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Let Alan Keyes Speak! (at the GOP Convention) |
by David Corn
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18 Aug 2004
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Please, Alan Keyes, please-rush the stage at the GOP convention and tell all that New York City was blasted by al Qaeda because of abortion. |
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Wild Oats goes bananas over union organizer |
by richard myers
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18 Aug 2004
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The Wild Oats natural food chain claims to be progressive, enlightened, worker- and environment-friendly. The truth is, Wild Oats is anti-union. |
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News :: Government Secrecy : International Relations : Iraq |
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Offensive Resumes in Najaf, Prompting Desertions of Iraqi Troops |
by Hannah Allam, Tom Lasseter and Dogen Hannah
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17 Aug 2004
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When Ali was asked about the number of guardsmen who have quit since al-Sadr's latest uprising, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Vernon Sparkmon cut him off.
"Certain things, you can't discuss," Sparkmon told Ali. "If somebody asks that question, that's, like, classified stuff." |
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Why Hugo Chavez Won a Landslide Victory |
by Medea Benjamin
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17 Aug 2004
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Sunday’s overwhelming victory for Chavez has given him an even stronger mandate for his “revolution for the poor.” |
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News :: Globalization : Media : Political-Economy |
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Buying Influence Among the Intelligentisia: Wal-Mart Tries to Shine Its Image by Supporting Public Broadcasting |
by Constance L. Hays
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17 Aug 2004
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Joining fellow corporate criminal Archer-Daniels-Midland, Wal-Mart is attempting to polish its union-busting, monopolistic image by buying time on public broadcasting. |
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What to Do if the FBI "Drops By" Your Home or Office |
by Varlet...and the National Lawyers Guild
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16 Aug 2004
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US Government's COINTELPRO - Still Undead
The stinking corpse of the FBI's infamous "Counter-Intelligence Program", or COINTELPRO, which was used from the 1940s through the 1970s against Communists, Anarchists, Civil Rights Activists and sundry other decent working-class militants, and which was "allegedly" discontinued in 1971, is fully risen from the grave once again.
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Is Our Media Covering its Errors or Covering Them Up? |
by Danny Schechter
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16 Aug 2004
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In short, most of our media, with the exception, perhaps, of excellent reporting by Knight Ridder and some exemplary dissenting journalists, still largely support the war including the government’s rationalizations and narrative. (“Support” can be measured in what is covered and what is not, what experts we hear from and which we do not, and how many thoughtful Iraqi’s themselves make it into our news.)
These larger media failures have still not been admitted, much less debated. That’s why the term “weapons of mass deception” still applies to our media coverage of a war that is at war with the truth. |
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