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Why do they hate Cuba?

January 8, 2009

The 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...

Censored 2009: Top 25 most censored stories

January 8, 2009 By Tim Pelzer

According 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...

Humanitarian crisis in Gaza

January 8, 2009

A 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...

Privatizers poked

January 7, 2009 By Gene Lantz And John Pappademos

The 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...

Screen actors up against producer tactics

January 7, 2009

Hollywood producers, like many other bosses, are showing that they are all to willing to use the current economic crisis to squash attempts by the workers to better their living conditions. As the Screen Actors Guild...