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US Spends 6 Times More on Prisons than Education
Globe and Mail For the first time in history, more than one in every 100 American adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report tracking the surge in inmate population and
Read More »War Contractor Makes Bid For Election Machines
CHICAGO TRIBUNE - United Technologies Corp. made public Sunday an unsolicited $3 billion bid for Diebold, one of the largest makers of automated teller machines and voting machines. United Technologies, which first approached Diebold
Read More »Government ‘letting troops down’
Conservative leader David Cameron has accused the Government of “breaking the military covenant” as he launched a Commission to draw up proposals to improve support for Britain’s armed forces. Mr Cameron said ministers were
Read More »Gov gags “extraordinary renditions” whistleblower
Marcus Morgan Last Friday, the Labour government took out a high court injunction to prevent a former member of the British Special Air Services, Ben Griffin, from revealing further details about the government’s involvement
Read More »Clifford claims tour was ‘publicity stunt’
By Nicholas Christian PRINCE Harry’s tour of duty in Afghanistan was a “PR stunt” that has not fooled the British public, publicist Max Clifford has claimed. The Royal’s 10-week deployment at the front was
Read More »Multiple 9/11s every day of the year
Multiple 9/11s every day of the year: Why is there no war on this terror? By Shreeram Krishnaswami “Another child will die in the time it takes to read this sentence. And the death
Read More »Day of Action: Refuse to Pay – 20th April
The Student Climate Project All are invited to take part in a mass action against soaring public transport prices on Sunday 20th April. We encourage people from all walks of life to board trains
Read More »Israeli troops withdraw from Gaza
Israel has pulled back its troops from the Gaza Strip with an army spokesman saying that military operations in the territory were “winding down”. The move came after an intense Israeli assault that killed
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