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Most Censored News Stories of 2001-2002
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30 Aug 2002
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The media research group Project Censored at Sonoma State University announced today its list of the most under-covered "censored" news stories of 2001-2002.
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The Logic Of Shrubbery
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30 Aug 2002
Surely you've all heard of Bush's "Healthy Forests" plan in which logging companies will lower the risk of fires by "thinning out" our forests...?
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Labor Day Report: CEOs Who Cooked the Books Earned 70% More
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30 Aug 2002
A recent IRS study shows that hocus-pocus accounting techniques allowed companies to report profits to shareholders that were 24% higher than the profits reported to the IRS. Profits reported to shareholders rose from $753 billion in 1996 to $817 billion in 1998, while corporate profits reported to the government declined over the same period from $660 billion to $658 billion.
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Annual Summer Smog Study Shows Persistent Public Health Threat
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30 Aug 2002
Annual Summer Smog Study Shows Persistent Public Health Threat In Nearly Every State: EPA Changes to Clean Air Regulations Would Exacerbate Already Dire Problem

As of August 11, the state of Illinois had already experienced 175 ozone exceedances, again more than quadruple the number recorded in either 2000 or 2001.
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IMC Video from Palestine available now!
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30 Aug 2002
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The SHORTWAVE REPORT 8/30/02 ˇListen Globally!
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29 Aug 2002
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast upon notification. Germany, Spain, Netherlands, and Cuba.
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Globalization Fails to Deliver the Goods
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29 Aug 2002
For starters: the real median wage in 1973 was $12.45 (measured in 2000 dollars). In 2000 it was about $12.90. Considering that the US economy grew by 72 percent (per person) during that period, somebody got shafted. Since the median is by definition the middle of the wage ladder, that somebody includes the majority of employees in the United States -- not just the textile or steel workers who have been hit directly by foreign competition.
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U.S. GREENS AT THE EARTH SUMMIT TO CHALLENGE
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29 Aug 2002
Eight demands addressing global ecology and economy to be
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Promote alternative media!
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26 Aug 2002
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It started off as a simple idea: put together a two-sided flyer featuring information on alternative websites, magazines, and books. Make the flyer widely available so that people could pass it out to other people on the street.
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