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  • Capitalism in Action: the Case of BP's Oil Spill

    Prabir Purkayastha, Newsclick, 30 July, 2010

    On the 22 of April, ironically being observed world over as Earth Day, the Deepwater Horizon rig drilling in Gulf of Mexico, blew up killing 11 workers and creating one of the worst oil spills...

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  • Obama's Nuclear Measures – More Atmospherics, Little Substance

    Prabir Purkayastha, Newsclick, 23 April 2010

    There are three important events that have taken place recently on the nuclear issue. One of this is the restarting of the stalled START process of cutting down of nuclear weapons by the US...

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  • The David Headley Chase

    Prabir Purkayastha, Newsclick, 6 april 2010

    India's chase of David Headley – asking for access to Headley – still continues with no real resolution in sight. While the Government and its spokespersons are expressing...

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  • Tomgram: Michael Schwartz, Will Iraq's Oil Ever Flow?

    Michael Schwartz , Tom Dispatch, 2 February 2010

    Americans have largely stopped thinking about Iraq, even though we still have approximately 110,000 troops there, as well as the largest “embassy” on the planet (and ...

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  • Tomgram: Shooting Gnats with a Machine Gun

    Nick Turse and Tom Engelhardt, 14 January 2010

    In his book on World War II in the Pacific, War Without Mercy, John Dower tells an extraordinary tale about the changing American image of the Japanese fighting man....

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  • Of Underwear Bombs and Smart Missiles

    Prabir Purkayastha, Newsclick, 11 January 2010

    After Umar Abdulmutallab’s, the “underwear” bomber’s attack on the Amsterdam-Detroit flight, the US response has been to start installing full body scanners at airports...

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  • Why Wikileaks Must Be Protected

    John Pilger, 21 August 2010

    On 26 July, Wikileaks released thousands of secret US military files on the war in Afghanistan. Cover-ups, a secret assassination unit and the killing of civilians are documented. In file after...

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  • The Charge Of The Media Brigade

    John Pilger, July 08, 2010

    Washington -- The TV anchorwoman was conducting a split screen interview with a journalist who had volunteered to be a witness at the execution of a man on death row in Utah for 25 years....

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  • UN Envoy Says Afghan Strategy is Too 'Military-Driven'

    Dion Nissenbaum, McClatchy Newspapers, 07 March 2010

    Hours before boarding a flight out of Kabul, Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide delivered a final warning Saturday as he wrapped up his two-year tenure as the top United Nations diplomat in...

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  • Liz Cheney's 'al-Qaida 7' smear

    The Guardian

    If any further proof were needed that Liz Cheney is a chip off the old block of her father, then have a look at this video that her Keep America Safe front organisation is running. Using...

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  • Students Protest Fee Hikes at Universities

    Peter Henderson, Reuters, 4 March 2010

    More than 100 such events in over 30 states were scheduled for a "Day of Action" in support of public education across the country, prompted by tuition hikes and program cuts that...

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  • What the Muslim World Can Teach Us About Nonviolence

    Randall Amster J.D. , t r u t h o u t , 05 February 2010

    It might be a bad dream, but it feels real enough. The mantle of warfare slips seamlessly from one president to another, from one party to another, from one decade to another,...

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