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ANALYSIS: Casinos, Newspapers, Elections: If It Can Be Bought, Sheldon Adelson Will Buy It

The casino magnate is following the plays he wrote in Israel to achieve familiar results in Nevada: buy up media property, use that media to promote a pro-Zionist, pro-right wing agenda, and hope that the public votes according to what they read.

Richard Silverstein
By Richard Silverstein
ANALYSIS: Casinos, Newspapers, Elections: If It Can Be Bought, Sheldon Adelson Will Buy It

The casino magnate is following the plays he wrote in Israel to achieve familiar results in Nevada: buy up media property, use that media to promote a pro-Zionist, pro-right wing agenda, and hope that the public votes according to what they read.

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Western Firms Plan To Cash In On Syria’s Oil And Gas ‘Frontier’

US, British, French, Israeli and other energy interests could be prime beneficiaries of a major offensive on Syria designed to rollback the power of the ‘Islamic State’ (ISIS) and, potentially the Assad regime.

Nafeez Ahmed
By Nafeez Ahmed
Western Firms Plan To Cash In On Syria’s Oil And Gas ‘Frontier’

US, British, French, Israeli and other energy interests could be prime beneficiaries of a major offensive on Syria designed to rollback the power of the ‘Islamic State’ (ISIS) and, potentially the Assad regime.

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MintPress Attacked Again For Exposing The Truth About Syria

Recent commentary in Minnesota’s Star Tribune called out MintPress and other independent watchdog news organizations as being “progressive except for Syria.” But what’s progressive about supporting an imperialist, pro-military agenda?

Mnar Adley
By Mnar Adley
MintPress Attacked Again For Exposing The Truth About Syria

Recent commentary in Minnesota’s Star Tribune called out MintPress and other independent watchdog news organizations as being “progressive except for Syria.” But what’s progressive about supporting an imperialist, pro-military agenda?

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Mccarthyesque FBI Program Uses Games To Train Teachers, Students To Snoop On Muslims

Civil rights groups warn that new FBI tool “Don’t Be a Puppet” violates civil liberties of Muslims.

Sarah Lazare
By Sarah Lazare
Mccarthyesque FBI Program Uses Games To Train Teachers, Students To Snoop On Muslims

Civil rights groups warn that new FBI tool “Don’t Be a Puppet” violates civil liberties of Muslims.

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Fear Of The Walking Dead: The American Police State Takes Aim

While zombies may be the personification of our darkest fears, they embody the government’s paranoia about the citizenry as potential threats that need to be monitored, tracked, surveilled, sequestered, deterred, vanquished and rendered impotent.

John Whitehead
By John Whitehead
Fear Of The Walking Dead: The American Police State Takes Aim

While zombies may be the personification of our darkest fears, they embody the government’s paranoia about the citizenry as potential threats that need to be monitored, tracked, surveilled, sequestered, deterred, vanquished and rendered impotent.

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Reclaiming The Water From The Arctic To Cochabamba

In this week’s Fracked Earth News: Shell abandons Arctic drilling plans. Reclaiming public waters from Cochabamba, Bolivia to Berlin. A glowing sea turtle.

Kate Lanier
By Kate Lanier
Reclaiming The Water From The Arctic To Cochabamba

In this week’s Fracked Earth News: Shell abandons Arctic drilling plans. Reclaiming public waters from Cochabamba, Bolivia to Berlin. A glowing sea turtle.

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With Putin And Obama Set To Meet, Can Dent Be Made In Syrian Suffering?

The geopolitics remain fraught, but face-to-face talks between U.S. and Russian leader could spell beginning of progress

Andrea Germanos
By Andrea Germanos
With Putin And Obama Set To Meet, Can Dent Be Made In Syrian Suffering?

The geopolitics remain fraught, but face-to-face talks between U.S. and Russian leader could spell beginning of progress

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