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Posted by admin in IPA Analysts on Breaking Stories, Reposted from CommonDreams.org on 11 19th, 2011 | No Comments

Journalist Questions Legitimacy of Saudi Regime, Is Suspended from National Press Club by Sam Husseini

Published on Friday, November 18, 2011 by CommonDreams.org On Monday I went to a news conference at the National Press Club, where I am a member, titled “His Royal Highness Prince Turki al-Faisal al-Sa’ud of Saudi Arabia.” I asked a tough question at the news conference — a...

Posted by admin in Articles/Commentary by Members, Book a Speaker/Performer, Reposted from CommonDreams.org on 11 12th, 2011 | No Comments

‘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 How to Join PV, IPA Analysts on Breaking Stories, Reposted from CommonDreams.org on 11 2nd, 2011 | No Comments

* Oakland General Strike * “Veterans of the 99%”

Institute for Public Accuracy 980 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045 (202) 347-0020 * http://www.accuracy.org * ipa@accuracy.org ___________________________________________________ Wednesday, November 2, 2011 AP is reporting this morning: “Oakland prepared Wednesday to again become...

Posted by admin in Reposted from CommonDreams.org, Reposted from Yes! Magazine on 10 17th, 2011 | No Comments

10 Ways to Support the Occupy Movement

Published on Sunday, October 16, 2011 by YES! Magazine 10 Ways to Support the Occupy Movement There are many things you can do to be part of this growing movement—and only some of them involve sleeping outside. by Sarah van Gelder The #OccupyWallStreet movement continues to spread with more than...

Posted by admin in Reposted from CommonDreams.org on 06 24th, 2011 | No Comments

What Happened to Media Coverage of Fukushima? by Anne Landman

Published on Friday, June 24, 2011 by PR Watch While the U.S. media has been occupied with Anthony Weiner, the Republican presidential candidates and Bristol Palin’s memoir, coverage of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster has practially fallen off the map. Poor mainstream...

Posted by admin in Articles/Commentary by Members, Reposted from CommonDreams.org on 11 25th, 2010 | No Comments

Giving Thanks to Citizens and Grass-Roots Progressives 11/25 by Jim Hightower

Published on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 by Creators.com This Thanksgiving, even progressive Americans can find plenty of progress for which we can be grateful.Let’s start with the Girl Scouts of America. When news broke that the national organization for girls had fallen off its ethical pony,...

Posted by admin in Articles/Commentary by Members, Reposted from CommonDreams.org on 11 20th, 2010 | No Comments

4 Common Myths about the War on Terrorism 11/20 by Reese Erlich

Published on Friday, November 19, 2010 by CommonDreams.org I’m finishing up a 25-city book tour that took me from New York and Chicago to Elizabethtown, PA, and Spearfish, SD. I met with college students, farmers and laid-off workers. Most people in the US now oppose the wars in Afghanistan...

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A Sit-In Success Story 11/20

Published on Friday, November 19, 2010 by YES! Magazine Parents in a low-income Chicago neighborhood endured a 43-day sit-in to get a library for their children. by Micah Uetricht Whittier Elementary School is a lot like other public schools in low-income areas f Chicago. Located in the Mexican...

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Progressives Must Push Back From Below by Norman Solomon 11/18

Published on Thursday, November 18, 2010 by CommonDreams.org Obama’s wooing of “economic royalists” is recipe for disaster and represents indefensible status quo In his first term, President Franklin Roosevelt denounced “the economic royalists.” He drew the line against the...

Posted by admin in Articles/Commentary by Members, Reposted from CommonDreams.org on 10 7th, 2010 | No Comments

Executive Excess by Jim Hightower 10/6

Published on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 by Creators Syndicate Look out, they’re angry. Foaming-at-the-mouth angry. And they’re lashing out, saying they won’t take it anymore. As one of their leaders angrily cried, “It’s a war.” Indeed — they’re on the...

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