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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...

Privatizers poked

January 7, 2009 By 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...

Women workers expect early victories from new Congress

January 7, 2009

On Jan.7 the House of Representatives is expected to hand workers a victory by passing two bills to ensure equal pay for women and reverse the 2007 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that severely restricted the rights...

U.S. hidden role in Hamas rise to power

January 6, 2009

Reposted from AlterNet, www.alternet.org. The United States bears much of the blame for the ongoing bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and nearby parts of Israel. Indeed, were it not for misguided Israeli and American policies, Hamas...