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Iraq holding thousands in secret prisons: lawmaker
Iraqi opposition lawmaker claims government holding thousands in unofficial prisons An Iraqi opposition lawmaker claimed Thursday that thousands of his countrymen are being mistreated in detention centers outside the official prison system. Sunni legislator
Read More »Genuine UK Activists Invade and Occupy UK Power Plant
Because they care about the issue — not about Youtube hits, UK truthers take note ;) By Alex Felsinger | The crown jewel of Greenpeace’s naval arm, the Rainbow Warrior, pulled in to the harbor alongside
Read More »Passport Service dismisses 14 for database abuses
The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) says it has dismissed 14 people over the last three years in relation to passport database abuses.The IPS is now closely involved in building the government’s national identity
Read More »Capitalism is bankrupt
Their system creates recession, hunger and climate chaos, but they want you to pay Until A few weeks ago, supporters of free market capitalism were confident enough to proclaim that their system was the
Read More »Next U.S. president must scrap Guantanamo
The head of Amnesty International called on Thursday for the winner of next week’s U.S. presidential election to shut the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba within 100 days of taking office. Irene Khan
Read More »The End is at Hand (to Leftist Conspiracy Theories)
By Dave Lindorff With the polls continuing to show Barack Obama holding a steady or even growing lead heading into Election Day, especially in the key swing states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Colorado, New
Read More »CIA officers could face trial in Britain over torture allegations
Attorney General to investigate abuse claims By Robert Verkaik Senior CIA officers could be put on trial in Britain after it emerged last night that the Attorney General is to investigate allegations that a
Read More »McCain Racism, Hypocrisy on Khalidi Issue
This Is The Lowest McCain Has Sunk Yet By Juan Cole The increasingly sleazy John McCain, who once promised to run a clean campaign, has now attacked my friend Rashid Khalidi and attempted to
Read More »‘A Fake Banking History of the United States’
By Thomas J. DiLorenzo | Ask yourself this question: was the housing price bubble, which has burst, caused by (a) a Fed policy of too much liquidity, which caused artificially low interest rates, which in
Read More »The Triumph of Ignorance: How Morons Succeed in U.S. Politics
Obama has a lot to offer, but until our education system is fixed or religious fundamentalism withers, anti-intellectuals will flaunt their ignorance. How was it allowed to happen? How did politics in the United
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