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‘Iran Threat Reduction Act’ Actually Enhances Threat of War by Stephen Zunes

Published on Saturday, November 12, 2011 by Foreign Policy In Focus Congress is taking up dangerous legislation which appears to be designed to pave the way for war by taking the unprecedented step of effectively preventing any kind of U.S. diplomatic contact with Iran. The Iran Threat Reduction...

Posted by admin in Articles/Commentary by Members on 11 9th, 2011 | No Comments

From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy the Neighborhoods By Paul Rogat Loeb

The Occupy movement has done something amazing, getting Americans to start questioning our economic divides. It’s created spaces for people to come together, voice their discontents and dreams, creatively challenge destructive greed. It’s created powerful political theater, engaged ...

Posted by admin in Articles/Commentary by Members on 10 7th, 2011 | No Comments

Corporate Greed is on the Table: The Occupation Movement has Broken Through a Wall in America

Fri, 10/07/2011 - 13:51by: Dave Lindorff As I headed out in my ’94 Volvo to drive from Philadelphia to Washington for the first day of October2011.org, the occupation of Washington, I spotted some trouble: the ABS warning light on my dashboard panel was lit. Stopping at my neighborhood mechanic...

Posted by admin in Articles/Commentary by Members on 07 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

Cutting Social Security & Medicare Is Not “Fiscal Responsibility.” It’s Betrayal by Norman Solomon

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Posted by admin in Articles/Commentary by Members on 07 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

Praising the Hostage Takers: Will Obama Ever Hold the Republicans Accountable? By Paul Rogat Loeb

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-loeb/praising-the-hostage-take_b_906412.html Will Obama ever hold the Republicans accountable for their reckless and destructive actions? No matter how outrageous their demands, he keeps giving them legitimacy, first resisting, then compromising, then praising the...

Posted by admin in Articles/Commentary by Members on 07 21st, 2011 | No Comments

Congress and Its Colonialist Agenda by Stephen Zunes

Friday 15 July 2011 by: Stephen Zunes, Truthout | News Analysis New members of the 112th Congress on Capitol Hill, November 19, 2010. (Photo: Talk Radio News Service / Flickr) Up until the mid-20th century, Western attitudes regarding national freedom essentially went like this: the independence of white...

Posted by admin in Articles/Commentary by Members on 06 24th, 2011 | No Comments

Progressive Defense of Weiner Overlooks His Right-Wing Foreign Policy

Monday 20 June 2011 by: Stephen Zunes, Truthout | News Analysis Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-New York) at a press conference in May 2011. (Photo: TalkMediaNews) A surprising number of progressives have been expressing regret at the resignation of Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-New York) over the “sexting”...

Posted by admin in Articles/Commentary by Members on 06 6th, 2011 | No Comments

Glued to The Weather Channel While the World Burns By Paul Rogat Loeb

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-loeb/glued-to-the-weather-chan_b_871832.html Following the weather is beginning to feel like revisiting the Biblical plagues. Tornadoes rip through Missouri, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma—even Massachusetts. A million acres burn in Texas wildfires. The Army Corps...

Posted by admin in Articles/Commentary by Members on 05 11th, 2011 | No Comments

Norman Solomon in Grassroots Run for Congress Asks for Help

Norman Solomon — the North Bay political activist who has been a leader of the region’s Green New Deal commission and the national Healthcare Not Warfare campaign — announced on Wednesday (April 13) that he has filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for Congress. He said...

Posted by admin in Articles/Commentary by Members on 05 6th, 2011 | No Comments

The Killing of Bin Laden and the Threat of Al Qaeda

Stephen Zunes Professor of Politics and Chair of Mid-Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco FROM Stephen Zunes The killing of Al-Qaeda founder and leader Osama bin Laden is not likely to have a profound impact one way or the other in the struggle against the terrorist organization...

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