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From Tom Dispatch: http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175742/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_alone_and_delusional_on_planet_earth/#more Delusional Thinking in the Age of the Single Superpower By Tom Engelhardt...
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View ArticleMove the Olympics now!
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2013/09/03/move_the_olympics_now/ An activist’s bizarre Twitter meltdown shows the Russian LGBT community needs international support more than ever By Eric Sasson...
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View ArticleTar sands a dirty outcome of free trade failures
From Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy: http://www.iatp.org/blog/201309/tar-sands-a-dirty-outcome-of-free-trade-failures by Patrick Tsai September 3, 2013 As controversy over TransCanada’s...
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View ArticleWalmart’s Salmon Policy Leads Fishermen To Protest In Alaska
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View ArticleFukushima radiation levels ’18 times higher’ than thought
From BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23918882 1 September 2013 Last updated at 05:09 ET Radiation levels around Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant are 18 times higher than previously...
View ArticleChelsea Manning is seeking a presidential pardon
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View ArticleHenry A. Giroux: Hope in a Time of Permanent War
From Truth Out: http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/18578-hope-in-a-time-of-permanent-war By Henry A Giroux Wednesday, 04 September 2013 Revolution is not ‘showing’ life to people, but making them...
View ArticleJohn Kerry sells a war that Americans aren’t buying
From Al Jazeera: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/09/20139575642496863.html If Congress approves military action in Syria, they will fail to represent the people who elected them. Medea...
View ArticleOh Magog! Why End-Times Buffs Are Freaking Out About Syria
From Mother Jones: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/09/syria-joel-rosenberg-damascus-countdown-magog Novelist Joel Rosenberg has the ear of Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, and the Heritage...
View ArticlePope Francis quietly removes Vatican envoy to the Dominican Republic after...
From Raw Story: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/05/pope-francis-quietly-removes-vatican-envoy-to-the-dominican-republic-after-accusation-of-child-prostitutio-surface/ By Agence France-Presse...
View ArticleMission Congo: how Pat Robertson raised millions on the back of a...
From The Guardian UK: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/05/mission-congo-pat-robertson-aid-rwanda The televangelist claimed Operation Blessing was giving vital aid in response to the 1994...
View ArticleMinnesota Democrat running to become state’s first trans woman in Congress
From Raw Story: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/31/minnesota-democrat-running-to-become-states-first-trans-woman-in-congress/ By Arturo Garcia Saturday, August 31, 2013 A 59-year-old Democratic...
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From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-berg/are-queer-women-leaving-trans-women-behind_b_3750108.html Alex Berg 09/03/2013 I don’t count any transgender women among my close LGBTQ...
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