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Three Questions Left Unanswered by Obama’s Counterterrorism Speech

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Marching in Chicago: Resisting Rahm Emanuel’s Neoliberal Savagery

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'Left, Right & Center': Obama Ends the War on Terror

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Marching in Chicago: Resisting Rahm Emanuel’s Neoliberal Savagery
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Three Questions Left Unanswered by Obama’s Counterterrorism Speech
By Bill Blum

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Paul McCartney: Free Pussy Riot

Not-So-Happy Swedes Riot in Stockholm

‘Left, Right & Center’: Obama Ends the War on Terror

Why Is the IRS Involved in Politics in the First Place?

Colbert Slams PBS for Appeasing Koch Brothers

Scahill on Obama’s Admitted Killings of Americans

How to Make a Million Dollars an Hour
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A Call to Action
By James Cromwell

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The Questions Education Reformers Aren’t Asking

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Gore Vidal: His Life and Legacy

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American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America

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Fukushima Disaster Ruled ‘Man-Made’ as Nuclear Plant Concerns Increase

A Japanese parliamentary inquiry concluded that last year’s disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was “a profoundly man-made disaster that could and should have been foreseen and prevented.” Former nuclear industry executive Arnie Gundersen talks about the significance of the report for U.S. nuclear facilities.

Posted on Jul 6, 2012 READ MORE

Flickr / khalid Albaih

Japan’s Nuclear ‘Safety Myth’

In the midst of a strong international reaction to the disaster at Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the broad, historical and unquestioning acceptance of atomic power in the only nation to have been attacked by nuclear weapons is eerie. (more)

Posted on Jun 25, 2011 READ MORE | 1 COMMENT

Illustration by PZS based on a graphic by Cary Bass

Power Company Predicts 9 More Months of Fukushima Drama

After five weeks of struggling to avoid a total meltdown at the quake- and tsunami-battered Fukushima nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. has announced that it could be nine months before it is able to cool damaged reactors completely.

Posted on Apr 17, 2011 READ MORE

AP / DigitalGlobe/dapd

Japan’s Prime Minister Politely Drop-Kicks Nuclear Plant Owner

Lest anyone doubt who is responsible for the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan just discarded the uncritical routine and said plant owner TEPCO’s low standards “invited the current situation.”