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Archives for June 2014

The Syrian Election And ISIS In Iraq

Despite the media’s best efforts to ignore the fact, there is no doubt that the majority of Syrians want Assad to continue to govern.

Judy Bello
By Judy Bello

Earlier this month, I traveled with seven other westerners to Syria where we joined with thirty plus activists, journalists and politicians from Asia, Africa and South America to observe the Syria Presidential election.       Bashar. Assad won 88% of the vote.    Though some people in opposition areas boycotted the election, and others could not

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America’s Destabiliziation Of Latin America

ZunZuneo and the U.S. Policy.

Matt Peppe
By Matt Peppe

News from the AP about the U.S. government’s secret project to create a Cuban Twitter or “ZunZuneo,” to be used for disseminating propaganda and fomenting unrest in Cuba, spurring young people in that country to overthrow their government, comes as no surprise to anyone with even the most cursory understanding of U.S. policy in Cuba and Latin

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Alarm, Ridicule Follow ISIL Declaration Of Statehood

The audacious declaration of the establishment of a new Islamic state made by the al-Qaida breakaway group that has overrun much of northern Syria and neighboring Iraq sparked celebrations in the group’s Syrian stronghold but was condemned by rival rebels and authorities in Baghdad and Damascus.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Mideast Iraq

BAGHDAD — The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant unilaterally announced the creation of a new Islamic caliphate — a state governed by Shariah law — in an audio recording released late Sunday. The group proclaimed its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the caliph of its new state, and demanded that Muslims everywhere pledge allegiance to

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“Ag-Gag” Laws Shutting Out Farm Abuse Whistleblowers

The proliferation of laws that effectively label agriculture whistleblowers “terrorists” are stifling today’s would-be Upton Sinclairs and disrupting the public’s right to know.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese
Travel Trip Indiana Industrial Farm

In 2012, advocacy group Mercy For Animals released hidden camera footage of recorded episodes of severe animal cruelty at a livestock auction outside of Los Angeles. The footage revealed “downed” animals -- sick or injured animals being left without veterinary care, food or water -- sick or compromised animals being manhandled onto transport trucks

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Billionaires Get More Media Attention Than The Poor

A new study reveals that although poverty is a very real issue affecting America, viewers may not get that impression from the major networks’ nightly news broadcasts.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese
Letricia Brown

Poverty is an issue that touches many Americans. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, between January 2009 and December 2011, 31.6 percent of the national population experienced poverty for at least two months, with 5.4 percent of all Americans not in poverty in 2009 being in poverty by 2011. With the recovery from the Great Recession being one of

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Marijuana Legalization May Open Door To “Big Cannabis”

Tobacco giants have been considering the marijuana market since at least the 1960s. After all, who knows how to sell psychoactive smoke-ables better than Big Tobacco?

Matthew Heller
By Matthew Heller
Dave Kois

LOS ANGELES --- In 1978, two market forecasters with the Brown & Williamson tobacco company wrote a report in which they imagined what might happen if marijuana was legalized. While legalization would cause “a period of difficult reappraisal in tobacco company strategy,” they wrote, “marijuana products seem to be a logical new industry for

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