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June 25, 2012

Why We Fight

The men and women in despair who rise up against the corporate onslaught don’t do it to save themselves. They do it because it is right.


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Published on June 25, 2012 02:20

June 18, 2012

Occupy Will Be Back

In every conflict, insurgency, uprising and revolution I have covered as a foreign correspondent, the power elite used periods of dormancy, lulls and setbacks to write off the opposition.


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Mitt Has Mexican Roots ... So What?


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Published on June 18, 2012 03:46

June 10, 2012

America’s Street Priest

Daniel Berrigan, undaunted at 92 and full of the fire that makes him one of this nation’s most courageous voices, says there is one place where those who care about justice need to be—in the streets.


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Northern Light


Northern Light








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Published on June 10, 2012 21:22

June 3, 2012

Northern Light

Those of us who care about a civil society, and who abhor violence, should begin to replicate what is happening in Quebec. Their fight is our fight.


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The Best Watchdog Journalism on Obama’s National Security Policies


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GOP Criticizes Obama After Weak Jobs Report Spurs Stock Market Sell-Off


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Published on June 03, 2012 23:22

May 28, 2012

The War on Gays

In most of America, life for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people is getting worse—much worse.


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Why Bain Questions Matter








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Published on May 28, 2012 02:15

May 18, 2012

A Victory for All of Us

We hoped we could draw attention to the injustice of the law. None of us thought we would win. But every once in a while the gods smile on the damned.


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Chris Hedges on the NDAA Injunction


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Published on May 18, 2012 17:13

May 14, 2012

May 7, 2012

The People’s Bishop

Retired Episcopal Bishop George Packard was arrested for the second time as part of the Occupy protests. His moral and intellectual courage stands in stark contrast with the timidity of nearly all clergy and congregants in all of our major religious institutions.


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Zombie Politics: Dangerous Authoritarianism or Shrinking Democracy - Part II


Zombie Politics: Dangerous Authoritarianism or Shrinking Democracy - Part II








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Published on May 07, 2012 04:08

April 30, 2012

Welcome to the Asylum

The World Health Organization calculates that one in four people in the United States suffers from chronic anxiety, a mood disorder or depression—which seems to me to be a normal reaction to our march toward collective suicide.


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An Open Letter to the Arizona State Legislature: Don’t Stop Now!


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Published on April 30, 2012 03:49

April 23, 2012

The Globalization of Hollow Politics

I went to Lille in northern France to attend a rally held by the socialist candidate Francois Hollande. I could, with a few alterations, have been at a football rally in Amarillo, Texas.


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Published on April 23, 2012 02:56

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