Category Archives: POLICY

Economic Hit Man Speaking Freely: John Perkins (4 of 4)

This is one of the best analyses of corporatocracy I’ve heard – I highly recommend! For many years John Perkins was an “economic hit man” in the world of international finance; a function he performed by persuading Third World countries … Continue reading

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The Decline of Labour Unions in the US and Its Devastating Effect on The Economy

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The Growing Militarisation of Police in the U.S. and Around the World

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The Death of Kim Jong-il and the Future of U.S. Relations with the Two Koreas

Christine Ahn from the Korea Policy Institute and the Global Fund for Women weighs in on how the United States has impacted and shaped the ongoing war between North and South Korea through it’s heavy military presence (the Korean peninsula … Continue reading

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The Real Terrorists

Last night I watched the documentary “The End of America,” based on Naomi Wolf’s 2007 book by the same name. The film follows Wolf on a lecture tour through which she draws a parallel between the steps used by Hitler, … Continue reading

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Proof Obama will sign NDAA 1031 Citizen Imprisonment Law in a few days

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The National Defense Authorization Act is the Greatest Threat to Civil Liberties Americans Face

By E.D. Kain Forbes If Obama does one thing for the remainder of his presidency let it be a veto of the National Defense Authorization Act – a law recently passed by the Senate which would place domestic terror investigations … Continue reading

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The shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy

By Naomi Wolf The Guardian The violent police assaults across the US are no coincidence. Occupy has touched the third rail of our political class’s venality. US citizens of all political persuasions are still reeling from images of unparallelled police … Continue reading

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CBS 60 Minutes : Congress Trading Stocks on Inside Info Part 2 of 2

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CBS 60 Minutes : Congress Trading Stocks on Inside Info Part 1 of 2

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