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Life Is Sacred | Chris Hedges
A village boy leads his goat past a parched pond on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar. AP/Biswaranjan Rout. Sep. 3, 2012 (Truthdig) -- I retreat in the summer to the mountains ...
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'Continuing Impunity': No Charges for CIA in Detainee Torture, Deaths | Common Dreams Staff
Gul Rahman, who died in 2002 while being held at a secret CIA facility known as the 'Salt Pit' in Afghanistan (photo: AP)Aug. 31, 2012 (Common Dreams) -- The CIA will face no charges over the ...
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M17: My OWS 6-Month Anniversary Story | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Aug. 31, 2012 “Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional.” --Patti Smith When I was recently asked to share my ...
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BOOKS: Freedom Sailors | Jim Miles
Freedom Sailors. Edited by Greta Berlin and Bill Dienst, M.D. Free Gaza Movement, 2012. Aug. 29, 2012 (Palestine Chronicle) -- It is difficult to imagine the thoughts and feelings of the people who ...
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Arrigoni’s Murder Trial in Gaza: Answers, Not Just a Verdict | Ramzy Baroud
Vittorio ArrigoniRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 29, 2012 -- There was once a young man from a very small Italian town called Bulciago who wished to change the world. As soon as he finished ...
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The Eye of Sauron: Something New Under the Sun | Fred Reed
Aug. 8, 2012 (Fred On Everything) -- The pieces come together. Within the last week I have read: 1) New software, associated with Google, will recognize customers in stores so as to offer them ...
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Calling all Pessimistic Optimists (Activist FAQ) | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust "I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will." --Antonio Gramsci Throughout my time with Occupy Wall Street, I’ve ...
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The Monkeywrench Wars | John Michael Greer
Aug. 22, (Archdruid Report) -- Among science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke’s many gifts was a mordant sense of humor, and a prime example of that gift in action was his 1951 short story ...
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The AFTA Act of 2012 | James Howard Kunstler
James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Aug. 19, 2012 -- Over the years, I've spotlighted America's telephone system as the single best example of the diminishing returns of technology in everyday ...
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Talking Wikileaks, Assange, Manning, Occupy, And More: My Conversation With Mark Hand | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Aug. 25, 2012 "There is unity in the oppression. There must be absolute unity and determination in the response." --Julian Assange When word ...
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The Specter of Military Defeat | John Michael Greer
Aug. 15, 2012 (ArchdruidReport) -- I’ve come to think that the single greatest obstacle that stands in the way of a clear understanding of the predicament of our age is the insistence that the past ...
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