"The
major western democracies are moving towards corporatism. Democracy
has become a business plan, with a bottom line for every human activity,
every dream, every decency, every hope. The main parliamentary parties
are now devoted to the same economic policies - socialism for the
rich, capitalism for the poor - and the same foreign policy of
servility to endless war. This is not democracy. It is to politics what
McDonalds is to food". -John Pilger
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"This
is the fundamental debate in our society: Are we a nation of citizens
or a nation of consumers? Are we a democracy run by citizens, or are we a
corporatocracy that holds consumers locked in dependency by virtue of
their consumption?" - -Thom Hartmann
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"They had their cynical code worked out. The public are swine; advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill-bucket". - George Orwell
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq: 4,745icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,275
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We Can't Always Be Lucky
By Charles Peña
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Lawmakers Seek Cash During Key Votes
By Carol D. Leonnig and T.W. Farnam
Numerous
times this year, members of Congress have held fundraisers and
collected big checks while they are taking critical steps to write new
laws, despite warnings that such actions could create ethics problems.
The campaign donations often came from contributors with major stakes
riding on the lawmakers' actions.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27131.htm
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The Pentagon's Revolving Door:
By Boston Globe
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Struggling for Peace in the Season of Christmas
By Tom Turnipseed
With
over a trillion dollars budgeted for the military and defense related
expenditures in 2011 we should emulate Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr.,
and Jesus who engaged in civil disobedience and gave their all for
peace and poor people.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27129.htm
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And What Rough Beast Slouches Towards Gaza?
Operation Cast Lead and the Dismembering of a People
By Vincent Di Stefano
The
horror of Gaza cannot be dismissed as a distant phenomenon that does
not concern us. We may withdraw into our own complacency and comfort,
but in truth, no one is exempted from the pain visited upon innocent
households. No one can evade the consequences of the destructive
exercise of brutal force.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27128.htm
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"Jewish women for Jewish men."
Is Judaism a Race? Ask Israelis
By Zvi Bar'el
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Pakistan: 80 killed in suicide bombing and raids:
More
than 80 were killed in a suicide bombing on a World Food Programme
project and a series of helicopter raids against militant camps in
northwestern Pakistan yesterday, officials said.
http://bit.ly/eMaHoc
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40 militants killed in Pakistan's northwest tribal area:
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Attacks in Philippines and Nigeria kill at least 38 as church leaders call for peace:
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Nigeria vows to hunt bomb suspects:
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German development "aid" worker killed in Afghanistan: -
A
German development aid worker has died from serious wounds suffered in
an attack in northern Afghanistan, Berlin said Saturday.
http://bit.ly/e8lGtK
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Kabul slams US over security violations:
The
Afghan Interior Ministry said NATO was violating a security agreement
it had signed with the Kabul government based on which all NATO
operations in Kabul must be cleared with the government.
http://presstv.ir/detail/157262.html
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Israeli occupation troops kill 2 Gaza resistance fighters:
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Ecuador Joins Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay And Bolivia To Recognize Palestine:
This
is part of a diplomatic push by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to
win a United Nations recognition of a Palestinian state. Abbas is
hoping to gain international recognition as an independent state which
would bypass an elusive peace agreement with Israel.
http://bit.ly/h5bp8t
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Paraguay to recognize Palestinian state in 2011:
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Palestinians slam U.S. for not recognizing a state:
"The
U.S. is supposed to be a fair mediator and a real sponsor of a
successful peace process with specific targets," Majdalani said.
"Instead of blaming the Israeli government, which obstructed the peace
process, the U.S. is blaming other world countries that did its
political duties and recognized the state."
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90854/7228390.html
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Gaza doctor takes Israel to court:
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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran:
Will Israel really attack Iran within a year?:
After
interviewing dozens of Israeli, American and Arab officials, Jeffrey
Goldberg of the Atlantic Magazine concludes Israel may not even ask for a
U.S. 'green light' to attack Iran nuclear sites.
http://bit.ly/fGGBYj
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US Embassy Cables: : U.S. tried to stop Spain's torture probe: -
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US Embassy Cables: : Panama leader denies he sought phone taps on political rival.:
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US Embassy cables sheds light on U.S.-Mexican relations:
The
backdrop to the WikiLeaks cables was a U.S. Defense Department report
about eight months before, saying the U.S. military might have to
intervene in the war on the cartels.
http://bit.ly/hchC9D
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US Embassy Cables: DEA reach goes global, and beyond drugs:
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NYTimes Editorial: Banks and WikiLeaks:
The
whistle-blowing Web site WikiLeaks has not been convicted of a crime. A
bank's ability to block payments to a legal entity raises a troubling
prospect. A handful of big banks could potentially bar any organization
they disliked from the payments system, essentially cutting them off
from the world economy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/opinion/26sun3.html?_r=1
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Ukraine arrests ex-foreign minister:
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The economic outrage of 2010:
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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