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Editorials
There can no longer be any doubt about the character of the wars being waged by
the U.S. government in Iraq and Afghanistan.
They are not just Bush-Cheney wars, although these mass murderers should not be
left off the hook.
They represent more than a mistaken policy or a particularly brutal group of
politicians in the pockets of the oil companies.
These wars flow from the economic system that prevails in the United States.
The class that sits atop this vast capitalist economy is never satisfied.
Millionaires have become billionaires largely on the super-profits wrung from
their worldwide empire....
Posted Mar 18, 2010
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There are nearly 100,000 U.S. troops in Iraq seven years after the
illegal aggression, plus an equal number of “contractors” —
mercenaries. The U.S. occupation has left more than 1 million dead and created
5 million refugees. Anyone who opposes this war should join the protests in
Washington or other regional centers on March 20....
Posted Mar 11, 2010
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The March 4 national action for education rights was a massive student and youth
outpouring that brought hope to many. But it was not only an upsurge of
university students, as welcome as that alone would be. Representative sectors
of the working class and of people of color joined the struggle and broadened
its meaning....
Posted Mar 10, 2010
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Crookedness in U.S. ruling-class politics is the rule, not the exception. To win
the game, politicians often have to play by the same rule book as their peers
— a book that’s filled with corrupt tricks. So why is it that some
politicians get singled out for exposure, if they’re all playing the game?...
Posted Mar 10, 2010
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The images have been embedded in people’s consciousnesses forever:
thousands of Katrina survivors — the vast majority African-American and
indigent — languishing in front of the Convention Center in New Orleans
waiting for food, clean water and other humanitarian needs to be met in
devastating heat....
Posted Mar 3, 2010
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Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, credited with organizing the fighting force of the
Palestinian liberation group Hamas, was assassinated in Dubai by Israeli Mossad
agents, perhaps working together with other professional killers. That, at
least, is what everyone believes and is the most reasonable explanation of his
murder....
Posted Feb 28, 2010
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Shockwaves rippled through California when Anthem Blue Cross, the largest
for-profit health insurance company in the state, announced increases in
premiums of up to 39 percent. This would affect 800,000 individual
policyholders....
Posted Feb 24, 2010
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Many people think it is human nature to be greedy, to put the interests of the
individual before the common good — in a word, to live in a dog-eat-dog
society. At the same time, they may be moved by suffering and want to help
others but usually find themselves stymied. Hey, that’s capitalism, what
can you do about it?...
Posted Feb 17, 2010
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In the year since President Barack Obama became commander in chief of the U.S.
armed forces, several assumptions made earlier by millions of people who wanted
no more wars — in the Middle East or elsewhere — have fallen....
Posted Feb 10, 2010
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A 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court decision on Jan. 21 removed restrictions
on corporate funding for campaign advertisements in federal elections,
handing the capitalists an unrestricted right to buy elections....
Posted Feb 3, 2010
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It is the height of racism that allows government figures and their talking
heads in the corporate media to even mention looting in reports on Haiti....
Posted Jan 27, 2010
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With most media focusing on Haiti and people here in the U.S. gripped by the
humanitarian crisis, they may have missed the dramatic news out of Afghanistan.
Even as thousands of U.S. troops were landing in Port-au-Prince, Afghan
resistance fighters carried out a coordinated attack in the heart of occupied
Kabul, the Afghan capital....
Posted Jan 24, 2010
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Looking for terrorists?...
Posted Jan 13, 2010
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The imperialists have always used catchy phrases to sell their predatory wars.
World War I was “the war to end all wars.” The modern war for economic subjugation of oppressed nations by the small class
of super-rich capitalists is labeled “the war on terrorism.”...
Posted Jan 6, 2010
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