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 | Will Netanyahu Use US Elections to Push Obama into Iran War? | |
| Max Blumenthal: Netanyahu wants GOP to win; has Obama in a corner on
Iran | ||
 | More than 70 Killed in Port Said Soccer Stadium | |
| Major protests across the country as police and military blamed for
standing idly | ||
 | Mexican Students Demand Justice for Protestors Killed by Police | |
| Students fight for right to education and for accountability of police | ||
 | Ecuador Creating Alternative to Neo-Liberal Model | |
| Jayati Ghosh: Ecuador raising taxes on wealthy, higher royalties on oil
companies and making large social investments | ||
 | Israel and the American Elections | |
| Max Blumenthal: A few major Jewish donors push candidates to support Netanyahu on Iran | ||
 | A Short History of Modern Syria | |
| Hamid Dabashi traces the rise of the Assad regime | ||
 | Hundreds Arrested after Police Clash with Occupy Oakland | |
| Occupy Oakland attempts to transform vacant public building into Community Center | ||
 | Will Progressives and Libertarians Abandon Major Parties? | |
| Matt Welch and Megan Carpentier: Many progressives giving up on Obama; Libertarians can't stomach Romney | ||
 | Real Jobs Plan Must Force Banks to Lend | |
| Bob Pollin: Obama SOTU speech frames some issues well, but does not deal with mountains of cash held by banks | ||
 | This House has no confidence in Bahrain's promise to reform | |
| Doha Debates takes on Bahraini government's claims of reform | ||
 | Families of Soldiers Call for Investigation into Deaths After Military Hazing | |
| Hearings will take place in Afghanistan, though advocates and the soldier’s family want them to take place within the US | ||
 | 1 million Wisconsinites petition to recall Gov. Walker | |
| Wisconsin Recall Campaign shows mass opposition to Walker's policies | ||
 | TRNN TOWN HALL: Does Baltimore Need $100 Million Youth Prison? | |
| Will a new youth prison make Baltimore safer and is it the best way to treat "young offenders"? | ||
 | Spain's "Indignados" and the Globalization of Dissent | |
| The Occupy Movement has taken much of its inspiration from Spain's "Outraged" Movement: what lessons does Spain have for Occupy now? | ||
 | Former IAEA Inspector Calls for Transparency on All Sides | |
| Robert Kelley: The IAEA should allow peer review of its data, Iran should resolve outstanding questions | ||
 | Eurocrisis is a Global Crisis | |
| Leo Panitch: People need to build their own political organizations that push for public banking and serious capital controls | ||
 | Occupy Movement Targets Congress | |
| National call for action on Capitol Hill draws occupiers from across U.S. | ||
 | Bio-fuels, Speculation, Land Grabs = Food Crisis | |
| New report calls for sweeping agricultural reform | ||
 | US Israeli War-games Canceled | |
| Gareth Porter: Iranian scientist assassinated and US sends a message to Israel | ||
 | Occupy Baltimore Supports Fight Against Home Foreclosure | |
| Protest organized in Baltimore as authorities attempt eviction | ||
 | MLK: Why I Am Opposed to The War in Vietnam | |
| Martin Luther King Jr gave this sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on April 30, 1967 | ||
 | The Revolutionary MLK | |
| TRNN REPLAY: Jared Ball: Martin Luther King Jr. stood for revolutionary transformation; he is used today to support policies that he fought against | ||
 | Occupy Wall St. Takes Up Immigration Reform | |
| Thanu Yakupitiyage: OWS should make immigrants' rights and Dream Act a major priority for 2012 | ||
 | Why Did Def. Sec. Panetta Say Iran Not Building Nukes? | |
| Gareth Porter: Panetta's statement could be a warning to Israel not to attack Iran, but it's too weak to be meaningful | ||
 | Gingrich Attacks "Vulture Capitalist" Romney | |
| Megan Carpentier (Exec. Editor of the progressive Raw Story) and Matt Welch (Editor in Chief of the libertarian Reason.com): Gingrich launches multi-million dollar campaign against Romney in South Carolina | ||
 | The Cost of Full Spectrum Dominance | |
| Catherine Lutz: Obama cuts to military are minor and do not change doctrine of overwhelming military superiority | ||
 | On the Russian Left | |
| Boris Kagarlitsky: Young people are joining the movement but left is divided and weak | ||
 | Real Estate Saves Capitalism Then Bursts - China Next? | |
| David Harvey: Chinese urbanization, construction and real estate speculation is saving global capitalism - will it burst as in the US? | ||
 | GOP Needs Divine Intervention | |
| Tom Ferguson: The problem for the GOP is they have nothing to say about the economic crisis even though Obama policies have been a failure | ||
 | What Happened to Regulating the Banks? | |
| Gerry Epstein: Regulations are full of exemptions and overly complicated; stronger reforms and public banking needed | ||
 | Obama and Netanyahu's Push for Attack on Iran | |
| Gareth Porter: Obama cannot keep the US out of a war if Israel strikes Iran | ||
 | Where is Obama's Climate Change Agenda? | |
| James Boyce and Joe Romm discuss the Obama administration climate change policy or lack thereof | ||
 | Whistle Blower Threatened with 35 Years in Prison, Warns of Developing Tyranny | |
| Thomas Drake blew the whistle on a massive domestic information gathering scheme and was called "an enemy of the state" (speech at Sam Adams Awards) | ||
 | Obama's War on Whistle Blowers | |
| Attorney Jesslyn Radack: More whistle blowers have been charged during Obama admin. then all other presidents together.(speech at Sam Adams Awards) | ||
 | Is the Euro Crisis Over? | |
| William K. Black, Paolo Manasse, and John Weeks discuss the Euro and the danger of global recession | ||
 | Occupy Movement Targets Iowa Caucuses | |
| Republican presidential candidates and Democratic party focus of demonstrations denouncing corporate dollars in electoral politics | ||
 | Military Spending: Bang for the Buck? | |
| Bob Pollin: Military vs Education spending, how many jobs does one billion dollars create | ||
 | US Wars Far From Over | |
| David Swanson: Leadership of both parties committed to a militarist agenda | ||
 | Where is the Urgency About Climate Change? | |
| Patrick Bond: Global elites not interested in changes effective policy requires | ||
 | Wilkerson on GOP Race | |
| Lawrence Wilkerson: A shameful pandering to the far right is an embarrassment; Ron Paul's foreign policy cannot coexist in the GOP, he will likely create a third party; Wall St. elite happy with Obama | ||
 | Voices From the Occupy Movement | |
| Across the country, the Occupy Movement is developing new forms of exposing the 1% | ||
 | America Beyond Capitalism | |
| Gar Alperovitz describes a model that challenges private monopoly ownership without a powerful bureaucratic state | ||
 | Israeli Tree Campaign "Judaizes" Expropriated Land | |
| Jewish National Fund's practice of selling and leasing land exclusively to Jewish owners is met with growing opposition | ||
 | Wilkerson on the Iraq War | |
| Lawrence Wilkerson on the strategic implications of the "end" of the war in Iraq | ||
 | New Military Detention Powers Threaten Basic Rights | |
| David Swanson: President Obama in full support of provisions that target US citizens and others with extraordinary powers of detention without trial | ||
 | Banks Holding 1.4 Trillion, Could Create 19 Million Jobs | |
| Bob Pollin: Study looks at impact of 1.4 trillion in excess liquid asset holdings if put in productive investments | ||
 | Fault Lines: Politics, Religion and the Tea Party | |
| As the race to be the Republican nominee in the 2012 Presidential election heats up, Fault lines follows
the Iowa campaign trail | ||
 | Outraged Egyptian Women Say "We Have No Fear" | |
| Jihan Hafiz reports on a historic march of 10,000 women mobilized in central Cairo against military rule | ||
 | The War on Wages | |
| Dr. Heiner Flassbeck: If wages don't rise and the "pathological" power of finance is not pushed back, we will face a deep depression | ||
 | Yemen Protest Demands Saleh Face Justice | |
| Walid Al-Saqaf: Mass protests say transition deal not real if Pres. Saleh does not face charges | ||
 | Climate Change and the Failure of Market Mechanisms | |
| Patrick Bond: Carbon markets failing and Durban Green Climate Fund doomed - up to activists now | ||
 | Battle Rages in Cairo as "Thugs" and Army Attack Protesters | |
| TRNN Exclusive: Army attacks occupation of cabinet office, street fighting into the night, at least nine dead | ||
 | Food Security Off the Table | |
| Timothy A. Wise: G20 and WTO do nothing to prevent food price bubbles; trade policies weakening developing countries' production | ||
 | Occupy Oakland Closes Ports | |
| Protesters close ports of Oakland and Portland in actions along California coast | ||
 | Egypt's Revolutionary Artists' Union Sing Out | |
| Activist artists sing for the revolution | ||
 | Protesters Demand Closure of GITMO | |
| Protestors call for closure of detention center, denounce torture, demand due process of detainees | ||
 | Eurocrisis: "Democracy is Not a Given" | |
| Dr. Heiner Flassbeck (Director, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD): German policy of low wages and beggar thy neighbor is root of euro crisis | ||
 | Class War: Low Wages and Beggar Thy Neighbor | |
| Dr. Heiner Flassbeck: The words "class war" maybe unfashionable, but it is still a battle between labor
and capital | ||
 | Tahrir Protesters Denounce New Egyptian Cabinet | |
| Activists vow to continue as revolution enters new phase | ||
 | Wilkerson: New Military Powers the Road to Tyranny | |
| Larry Wilkerson: National Defense Authorization Act that passed the Senate giving the military power for indefinite detention without trial is a draconian violation of our rights | ||
 | Eurocrisis Solutions for Whom? | |
| Matias Vernengo: Proposed new rules for the Eurozone based on interests of bankers, large companies and the European elite | ||
 | DC Protests Target K Street Lobbyists | |
| Demonstrators in Washington protest against corporate control of politics | ||
 | Popular Anger in Russia "Hijacked" by Opposition Leaders | |
| Boris Kagarlitsky: People fed up with lack of economic and democratic rights used in fight within Russian elite | ||
 | Egypt and Another Day of Martyrs | |
| Jihan Hafiz reports that protesters in Cairo vow to continue even as recent elections reduced their numbers | ||
 | Labor Activists "Occupy Congress" | |
| Labor and community activists travel to DC for a week of actions | ||
 | Congo: Chaos By Design | |
| Pt2. Obama makes no significant change in U.S. foreign policy towards Congo | ||
 | The Road to Political Dictatorship Pt2 | |
| John Weeks: The economic power of Wall St., if not restrained, will lead to political dictatorship | ||
 | Dissent is the Highest form of Patriotism | |
| Col. Larry Wilkerson speaks at Sam Adams Awards ceremony honoring Jesselyn Radack and Thomas Drake | ||
 | Why a Financial Transaction Tax? | |
| Sarah Anderson: 0.25% tax on financial transactions could raise $150 billion a year in the US alone | ||
 | Obama, the US and 5 Million Deaths in The Congo | |
| Kambale Musavuli Pt1: Congo is essential to the American military and
aerospace industry | ||
 | US Fed Buys Europe Some Time | |
| Rob Johnson: Move by Fed papers over structural issues; austerity policies meant to weaken social safety net and lower workers wages | ||
 | It's About Wall St. but it's Not All About Speculation Pt1 | |
| John Weeks: We are not far from the day when government will be smaller than the financial sector | ||
 | Egyptian Elections Show Brotherhood Strength, Tahrir Protesters Vow to Continue | |
| Islamist parties appear to gain majority of votes as Tahrir protesters call for a mass action on Friday | ||
 | Israel Divided Over Plan to Attack Iran | |
| Lia Tarachansky reports that a split has developed between Israeli security establishment and Netanyahu | ||
 | The Right to Occupy, the Right to Assemble? | |
| A report on the debate over the expulsion of the Occupy Movements | ||
 | Is a Universal Social Net Good Macro Economics? | |
| J. Ghosh: A safety net helps to raise wages and create real demand | ||
 | Democratic Governance is Becoming Discredited | |
| Tom Ferguson: The two major parties have next to no relationship to the
population, it is a deeply corrupt discussion | ||
 | Egyptians Debate Elections as Protests Continue | |
| Voters torn between boycotting elections until demands are met, and voicing their concerns at the ballot box | ||
 | Egyptian Protestors Vow to Resist U.S. Made Toxic Gas | |
| Jihan Hafiz reports that in Cairo government forces unleash a powerful new form of tear gas against
protestors | ||
 | Does Smaller Government Create More Jobs? | |
| Bob Pollin: There is no evidence that austerity and cuts to social
programs creates jobs | ||
 | Global Recession Looms as Euro Crisis Deepens | |
| Costas Lapavitsas: Crisis deepens as Germany fails to sell-out 10 year
bonds; the public must take over the financial system | ||
 | "When the World Outlawed War" | |
| David Swanson discusses his book about the 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact and how it makes current wars illegal | ||
 | Egyptian Protests Rage On | |
| Egyptians say this is not a second revolution, it's a continuation of the first one | ||
 | Is Canada's Gold Corp. Good for Guatemala? Pt2 | |
| Lyuba Zarsky: Environmental and health effects are a violation of human rights | ||
 | Cairo Protests "To Save the Revolution" | |
| Jihan Hafiz reports that dozens killed as Egyptians demand a civilian government | ||
 | The Super Committee and the Attack on Labor | |
| Michael Hudson: Austerity and recession used to lower wages | ||
 | "Occupy" Actions Across the Country | |
| In DC and other cities, demonstrators rally at bridges | ||
 | TRNN Debate on the IAEA Iran Report | |
| Beeman and Spector: Does the IAEA report on Iran prove the existence of a nuclear weapons program? | ||
 | IAEA Iran Report Fit Facts to Strengthen Hardliners | |
| Robert Kelley Pt2: The report misleads and manipulates facts in attempt to prove a forgone conclusion | ||
 | Eviction Reinforces OWS Determination | |
| Occupy Wall Street supporters will attempt to shut down Wall Street and New York subways | ||
 | Former IAEA Inspector: Misleading Iran Report Proves Nothing | |
| Robert Kelley: Latest IAEA report recycles old intelligence and is meant to bolster hard liners | ||
 | The Maspero Massacre: What Really Happened | |
| 28 killed and 30 awaiting military trials as protesters marched to state TV building | ||
 | Police Break up New York 'Occupy' Camp | |
| New York Police evict anti-Wall Street demonstrators from the New York square, arresting at least 70 people | ||
 | Occupy Protestors Vow to Return | |
| Concerted attack on occupy movements took place after 18 mayors held a conference to discuss a
coordinated strategy | ||
 | Spanish polls prompt fresh indignados protest | |
| EuroNews: With jobless rates continuing to top 20 per cent, the Spanish opposition Popular Party has a clear lead over the Socialists | ||
 | Is Canada's Gold Corp. Good for Guatemala? | |
| Lyuba Zarsky: 85% of gold revenues leave the country, where majority live in poverty | ||
 | IAEA Iran Report Spins Intelligence | |
| Gareth Porter: Dubious intelligence used as pretext for tougher sanctions | ||
 | Veterans Call Attention to Personal and Societal Costs of War | |
| FSRN: Anti-war veterans are using Veterans Day to remind Americans about the costs of war - both abroad and at home | ||
 | Greek Anti-Austerity Movement Lacks Electoral Strategy | |
| Costos Panayotakis: Movement united in the streets but divided on how to take power | ||
 | 9/11 Survivors Create Worker Owned Restaurants | |
| 9/11 restaurant worker survivors open fair wage businesses | ||
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