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2013/04/23

Greg Palast: Venezuela’s Recent Election — A History of Democracy Against Empire

Did Chavez’ Pick Steal the Election in Venezuela? By Greg Palast for Vice Magazine – Leer el artículo en español aquí. Tuesday, 23. April 2013 The guy in the cheap brown windbreaker walking up the dirty tenement steps to my New York office looked like a bus driver. Nicolas Maduro, elected President of Venezuela last Sunday, did …

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2013/01/30

Mike Lofgren: Chuck Hagel and American Empire

Chuck Hagel and the American Empire Hagel’s legislative record belies his potential role as bit player on the stage of the American empire, unlikely to wield the kind of influence suggested by the controversy over his nomination. Wednesday, 30 January 2013 00:00 By Mike Lofgren, Truthout | Op-Ed Ideological elements of both the Left and …

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2012/05/19

Gary North: Empires Disintegrate

The Looming Reversal of Centralization by Gary North Tea Party Economist “Centralization induces apoplexy at the center and anemia at the extremities.” ~ Lamenais The present political system is clearly insane. It suffers from schizophrenia. Around the world, almost no one trusts the politicians, yet almost everyone votes for incumbent politicians who promise to reform …

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2012/04/022012/04/02

Mini-Me: Empire Flames on the Edges, Loses the Backyard

Huh? Latin America to be Innovative in Rio+20 Prensa Latina, 2 April 2012 Quito, Apr 2 (Prensa Latina) Latin America is the only region with capacity to propose innovative initiatives at the World Conference on Sustainable Development Río+20 in the context of today’s global crisis, said Mario Ruales, advisor for Environmental Affairs. Ruales told Prensa …

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2012/04/012012/04/01

Review: GLOBAL PREDATOR – U.S. Wars for Empire

Stewart Halsey Ross 5.0 out of 5 stars 6 Stars for Coherence, Simplicity, & Morality,April 1, 2012 I read a lot — over 1800 books (including some DVDs) here at Amazon, in 98 categories, all but one non-fiction. This book is by a self-taught historian and self-described contrarian revisionist, and I will observe with the …

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2012/03/24

Mini-Me: What Price When Empire Represses the Truth?

Huh? The dangers of reporting the ‘war on terror’ We look at Obama’s role in the continued imprisonment of a Yemeni journalist and the issues behind it. Al Jazeera, 24 March 2012 Rarely does the Listening Post dedicate a whole show to the story of a single journalist. But when that story speaks so eloquently …

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2012/03/23

David Swanson: Shifting Strategies of the US Empire

The Shifting Strategies of Empire By David Swanson Remarks at the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) Conference: President Obama this week declared the war on Iraq to be an honorable success that has given us a brighter future. Are you fired up? Ready to go? Eric Holder this month explained that it’s legal for a …

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