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November 17, 2010 - 9:38am -- jim
Analysis & Polemic
Electoral Politics

American Midterm Elections and Democracy A Video Interview with Noam Chomsky

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&I...

November 15, 2010 - 11:59am -- jim
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Economy

Bank of America Is in Deep Trouble, and There May Be Financial Disaster on the HorizonJoshua Holland, AlterNet

Will Bank of America be the first Wall Street giant to once again point a gun to its own head, telling us it'll crash and burn and take down the financial system if we don’t pony up for another massive bailout?

November 12, 2010 - 10:06am -- jim
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History

Turkey's Tattoo PoliticsPiotr Zalewski

Every year on November 10, at exactly 9:05 a.m., Europe's biggest city comes to a halt. Air raid sirens begin to blare. Pedestrians freeze in their tracks. Schools, factories, and government offices suspend work to observe two minutes of silence. On Istanbul's massive thoroughfares, cars, buses and trucks screech to a stop, their drivers and passengers spilling out onto the street, many of them teary eyed, to stand to attention.

November 12, 2010 - 9:59am -- jim
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Culture

Slavoj Zizek Is a Bourgeois Snob!Christian Lorentzen

A long line of fans formed around the stage at Cooper Union to have Slavoj Zizek sign books. They rattled off their names for the philosopher's dedication.

"Ian," said one.

"Like the writer," said Mr. Zizek, "McEwan."

"Kelvin," said another.

"Like the stupid temperature."

"Austin," said a third.

"Like Texas."

"Anna," said a fourth, "with two n's. I'm from Denmark."

August 28, 2010 - 1:14am -- sushil_yadav
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Ecology

Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment Sushil Yadav

The fast-paced, consumerist lifestyle of Industrial Society is causing exponential rise in psychological problems besides destroying the environment. All issues are interlinked. Our Minds cannot be peaceful when attention-spans are down to nanoseconds, microseconds and milliseconds. Our Minds cannot be peaceful if we destroy Nature.

Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment.

August 9, 2010 - 7:43am -- Anonymous Comrade (not verified)
Analysis & Polemic

A Letter to Our German Comrades Abahlali baseMjondolo

A Letter from Abahlali baseMjondolo in Durban, South Africa, to Basta! in Wuppertal, German, Saturday 19 June 2010

Friede unter den HüttenbewohnerInnen - Kampf der Macht der Reichen!

"Peace amongst the shack dwellers - struggle against the power of the rich"

The rich are killing our world. The rich in business, in government and in civil society are killing our world. They are killing our world with a top down system and by putting money before human beings.

August 8, 2010 - 3:53pm -- Anonymous Comrade (not verified)
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Work

"Serving our Life Sentence in the Shacks" Abahlali baseMjondolo

People all over South Africa have been asking the leaders of Abahlali baseMjondolo as to why the government continues to ignore the demands of the shack dwellers. They have been asking why after all the marches, statements, reports and meetings the Kennedy Road settlement continues to get burnt down through the endless shack fires. They have been referring in particular to the recent Kennedy Road shack fire on Sunday, 4 July 2010 that took four lives, leaving more than three thousand people displaced and homeless.

July 26, 2010 - 9:40am -- jim
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War

Interview with Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&I...

July 24, 2010 - 12:40am -- jim
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News

"We've Lost The Battle, But We Haven't Lost The War" Haiti Six Months After The Earthquake Beverly Bell

Truthout - July 15, 2010, http://www.truth-out.org/weve-lost-battle-we-havent-lost-war-haiti-six-m...

Haiti during the World Cup is much like my hometown of New Orleans was during the Superbowl. Don't try to make plans with anyone to do anything during a game. (In the more cash- rich New Orleans, the ban on non-game-related activity stretched back a day or two before a game, because there was

December 10, 2009 - 12:48pm -- Anonymous Comrade (not verified)
Analysis & Polemic
The State

The Political Meaning of the Attacks on Abahlali baseMjondolo Michael Neocosmos

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