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The Resistance in Obama Time

Federal arrests at Y12, July 5, 2010 Counterpunch The Resistance in Obama Time May 24, 2011 By BILL QUIGLEY Since President Obama was inaugurated, there have been over two thousand six hundred arrests of activists protesting in the US. Research shows over 670 people have been arrested in protests inside …

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The rights of Israel

Israel’s rights of colonization, occupation and Discrimination The rights of Israel By Joseph Masaad The Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, now entering their twentieth year had been hailed from the start as historic, having inaugurated a “peace process” that would resolve what is commonly referred to as the “Palestinian-Israeli conflict”. For the Palestinians …

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A Long History of Affirmative Action – For Whites

A Long History of Affirmative Action – For Whites by Vernellia R. Randall Many middle-class white people, especially those of us from the suburbs, like to think that we got to where we are today by virtue of our merit – hard work, intelligence, pluck, and maybe a little luck. …

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U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings

Michael Simon, Barack Obama presidential campaign of 2008 expert, spoke last week to members of the Egyptian Democratic Academy in Cairo U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings By Ron Nixon WASHINGTON — Even as the United States poured billions of dollars into foreign military programs and anti-terrorism campaigns, a small …

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Syria Intervention Inevitable – And The Greater World War

The Syrian port of Tartus is set host Russian warships by 2012 to counteract NATO Syria Intervention Inevitable – And The Greater World War April 30, 2011 By Tony Cartalucci Bangkok, Thailand April 30, 2011 – Regime change in Syria was a foregone conclusion as early as 1991. General Wesley …

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Barack Obama Must Speak Out On Bahrain Bloodshed

Funeral of Ali Isa Saqer who was tortured to death by Bahraini police EPA Barack Obama Must Speak Out On Bahrain Bloodshed Bahrainis are suffering the same violent repression as Libyans – so why does Obama have nothing to say? By Amy Goodman Three days after Hosni Mubarak resigned as …

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Recognising Palestine

A Campaign to Gain Recognition of their State – Getty Recognising Palestine By Ali Abunimah What do you do if your decades-long campaign to bring about an independent Palestinian state on those fractions of historic Palestine known as the West Bank and Gaza Strip have resulted in total failure? The …

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