27 December 2008
Class is a dirty word
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Jason Miller
“Class is a dirty word in that it gets close to the truth about who governs and for whose benefit.” -Michael Parentiz

In the land of those who think they’re free and the home of savage capitalism, class is indeed a dirty...
25 December 2008
Dark prayer
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Robert Koehler
The water churned and pushed against the ice with a dark seriousness that reminded me of prayer.

Subzero Chicago night at the edge of the year, the edge of change, the edge of what’s bearable. I stood on an old breakwater, a...
18 December 2008
The pacifier tree
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Robert Koehler
"Dad, did you know the governor of Illinois was arrested?"

Well, no. This was last week. I was in Denmark, visiting my daughter, and this was my first news from Crazy Land in a while. It's dangerous to go online when I'm...
09 December 2008
The silent winter of escalation
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Norman Solomon
Sunday morning, before dawn, I read in the New York Times that “the Pentagon is planning to add more than 20,000 troops to Afghanistan” within the next 18 months -- “raising American force levels to about 58,000” in that country. Then I...
08 December 2008
Interview with Iraqi journalist Salam Talib
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Tom Over
On October 22, 2008, I recorded a talk I had with Salam Talib, who is a computer engineer and journalist from Iraq and who is now studying in San Francisco. He has worked with US independent journalist, Dahr Jamail, and other independent...
05 December 2008
When will we liberate the Iraqis?
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David Swanson
I know, I know, Bush liberated the Iraqis. But when will we liberate them from Bush's liberation? Well, ideally, the American people will rise up tomorrow and force Congress to cease funding the occupation and to vote an immediate and...

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