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9/11 Truth Movement vs. 9/11 Truth
I found myself once again singing at an antiwar rally two weeks ago, and once again being confronted by a red-faced white man with an ominous hand-written sign reading, “9/11 was a lie.” Most
Read More »NO2ID Activists Greet MP In Charge Of ID Cards
Today Meg Hillier, the minister in charge of the ID cards programme, came to Cambridge for discussions on the scheme with local business and civic leaders. Her visit received a ‘welcoming committee’ of NO2ID
Read More »Teachers to stage one-day strike on April 24
Teachers in England and Wales will stage their first national strike in more than two decades on April 24, Britain’s biggest classroom union announced today. The National Union of Teachers said that a ballot
Read More »Plans to cut UK troops in Iraq put on hold
The defence secretary, Des Browne, today announced to parliament that the planned cuts in British troops in Iraq would be delayed. In a Commons statement, the defence secretary said the decision was due to
Read More »The Fed’s Dealings: For Public or Private Interest?
Ferguson is professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is the author or coauthor of many books and articles, including Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Party Competition and the
Read More »Disgusting Profits by Armament Companies
I’ve been joking the last few years that if you invested in military stocks on January 20, 2001, you’d be sitting pretty right now. Well, now I’ve got some more evidence to back up
Read More »Exposing NSA Warrantless Wiretapping
Bush’s Law: Eric Lichtblau on Exposing the NSA’s Warrantless Wiretapping Program and How the White House Pressured the New York Times to Kill the Story. Democracy Now! In a national broadcast exclusive, we speak
Read More »Where Was Media When Sub-Prime Disaster Unfolded?
“It is somewhat surprising,” Larry Elliott, economics editor of London’s The Guardian observed recently, “that there is not already rioting in the streets, given the gigantic fraud perpetrated by the financial elite at the
Read More »Capello faces Italian investigation
The England head coach, Fabio Capello, is to be investigated for allegedly withholding evidence in a trial linked to Italy’s 2006 Calciopoli match-fixing scandal.After giving evidence to a Rome court yesterday Capello, who was
Read More »Those who control oil and water will control the world
New superpowers are competing for diminishing resources as Britain becomes a bit-player. The outcome could be deadly. John Gray | The Observer History may not repeat itself, but, as Mark Twain observed, it can
Read More »Clinton didn’t pay health insurance bills
Among the debts reported this month by Hillary Rodham Clinton’s struggling presidential campaign, the $292,000 in unpaid health insurance premiums for her campaign staff stands out. Clinton, who is being pressured to end her
Read More »Bush calls for more eavesdropping
US President George W. Bush has called on the Congress to pass a ‘vital’ pending legislation aimed at loosening domestic eavesdropping rules. Speaking before leaving Washington for Kiev and the NATO summit in Bucharest
Read More »Mobile phones ‘more dangerous than smoking’
Brain expert warns of huge rise in tumours and calls on industry to take immediate steps to reduce radiation. Mobile phones could kill far more people than smoking or asbestos, a study by an
Read More »Family wants answers after Taser death
Eyewitness News Indianapolis – The family of a man who died after being stunned with a Taser by police is considering taking legal action. They believe the Taser played a role in his death
Read More »VIDEO: President Bush Booed at Baseball Game
There’s a reason President Bush almost never appears before members of the general public: They really don’t like him. Despite the delirious mood of Washington Nationals fans on opening night at their new stadium,
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