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Dahr
Jamail | On Bringing War Criminals to Justice
Dahr
Jamail, Truthout: A grocery store owner burned to death in
his car; a pregnant woman was beaten; a man was left comatose after
severe head trauma. These are among the accusations against US
forces made recently at the Iraq Commission hearing in Belgium,
which explored ways to bring justice to those responsible for war
crimes in the catastrophic invasion of Iraq.
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the Article and View the Photos
Brought
Together by Keystone Pipeline Fight, "Cowboys and Indians" Heal Old
Wounds
Kristin
Moe, Yes! Magazine: As indigenous tribes and ranchers work
together to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, they're also learning
to understand each other's history, culture and relationship with
the land.
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the Article
Dean
Baker | What Problem Is Privatizing Fannie and Freddie Meant to
Solve?
Dean
Baker, Truthout: Many of those who were opposed to
privatizing Social Security have taken the side of the financial
industry in the battle over Fannie and Freddie. At the least, it
should be possible to block Wall Street's efforts to get a
government guarantee for their new foray into the mortgage-backed
securities market.
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the Article
Chris
Hedges | The Crime of Peaceful Protest
Chris
Hedges, Truthdig: Being an activist in peaceful mass
protest is the only real "crime" Cecily McMillan has committed
because the corporate state is extremely nervous about the mass
movements that have swept the country in recent years.
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the Article
Abu
Ghraib 10 Years Later: Challenging Corporate Impunity for
Torture
Vincent
Warren, Truthout: Suhail Al Shimari was beaten, starved,
threatened with death, electrically shocked and subjected to other
torture at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq without any justice while
war-profiteering contractors like CACI continue to earn millions
without carrying any legal risks for actions outside of the United
States - even when they lead to torture.
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the Article
How
George W. Bush Screwed This Generation of College
Students
The
Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: Instead of spending
trillions of dollars on prolonging the Bush legacy of unjust wars,
we should be spending those trillions by giving every eligible
student in the United States a free public college education.
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the Article
Amy
Goodman | Ralph Nader on TPP, GM Recall, Nuclear Power and the
"Unstoppable" Left-Right Anti-Corporate Movement
Amy
Goodman, Democracy Now!: Former presidential candidate and
longtime consumer advocate Ralph Nader discusses his latest book,
Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the
Corporate State.
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the Video and Read the Transcript
What
Happens When a Dark Money Group Blows Off IRS Rules?
Nothing
Kim
Barker and Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica: The Government
Integrity Fund spent most of its money on election ads, despite
Internal Revenue Service rules prohibiting a social welfare
nonprofit from doing so.
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the Article
American
Abu Ghraib Prisoner "Disappears"
Aisha
Maniar, Truthout: Shawki Ahmed Omar, an American-Jordanian
prisoner, held without due process in Iraq for almost 10 years,
"disappeared" around the time 2,400 other prisoners of Abu Ghraib
were reported to have been transferred to other prisons.
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the Article
Sushi
Summit Bottoms Out
Karen
Garcia, Sardonicky: There's suddenly a reason to be
cautiously optimistic: In the neoliberal death match euphemistically
known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the little guy just won an
important round against the steroid-fueled defending champions of
Team Corporate Elite.
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the Article
The
Road From Abu Ghraib: A Torture Story Without a Hero or an
Ending
Karen
J. Greenberg, TomDispatch: As long as those who perpetrated
torture policies are considered beyond the law, there will be no
safe landing for this national fall from grace that began with the
revelations at Abu Ghraib.
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the Article |