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June 18, 2008

Baghdad on the Bayou: Disaster Capitalism and the War on Equality

Tab_benoit_on_the_ba_071203_2644 Tab Benoit echoes Naomi Klein's assessment in her book, Shock Doctrine, that within days of Katrina and the floods that followed it was as if private contractors had recreated Baghdad's Green Zone on the bayous.

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June 16, 2008

Africa is No More Overpopulated than Iraq was a Haven for W

What in the heck is a hectare? I know. Do you? Make it your business to know, because the devil is the details. Otherwise we will believe the propaganda that the innocent people of Africa are weapons of mass destruction. We fell for it once. Are you ready to fall for it again?

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June 11, 2008

Georgianne Nienaber: Source Asks

Delta What is the real water policy of the United States as Army Corps of Engineers' levees are failing in the Foods of 2008?

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June 08, 2008

Day Two NCMR: Moyers Saves the Day

Day Two of the National Conference for Media Reform opened with a slam/dunk speech by Bill Moyers that reminded conference goers what, exactly, is at stake for our democracy.

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June 01, 2008

"Truth" Telling vs. TRUTH Telling

There is truth telling, and then there is truth telling. Scott McClellan's contention that Bush manipulated the American public through discarded intelligence about Iraq's capacity to produce weapons of mass destruction is not a revelation of truth. It might be news, and it might be true, but it is not truth telling.

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