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BP Is a Corporate Criminal by Jim Hightower 6/16

Gosh, how quickly things turn. One day, you’re a strutting peacock — the next day, you’re just another gasping, oil-covered bird. In early April, BP was strutting about in full corporate splendor, showing off the $9 billion in profits that it had soaked up in just the first three months...
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Posted by admin in PV Members Featured Articles & Commentary, Reposted from CommonDreams.org on 06 9th, 2010 | No Comments

Will the Flotilla Attack Be Our ‘Kent State’ Moment? by Stephen Zunes 6/8

Published on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 by Focal Points Blog/Foreign Policy in Focus The offensive by the Congressional Democratic leadership against the Gaza humanitarian aid flotilla has now moved beyond just rhetorical support for the Israeli attack on the unarmed convoy.  Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA),...
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Posted by admin in PV Members Featured Articles & Commentary on 06 1st, 2010 | No Comments

Israel and Harman in Tandem: From High Seas to Airwaves By Norman Solomon 6/1

When Israel attacked the Gaza aid flotilla, Congresswoman Jane Harman was engaged in a parallel assault. Israel’s government relied on the efficacy of violence; Harman’s campaign was counting on the power of paid media. In both cases, the targets were advocates of human rights for Palestinian people. Brandishing...
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Posted by admin in PV Members Featured Articles & Commentary on 05 24th, 2010 | No Comments

When the Leaders Lead, the People Have Sorrow by Norman Solomon 5/24

Many are familiar with the adage, “When the people lead, the leaders will follow.” But what happens when people enable leaders to follow the dictates of the powerful? These days, the answers are arriving in the form of a news drumbeat that’s apt to seem like a dirge. From Afghanistan to Wall Street...
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Posted by admin in PV Members Featured Articles & Commentary on 05 10th, 2010 | No Comments

Kagan in Context: Shafting Progressive Values By Norman Solomon 5/10

If President Obama has his way, Elena Kagan will replace John Paul Stevens — and the Supreme Court will move rightward. The nomination is very disturbing, especially because it’s part of a pattern. The White House is in the grip of conventional centrist wisdom. Grim results stretch from Afghanistan...
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Posted by admin in PV Members Featured Articles & Commentary on 04 21st, 2010 | No Comments

Who Let the Blue Dogs Out? By Norman Solomon

This is a grim story about the care and feeding of a Blue Dog. Right now, Congresswoman Jane Harman is facing a serious primary challenge from a genuine progressive, Marcy Winograd, in Southern California’s 36th congressional district. Last Saturday afternoon (April 17), I sat on stage with both candidates...
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Posted by admin in PV Members Featured Articles & Commentary on 03 30th, 2010 | No Comments

A Bomber Jacket Doesn’t Cover the Blood by Norman Solomon 3/29

President Obama has taken a further plunge into the kind of war abyss that consumed predecessors named Johnson, Nixon and Bush. On Sunday, during his first presidential trip to Afghanistan, Obama stood before thousands of American troops to proclaim the sanctity of the war effort. He played the role...
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Posted by admin in PV Members Featured Articles & Commentary on 03 10th, 2010 | No Comments

Obama Stumbles on Human Rights 3/4

By Stephen Zunes, March 4, 2010 It was a relatively short response to a question in a town hall-style meeting in Florida, yet it said much about President Barack Obama’s lack of concern about human rights in his foreign policy. The question came not from a hostile Republican opponent, but from...
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Posted by admin in PV Members Featured Articles & Commentary on 02 25th, 2010 | No Comments

War Politics: Numb and Number by Norman Solomon 2/25

Playwright Lillian Hellman said: “I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year’s fashions.” The statement was in a letter to the House Un-American Activities Committee. The year was 1952. We tell ourselves that the McCarthy era was vastly different than our own — but what about...
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Posted by admin in PV Members Featured Articles & Commentary, Reposted from CommonDreams.org on 02 18th, 2010 | No Comments

Greed Trophy up for Grabs by Jim Hightower 2/17

Published on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 by Creators Syndicate By gollies, the top executives of health insurance corporations are not giving up without a fight! To paraphrase every high school football coach who ever lived, “When the going gets ugly, the ugly get going.”During the past...
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