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Solutions for a Sustainable World

Mick Meaney October 13, 2008 0

TNI | The Schumacher lectures are traditionally held in Bristol but have now branched out so that Schumacher North, based in Leeds, also organises the series. They occupy a day, with three people delivering lectures

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Iraqi government fuels ‘war for oil’ theories by putting reserves up for biggest ever sale

Mick Meaney October 13, 2008 0

Terry Macalister and Nicholas Watt | The biggest ever sale of oil assets will take place today, when the Iraqi government puts 40bn barrels of recoverable reserves up for offer in London. BP, Shell

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New Evidence of Systemic Bias in Guantánamo Trials

Mick Meaney October 13, 2008 0

By Andy Worthington - andyworthington.co.uk | Andy Worthington, author of The Guantánamo Files, continues his analysis of the corrupt command structure of the Military Commissions at Guantánamo, with new information from Maj. David Frakt, one of

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Chomsky: Anti-Democratic Nature of US Capitalism is Being Exposed

Mick Meaney October 13, 2008 2

By Noam Chomsky THE SIMULTANEOUS unfolding of the US presidential campaign and unraveling of the financial markets presents one of those occasions where the political and economic systems starkly reveal their nature. Passion about

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Fisk ‘shocked’ by US failure to debate conflict in Israel

Mick Meaney October 13, 2008 0

By Amol Rajan | A feisty debate between Robert Fisk and the author Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman brought The Independent Woodstock Literary Festival to a close on a high note last night.   The

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