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Political Cartoon: First Libya, then Syria and finally Iran
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Worth a Thousand Words: Bradley Manning & Imperialism
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Israel-Iran shadow war
* In the past two years, four Iranian scientists have been mysteriously assassinated * The only one to survive so far is Fereidoun Abbasi-Davani, now the head of Iran’s atomic energy organization, who jumped away from his car seconds before… Read More ›
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Longest Palestinian hunger strike ends in deal
(Reuters) – A Palestinian held without trial ended a 66-day hunger strike Tuesday after Israeli authorities promised to release him in April in a deal that avoided judicial review of its detention policy. Khader Adnan, a 33-year-old member of the… Read More ›
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Assassinating Iranian Scientists
The Original Sin: Assassinating Iranian Scientists by ISMAEL HOSSEIN-ZADEH To avoid restating the obvious, or repeating what others have already established, I take these facts as givens: that the main perpetrator of the assassination of Iranian scientists has been the… Read More ›
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98-year-old Conn. woman facing eviction by son says her home means ‘everything’ to her
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Peter Kantorowski wanted his 98-year-old mother to move into a nursing home or live with him. She wouldn’t go; she didn’t want to leave her home of nearly 60 years. Finally, Kantorowski went to court —… Read More ›
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New Jersey Governor Christie vetoes gay marriage
(Reuters) – Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a bill legalizing gay marriage as promised on Friday, asking lawmakers instead to appoint an advocate for same-sex couples under the state’s existing civil union law. Christie, a supporter of Republican… Read More ›
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Video Exposes Chevron’s Decimation of Indigenous Groups In Ecuador’s Amazon
NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2012 — A Sordid Tale of Crime and Cover-up By Major U.S. Oil Company NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In the Ecuadorian rainforest, far from the eyes of the U.S. news media, sits one… Read More ›
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Oklahoma close to becoming first state to enact ‘personhood’ bill
The organization Personhood USA has been leading state efforts to get a personhood bill made into law. Last year it was behind a similar referendum in Mississippi that eventually failed. Oklahoma could become the first state to give individual rights… Read More ›
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If A Tree Falls…
“If a tree falls, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” This question has become iconic in our society and has inspired many debates. The idea behind it is that, if one is not… Read More ›
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Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike poses challenge for Israel
JERUSALEM — A Palestinian prisoner who has refused food for two months to protest his detention without trial is in “immediate danger of death,” according to his attorneys and a doctor from an Israeli medical rights group who examined him… Read More ›
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U.S. carrier crosses Hormuz amid rising Gulf tensions
(Reuters) – A U.S. aircraft carrier strike group sailed through the Strait of Hormuz Tuesday more than a month after Iran warned a different carrier — USS John C. Stennis — not to return to the Gulf as Iranian navy… Read More ›
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Western Libya Militias Form Alliance Against Government
Leader of New Federation Lashes NTC for Gadhafi Ties As the nation still suffers the aftershocks from last year’s civil war, the battle lines for the next Libyan Civil War are starting to take shape today, with the announcement that… Read More ›
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Taliban Warns US to Learn From Soviet Defeat
It was 23 years ago this week that the Soviet occupation forces finally gave up on a bloody decade-long war in Afghanistan, limping out of the country with their own economy in tatters, and the Soviet-backed Afghan government on the… Read More ›
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Myths About Socialism: Is It Really Just a Matter of Corporate Greed?
Unlike other political philosophers, Karl Marx did not simply dream up an ideal society or concoct ad hoc solutions to the social problems he saw in his time. Marx was an observer who devoted far more of his time and energy… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 