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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Wins Expanded Halt To Dakota Access Pipeline Construction

The ruling will give the court more time to rule on the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s request for an emergency injunction against construction over concerns it could destroy sacred sites and burial grounds.

September 19th, 2016

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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Wins Expanded Halt To Dakota Access Pipeline Construction

In news from the ongoing standoff at Standing Rock in North Dakota, a federal appeals court has officially halted construction of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline within 20 miles on either side of Lake Oahe along the Missouri River. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals says this ruling will give the court more time to rule on the Standing

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New Investigation Names Wall Street Banks Behind $3.8 Billion Dakota Access Pipeline

Bank of America,HSBC, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and other financial institutions have, combined, extended a $3.75 billion credit line to Energy Transfer Partners, the parent company of Dakota Access.

September 06th, 2016

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New Investigation Names Wall Street Banks Behind $3.8 Billion Dakota Access Pipeline

Over 1,000 people representing more than 100 tribes are gathered along the Cannonball River by the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation to resist the construction of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. It’s been described as the largest unification of Native American tribes in decades. On September 3, the Dakota Access pipeline company attacked

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Tulsa Hate Crime: Khalid Jabara’s Family Speaks Out After His Murder by Racist White Neighbor

Police records show that the killer had frequently taunted, stalked, and threatened members of the Jabara family, calling them “dirty Arabs,” “filthy Lebanese”, “Aye-rabs”, and “Mooslems”.

August 24th, 2016

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Tulsa Hate Crime: Khalid Jabara’s Family Speaks Out After His Murder by Racist White Neighbor

In Oklahoma, funeral services were held Friday for Khalid Jabara, a Lebanese-American man police say was shot dead by his next-door neighbor in a possible hate crime. Police say Stanley Majors will be charged with first-degree murder. Majors has harassed the Jabara family for years. The August 12 killing came less than a year after Majors was

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Noam Chomsky: Bernie Sanders Supporters are a “Mobilized Force That Could Change the Country”

“His positions would not have surprised President Eisenhower, who said, in fact, that anyone who does not accept New Deal programs doesn’t belong in the American political system. That’s now considered very radical.”

April 29th, 2016

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Noam Chomsky: Bernie Sanders Supporters are a “Mobilized Force That Could Change the Country”

During an event Tuesday at the Brooklyn Public Library, Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned political dissident, linguist, author and professor, was asked about Bernie Sanders’ run for the White House. "[H]e’s considered radical and extremist, which is a

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Seymour Hersh’s Latest Bombshell: U.S. Military Undermined Obama On Syria With Tacit Help To Assad

Hersh says the Joint Chiefs’ maneuvering was rooted in several concerns, including the U.S. arming of unvetted Syrian rebels with jihadist ties, a belief the administration was overly focused on confronting Assad’s ally in Moscow, and anger the White House was unwilling to challenge Turkey and Saudi Arabia over their support of extremist groups in Syria

December 23rd, 2015

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Seymour Hersh’s Latest Bombshell: U.S. Military Undermined Obama On Syria With Tacit Help To Assad

A new report by the Pulitzer-winning veteran journalist Seymour Hersh says the Joint Chiefs of Staff has indirectly supported Bashar al-Assad in an effort to help him defeat jihadist groups. Hersh reports the Joint Chiefs sent intelligence via Russia, Germany and Israel on the understanding it would be transmitted to help Assad push back Jabhat

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Glenn Greenwald On “Submissive” Media’s Drumbeat For War And “Despicable” Anti-Muslim Scapegoating

“This really is about is this really shameless effort on the part of the CIA and other government officials to exploit the emotions that have been generated by watching the carnage in Paris for all sorts of long-standing policies.”

November 20th, 2015

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Glenn Greenwald On “Submissive” Media’s Drumbeat For War And “Despicable” Anti-Muslim Scapegoating

In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, media coverage has seen familiar patterns: uncritically repeat government claims, defend expansive state power, and blame the Muslim community for the acts of a few. We discuss media fearmongering, anti-Muslim scapegoating, ISIL’s roots, and war profiteering with Glenn Greenwald, Pulitzer Prize-winning

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Actor Viggo Mortensen: On Foreign Policy, Democratic Candidates Aren’t Too Far from the Hawks

“[Bernie Sanders] has voted for every military appropriation … pro-Israel government resolution, without question. In many ways, he’s as hawkish as Hillary Clinton is.”

November 07th, 2015

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Actor Viggo Mortensen: On Foreign Policy, Democratic Candidates Aren’t Too Far from the Hawks

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have voiced support for President Obama’s plan to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan through the end of his term in 2017. Obama had declared an official end to the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan last year, but announced last month he was halting the phased military withdrawal.

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