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Unemployment systems crash as jobless numbers hit 26-year high
January 8, 2009Jobless benefit filing systems all over the country are crashing this week as an unprecedented wave of tens of thousands of newly unemployed Americans scrambles to survive. The states are saying that their web sites are...
Read moreWhy do they hate Cuba?
January 8, 2009The U.S. government assumes that regular rules don’t apply to Cuba. Take for example the arms shipments proceeding from Honduras to Florida. Neither the U.S. military nor a military contractor is involved. Instead, Sanco Global Arms...
Read moreCensored 2009: Top 25 most censored stories
January 8, 2009According to a study undertaken by the British polling group Opinion Research Business, American military actions since 2003 have led to the death of one million Iraqi people, rivaling mass killings in Rwanda in 1994 and...
Read moreHumanitarian crisis in Gaza
January 8, 2009A sampling of reports indicate the shocking toll on civilians in Gaza: World Health Organization, Jan. 5: Two shells hit 15 meters from Al Awda hospital’s emergency room. A nurse sustained severe head injuries. Three mobile...
Read morePrivatizers poked
January 7, 2009The advanced privatization schemes of the far right in Texas are unraveling, and the perpetrators are going down. Privatization of government-run services has been a principle feature for neo-conservative rule worldwide since they took over in...
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