, Aug 27, 2010 2:25pm PDT
textAntibiotic-free or not, meat should be off hospital menus by By Heather Moore
Hospitals across the country are starting to buy only antibiotic-free meats in an effort to improve the quality of the food that they serve to patients. This begs the question, "Why are hospitals serving meat in the first place?"...
Posted: Wed, Aug 25, 2010 10:12am PDT
imageFacebook Blocks Ads For Pot Legalization Campaign
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by HuffPost (repost)
Facebook spokesman Noyes says in a statement: "The image in question was no longer acceptable for use in Facebook ads. The image of a marijuana leaf is classified with all smoking products and therefore is not acceptable under our policies." Facebook objects to the pot leaf under medical circumstances, as well....
Posted: Tue, Aug 24, 2010 2:13pm PDT
textStreets of the state Capitol blocked to say, "NO MORE CUTS TO DISABLED SERVICES!" by gemma
A diverse assortment of disability rights activists demonstrate against Arnie's slash and burn budget that imperils health care for thousands of elderly and disabled across California....
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2010 4:59pm PDT
textCommunity Centers as a New Beginning by Marc Batko
With $1 billion, the US could build 4000 community centers for a quarter-million dollars each. The network of community centers in Vancouver Canada could be our model. Public spirit could arise to counter the exploding inequality....
Posted: Wed, Aug 18, 2010 9:28am PDT
textA Permanent Housing Collapse? by workers action
The recent chaos that erupted when 30,000 people waited hours in the Atlanta, Georgia heat to receive applications for subsidized housing is a mere symptom of a worsening national problem. The housing market appears to be on a never-ending downward spiral, with the much-discussed "recovery" always around the next corner....
Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2010 9:03pm PDT
textLetter to President Obama from the Progressive Caucus Officers by Progressive Caucus Officers
"But when we see you capitulate in advance of negotiations by submitting far less than the public needs and deserves (health care, financial regulation, public education, women's reproductive rights) or affirmatively go in the other direction (civil liberties, the war in Afghanistan, to name a few instances), we are deeply offended. Then, to add insult to injury, your Press Secretary, Mr. Gibbs, publicly castigates and belittles us as the 'professional left,' whatever that means, and suggests...
Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2010 9:19am PDT
textGaza's Poisoned Water by Stephen Lendman
Gazans are being suffocated and poisoned...
Posted: Sat, Aug 14, 2010 9:27am PDT
imageAn invitation to fertile resistance – the Peach Tree Project story
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by Long Island Food Not Bombs
The "Peach Tree Project" is a decentralized community agricultural program created by Long Island Food Not Bombs that is making strides in creating new ties of solidarity. From fruit trees to tomatoes, Food Not Bombs is upholding the truth that food does grow on trees, scarcity is a lie, and that food is a right & not a privilege!...
Posted: Tue, Aug 10, 2010 1:12pm PDT
audioWomen Must Save Social Security (audio/mpeg 7.5MB) by KPFA Women's Magazine
Kathie Piccagli of the Older Women's League talks with Women's Magazine's Kate Raphael. Audio 16:17...
Posted: Mon, Aug 9, 2010 1:18pm PDT
textIsraeli Prohibiting the Right to Demonstrate by Stephen Lendman
Israel attacking peaceful demonstrators...
Posted: Sun, Aug 8, 2010 7:23am PDT
textBTL:New Transitional Federal Law Provides Health Insurance to Patients with Pre-existing C by Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine...
Posted: Sat, Aug 7, 2010 6:22am PDT
textPalestinians Denied Access to Water by Stephen Lendman
a clear crime against humanity...
Posted: Fri, Aug 6, 2010 8:38am PDT
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