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Spill cleanup workers face labor-camp conditions
June 23rd, 2010
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The invisible victims of the BP oil spill. Among the many victims of the BP spill are the thousands of cleanup workers hired by the company and contractors to lay boom, operate skimmer boats and comb beaches for oil.
US commander recalled from Afghanistan after mocking Obama
June 23rd, 2010
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This is how coups start. The remarks of McChrystal and his aides are indicative of the open contempt with which large sections of the US military command regard the civilian government and the bedrock constitutional principle of civilian control over the military.
Supreme Court backs use of terrorism law against free speech
June 22nd, 2010
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Goodbye First Amendment. The case represents further proof that the assault on democratic rights initiated by the Bush administration in the name of a “global war on terror” is being continued and deepened under the Obama White House.
Obama’s Oval Office speech: A cowardly cover-up of BP’s crimes
June 16th, 2010
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Do you want a short summary of Obama’s speech? It’s business as usual. No one will be held accountable, nothing will be done to prevent something like this from happening again, and those impacted by the spill will get little help. Obama’s performance was the speech of an individual and a government that are under [...]
Pity the poor global oil corporation
June 14th, 2010
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Don’t you feel sorry for them? Under capitalism, business owners are driven by competition to put one priority above all others–profits. Every other goal–the health and safety of workers or consumers, protection of the environment, the living standards of employees, the good of society as a whole–come second.
Billionaires and crackpots: US primaries select right-wing candidates for November election
June 13th, 2010
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And they wonder why we fill so alienated.
New evidence undermines latest BP-White House estimate of spill size
June 13th, 2010
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A few facts concerning the Deepwater Horizon spill: The rate of the oil spill as of early last week was between 30,000 and 50,000 barrels (1.2 million to 2.1 million gallons) per day, and possibly higher. Fifty-three days after the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon that killed 11 workers, somewhere between 63 million and 107 [...]
Frank Rich on Obama: Liberal fears and illusions
June 8th, 2010
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His inability to articulate in any way the anger of millions of Americans has raised serious doubts about his leadership. The column is significant, not for any insights it provides into the crisis of the Obama administration, but rather as an indication of the sense within the left-liberal constituency of the Democratic Party that the [...]
