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Do the Taliban represent the Pashtuns? Pt2
Junaid: Pashtuns didn't agree with their al Qaeda guests 9/11 attack, but US repeated Soviet mistake
February 9, 2010
Carbon caps - who gets the cash? Pt2
James Boyce: Auction, cap and rebate is a better way to control carbon emissions
February 9, 2010 Dangerous steps in Iran's nuclear danceAsia Times
Iran condemned as it reveals nuclear plansThe Independent
U.N. Climate Panel and Chief Face Credibility Siege
Wall Street's Killer Instinct Spells Death Knell for JobsCounterPunch
Christopher Hayes: The Breakdown: Defense Spending and the 2011 Budget (podcast)The Nation
Obama's Secret Police: How a radical conspiracy theory traveled from the Tea Party movement to the US Congress.Mother Jones
Pakistani Taliban Leader Is Dead
For Kremlin, an Election in Ukraine Cuts Two WaysNew York Times
Progressives and the Democratic Party Pt.4
Cohen: Far right Republicans are dangerous, but also need to primary against corporate Democrats
The US Fiscal Deficit: Scare Stories vs Reality 2
Pollin: It will take a powerful movement to push for better economic policy
February 6, 2010 William Fisher: Rights: Legal Experts Slam 'Targeted Killings' of US CitizensGlobal Issues
CORRUPTION: U.S. Banks Abetting Corrupt Regimes, Probe FindsInter Press Service
Obama invites GOP to health-care summitWashington Post
White Racial Resentment Bubbles Under the Surface of the Tea Party MovementAlterNet
Report: 'No strategic value' to Afghan outpost where 8 died (VIDEO)
Is Tim Geithner Paying Attention To the Global Economy?The Baseline Scenario
Gareth Porter: Peace Talks May Follow Ex-Taliban Mediators PlanInter Press Service
The US Military: A Mindset of BarbarismTruthout
House likely to end health insurers' antitrust exemptionMcClatchy Newspapers
The Commercial Super Bowl: Voyeuristic Horndogs, Hot Babes, Flatulent Slackers, and God's Quarterback Star in the Big GameTomDispatch.com
Will Obama Play the War Card?Antiwar.com
Gates Disputes Deal on Iran's Nuke Program
Paul Krugman: Fiscal Scare Tactics
Les Leopold: $150 Billion Reasons Why Wall Street Loves Political Gridlock
The Real Ugliness of the Obama / Wall Street ConnectionSeeking Alpha
Standing Strong for Single Payer: Bill Moyers interviews Dr. Margaret Flowers (VIDEO)Bill Moyers Journal/PBS
Statement of Haitian organizations and platforms: After the catastrophe, what are the perspectives?Alainet.org
"If You Were in Secret Prisons ... " The Trial of Aafia Siddiqui
Laura Flanders: What If the Landrieu Phone Plot Perpetrators Were Liberal? Or Muslim? (VIDEO)AlterNet/Grit TV
Crude oil prices drop as investors seek safe haven in the U.S. dollarOil Price.com
The new battle of the right and left in IsraelHaaretz
Volunteers fight dark side of Super Bowl: child prostitution
The US Fiscal Deficit: Scare Stories vs. Reality
Robert Pollin: There are ways to cut the deficit without freezing social spending
February 6, 2010
Progressives and the Democratic Party Pt.3
Jeff Cohen: The struggle within the Democratic Party, starting from the Viet Nam War
Ronald Charles: Three critical things that must be done to solve the problems of Haiti's future
Mainstream news attributes Haitian poverty to the supernatural, avoiding history of foreign intervention
January 26, 10 New US jobless claims jump more than expectedAFP
Mystery Men of the Financial CrisisNew York Times
Fury at Wall St. Banks Fuels Public Action for Move Your Money Campaign
White House Prepares for Possibility of 2 Supreme Court VacanciesABC News
Shh! Were trying to keep the war in Pakistan a secretTrue/Slant
Bush and Blair did strike Iraq deal, says Welsh MPWales Online
David Swanson: Top 10 Problems with America Killing Its Own CitizensAfter Downing Street
Barry M. Lando: Master of Treachery: Kissinger on IraqCounterPunch
10 Americans charged in Haiti with kidnappingAssociated Press
Haitians will defend their sovereignty Pt.4
Ronald Charles: Three critical things that must be done to solve the problems of Haiti's future
February 5, 2010
US court: Pak. woman guilty of attempted murder
A Pakistani female neuroscientist has been convicted of trying to kill US soldiers and FBI agents
February 5, 2010
Haiti children 'taken from unaffected areas'
As the US missionaries in Haiti are charged with kidnapping, Channel 4 News reports
February 5, 2010
New mindset for US foreign policy? Pt.3
Scott: The military-industrial-counterterrorism complex is beyond Eisenhower's worst nightmare
February 4, 2010
Progressives and the Democratic Party Pt.2
Cohen: Corporate plans took Democrats to the right and Republicans to the far right
February 3, 2010 Exclusive: How corporations secretly move millions to fund political adsThe Raw Story
Deepening Debt Crisis: The Bernanke Reappointment: Be Afraid, Very AfraidGlobal Research
New York state sues Bank of America, execsMcClatchy Newspapers
Pentagon appears to impede independent autopsy of Gitmo suicideThe Raw Story
Andy Worthington: Bagram: Graveyard of the Geneva ConventionsTruthout
Lawyer: Assassination program breaks lawsThe Raw Story
India has threatened to pull out of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeTelegraph
John Nichols: Progressive Leader Donna Edwards Is Out in Front to Stop Corporate Dominance of ElectionsThe Nation
William Fisher: Patriot Act - Eight Years LaterTruthout
The Republican Plan, II: Youre On Your Own
Shadow Elite: How the World's New Power Brokers Are Upending Our Democracy
Haitians Under U.S. Treatment Are Often Separated From FamiliesPropublica
Obama grows the drug war, with enforcement a clear priorityThe Raw Story
Jeb Bush is back, and some think he's looking presidentialMcClatchy Newspapers
Ronald Charles: Providing aid like this is a way to humiliate us and many Haitians will not accept it
People in the streets accusing prime minister of shutting down parliament to avoid war crimes inquiry
February 1, 10 Huge Deficits May Alter U.S. Politics and Global PowerNew York Times
Populism: It's use and abuseThe Baseline Scenario
Paul Krugman: Good and BoringNew York Times
Robert Fisk: In the West Bank's stony hills, Palestine is slowly dyingThe Independent
John Pilger: The kidnapping of HaitiNew Statesman
Hilarious Media Prank: Fake Website with President Clinton and Stephen Harper Statements on HAITICinema Libre Studio.com
Why Do People Often Vote Against Their Own Interests?BBC News
Plan to oust Saddam drawn up two years before the invasion (before 9/11). See the secret document, made public for the very first timeThe Independent
White House to roll out $3.8 trillion budget planCNN
Paul Volcker: How to Reform Our Financial System
Final Thoughts on Volckerfest 2010The Baseline Scenario
Obama to Seek Sweeping Change in No Child LawNew York Times
Dont Ask, Don't Tell Goes Before Congress TuesdayNew York Times
Haitis Debt has Stripped the Country of its Means to Rebuild ItselfCinema Libre Studio.com
Haitians will defend their sovereignty
Ronald Charles: This way of providing aid is a way to humiliate us and many Haitians will not accept it
February 1, 2010
New mindset for US foreign policy? Pt.2
Peter Dale Scott: If you unleash the dogs of war it's not easy to pull them back.
February 1, 2010 The Battle of the Titans: JP Morgan Versus Goldman Sachs Or Why the Market Was Down for 7 Days in a RowGlobal Research
U.S. Speeding Up Missile Defenses in Persian GulfThe New York Times
Senate Quietly Passes Iran Sanctions BillTruthout
Hamas Accepts Existence of Israel Within 1967 Borders'Inter Press Service
F. William Engdahl: The Fateful Geological Prize Called HaitiGlobal Research
Davos: FSA chief turns on valueless carry tradeTimes Online
CLIMATE CHANGE: Copenhagen Accord Not Legal, Kyoto Protocol IsInter Press Service
Water Heist: Corporations Are Targeting Cash-Strapped Cities for Control of Their Public Water
California Senate Passes Medicare for All LegislationCommon Dreams
US firm kicked out of Peru mining group for pollutionThe Raw Story
New mindset for US foreign policy?
Peter Dale Scott: The President does not choose the mindset, it chooses the people who become President
January 31, 2010
"The Afghan Government is not worth fighting for"
The Doha Debates takes on the Afghan war
January 31, 2010
TRNN speaks to settlers, Palestinians, and experts to understand the process of land confiscation in OPT
Corporation Runs For Maryland Congressional Seat To Protest SCOTUS Campaign Finance DecisionThink Progress
Jason Leopold: Justice Department Clears Torture Memo Authors John Yoo, Jay Bybee of Misconducttruthout
Secret banking cabal emerges from AIG shadowsBloomberg
10 Ways to Stop Corporate Dominance of PoliticsYes! Magazine
William Greider: Geithner Must Go--and the Future of the FedThe Nation
Robert Parry: The Supreme Court's PartisanshipConsortium News
Angry China retaliates over US $6B arms sale to Taiwan
AFGHANISTAN: US Night Raids and Secret Prisons Anger CiviliansInter Press Service
Pentagon Master Plan: Super-Size My Drone FleetWired
Goldstone report: Israel and Palestinians respond to UN
Joshua Holland: Gotta Love the Rights Liberal Media Conspiracy Theory
GOP Dismayed by Obama's Strong Performance, Say it Was a 'Mistake' to Let Cameras RollThink Progress
In State of the Union, Obama panders to conservatives on clean energyGrist
The Real News investigates the mechanism by which Israeli settlements come about and expand in the OPT.
January 28, 2010
Canada's pro-democracy movement
People in the streets accusing Prime Minister of shutting down Parliament to avoid war crimes inquiry
January 29, 10
Mainstream news attributes Haitian poverty to the supernatural, avoiding history of foreign intervention
January 26, 10
Brzezinski and the Grand Chessboard
Zbigniew Brzezinski: America must dominate the world for a generation to prevent global anarchy
January 16, 2010 Bernanke Wins New Term: Fed Chief on Shaky Footing After Confirmation Fight; Tough Calls Ahead on RatesWall Street Journal
A Colossal Failure Of Governance: The Reappointment of Ben BernankeThe Baseline Scenario
Two at Fed Had Doubts Over Payout by A.I.G.New York Times
Economy to See Biggest Growth Spurt in Years
Paul Krugman: March of the PeacocksNew York Times
Robert Reich, Former Secretary of Labor: Obama Needs To Teach The Public How to Get Out Of The Mess We're In, But He's NotRobert Reich's Blog
Fidel Castro: On Haiti Two Weeks After: We Send Doctors, Not SoldiersHavana Times
Obama's Secret Prisons: Night Raids, Hidden Detention Centers, the "Black Jail" and the Dogs of War in AfghanistanTomDispatch
Corruption in Afghanistan: It's Even Worse Than You ThinkMother Jones
Gazprom: Angel or Demon?Oil Price.com
Henry A. Giroux: Howard Zinn: A Public Intellectual Who MatteredTruthout