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America: Modes of Expansion | John Michael Greer
This painting (circa 1872) by John Gast called American Progress, is an allegorical representation of the modernization of the new west. Here Columbia, a personification of the United States, leads ...
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Occupy St. Patrick's Day/M17 (#OWS @ 6 Months) | Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust "Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought ... Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction. Be heroes in an army of construction." --Helen ...
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Why Israel Attacked Gaza: Bibi Stirring Trouble | Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Mar. 14, 2012 -- The first Israel missile sped down to its target, scorching the Gaza earth and everything in between. Palestinians collected the body parts of two ...
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BOOKS: The Politics of Teaching Palestine To Americans. By Marcy Jane Knopf-Newman | Jim Miles
The Politics of Teaching Palestine to Americans - Addressing Pedagogical Strategies. Marcy Jane Knopf-Newman. Palgrave/MacMillan, 2011. Mar. 10, 2012 (Palestine Chronicle) -- When I first read this ...
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Back to Basics in Palestine: Redefining Our Relationship to a People’s Struggle | Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Mar. 7, 2012 -- The Winter 2012 edition of Palestine News features a photograph of an old man. His white beard and traditional jalabiya give him the appearance of ...
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Netanyahu solicits Canadian support for Iranian position | Jim Miles
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press) Mar. 4, 2012 (Palestine Chronicle) -- While on his way to Washington ...
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The Trajectory of Empires | John Michael Greer
Feb. 29, 2012 (Archdruid Report) -- The structure of empire anatomized in last week’s post is a source of considerable strength for any imperial nation that manages to get it in place, and a source ...
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Why Can’t americans Have Democracy? | Paul Craig Roberts
Portrait by Allan Ramsay, 1762 Mar. 2, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Syria has a secular government as did Iraq prior to the american invasion. Secular governments are important in Arab lands in which ...
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Between Politics and Principles: Hamas’ Perilous Maneuvers | Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 29, 2012 -- Despite all of Hamas’ assurances to the contrary, a defining struggle is taking place within the Palestinian Islamic movement. The ...
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BOOKS: The Unmaking of Israel. By Gershom Gorenberg | Jim Miles
The Unmaking of Israel. Gershom Gorenberg. Harper Collins, New York. 2011 Feb. 21, 2012 (Palestine Chronicle) -- Many recent works are reflecting an internal crisis within Israel, part of which is ...
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Cold War in Warm Waters: US-China's Dangerous Contest for Asia-Pacific | Ramzy Baroud
South China Sea. Source: Demis Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 22, 2012 -- On two occasions in my life I found myself living close to the South China Sea. The sea became my escape from life’s ...
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