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Rick Santorum's very real surge, in poll numbers
The latest flavor of the month. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
The last couple of days have been nothing but good news for Rick Santorum:
There's been a lot of attention on Michigan. It was a state supposedly safe for Mitt Romney, the state where his father once ran as governor. Yet as the numbers above demonstrate, it's become prime real estate for Santorum, with a conservative electorate more interested in knee-capping the Romneybot than in playing favorite son. Both the Romney campaign and his...
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Norman Finkelstein on BDS
by Jamie
There has been a lot of nonsense written about Norman Finkelstein's position on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions written over the past 24 hours. 'Nonsense', not because it is stupid, or insincere, but because it doesn't represent his position correctly, and therefore fails to address the substance of his critique. Since I think the critique is an important one, this reaction is a shame, because it means the serious issues it raises aren't being given the careful...
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Caste and Exploitation in Indian History: Bharat Patankar
Guest Post by BHARAT PATANKAR translated by GAIL OMVEDT Introduction: The Process of Exploitation Exploitation arising from the caste hierarchy is a particular feature of the South Asian subcontinent. There was no such exploitative system in other continents or in countries outside of South Asia. But since caste exploitation has been a reality for 1500-2000 [...]
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Rick Santorum's Beer Money
Rick Santorum might not be the political candidate you'd most associate with a keg party. But during his 12 years in the Senate, few members did more to promote the suds industry's interests in Washington than Santorum.
Big Beer is big business in Pennsylvania, home to major breweries like Rolling Rock, Yuengling, and Keystone. And the beer industry has worked hard to make its voice heard in Washington, channelling millions into lobbying and campaign contributions. From 1995 through 2006, Rick...
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Why Right-Wingers (and Media Hacks) Are Totally Wrong About What Americans Believe -- We're Becoming Less, Not More, Conservative
Americans' views on the most pressing issues of the day are actually solidly progressive, so why do the media keep getting the story wrong?
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Deadly Fire at Overcrowded Prison Adds to Worsening Toll in Post-Coup Honduras
More than 350 inmates were killed this week when a fire swept through an overcrowded prison in Honduras. It was the world's deadliest prison fire in a century. Most of the prisoners who died had never been charged, let alone convicted. Honduras is plagued with judicial corruption, rampant drug trafficking, and the highest murder rate in the world, which critics say has worsened since the 2009 coup that overthrew Manuel Zelaya. We're joined by Dana Frank, professor of history at the University...
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Norman Finkelstein slams the BDS movement calling it ‘a cult’
Norman Finkelstein on the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. Recorded at Imperial College London on February 9, 2012.
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Bahraini People’s Aspirations Still Thwarted 1 Year Later
By Amitabh Pal, February 16, 2012
Many players—including the United States—are responsible for this.read more
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Jeremy Scahill: U.S. Has Ignited Islamist Uprising in Impoverished, Divided Yemen
Has U.S. counterterrorism policy in Yemen strengthened the very threat it sought to eliminate? We speak with journalist Jeremy Scahill, who reports in a new cover story for The Nation magazine that U.S. drone strikes, civilian drone casualties and deepening poverty in Yemen have all contributed to the rise of an Islamist uprising. "The arrogance of the U.S. was always thinking that whatever U.S. official was sent to Yemen was smarter than Ali Abdullah Saleh," Scahill says. "[Saleh] was a master...
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NYT: Okinawans' 'True Views' Aren't What They Say
That a majority of people living on the island of Okinawa want the U.S. Marines gone seems a well-established fact. A plan to build a new airfield on a different part of the island in the town of Henoko is even more unpopular. One recent poll found 84 percent opposition to the new base.
And yet [...]
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2012, the Year of the Big Donor
This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.
At a time when it's become a cliché to say that Occupy Wall Street has changed the nation's political conversation—drawing long overdue attention to the struggles of the 99 percent—electoral politics and the 2012 presidential election have become almost exclusively defined by the 1 percent. Or, to be more precise, the .0000063 percent. Those are the 196 individual donors who have provided nearly 80 percent of the ...
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Report: One in Four Children Afflicted With Malnutrition
A report out today shows the toll of malnutrition on the world's youngest, with half a billion children at risk of permanent damage due to malnutrition in the next 15 years.
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NY Hospitals Saddle Uninsured Patients with Massive Debt Despite $100s of Millions in Gov't Aid
As the ranks of the uninsured continue to rise, a major new study has found that most New York medical centers are violating rules intended to help patients who are uninsured and cannot afford healthcare. Two-thirds of hospitals studied either violated the law, failed to comply with state guidelines or created additional barriers to financial assistance, despite receiving a combined total of more than $463 million from the state's Indigent Care Pool. We're joined by three guests: Elisabeth...
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Obama Housing Plans vs. Reality
by Cora Currier
The Obama administration has recently unveiled a string of proposals to help struggling homeowners and get the housing market back on its feet— part of the administration’s “We Can’t Wait” election year to-do list. Of course, the White House has made big promises before about helping homeowners, only to see them disappoint time and again.
Here are the latest proposals, whether they are anything new, and whether...
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Wis. Senate Passes Wetlands Deregulation in Midnight Session
By Rebecca Kemble, February 15, 2012
As the pressure of recalls, court challenges and indictments loom, Wis. Republicans scramble to pass controversial legislation.read more
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Agenda for the Dark Ages: GOP Frontrunner Rick Santorum's 5 Most Extremist Themes
If Santorum gets to bear the standard for the GOP, the party moves even further to the right. Here's a taste of what's on that plate.
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Gurgaon Workers News - February 2012
In the February 2012 issue you can read:
1) Proletarian Experiences - Daily life stories and reports from a workers’ perspective
*** Everything but Accidental - Fatal Accident at Machino Plastics Ltd. and a Report by an Omega Construction Equipment Worker
In January 2012, a roof in the factory of Machino Plastics in Manesar collapsed under “heavy machinery [...]
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ABC and the 'Family Budget' Fallacy
Last year New York Times columnist Paul Krugman (7/8/11) wrote a sharp critique of those who argue that the federal government's budget should be compared to a family. He called it one of the "right's favorite economic fallacies," pointing out:
No, the government shouldn’t budget the way families do; on the contrary, trying to balance [...]
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Why Wall Street is Doubling Down on Romney
Recently released data on campaign and Super Pac giving shows Mitt Romney has continued his practice, which I first reported and explained back in December, of receiving the vast majority of Wall Street campaign donations. As Sam Stein and Paul Blumenthal reported in the Huffington Post, “In the fourth quarter of 2011, Romney raised $1.49 million from employees of those 68 [most politically active] companies while the president's reelection campaign raised just $127,000 -- an...
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Survey: Libyans Prefer ‘Strong Libyan Leader’ Over Democracy
A new national survey released today by Oxford Research International finds that while 75 percent of Libyans polled said that their lives are much or somewhat better compared to before the revolution that ousted Col. Muammar Qaddafi, just 15 percent said Libya should have a democratic government in 12 months time. Twenty-nine percent said they [...]
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