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Other Worlds

Economic Justice

January 30th, 2010

7.0 on the Horror Scale

Following is the log of Beverly Bell during the first ten days after the earthquake in Haiti. January 12, 2010 4:12 p.m. 7.0 EARTHQUAKE ROCKS HAITI. I read this email subject line several times. My brain can’t make sense of it. I blast a note in Creole out to dozens ... continue reading

Donna Smith

Single-Payer Advocate

January 28th, 2010

The State of My Union Isn't So Great

While the media wonks and policy geeks banter about what President Obama will or won’t say in his first State of the Union address, I’d like to offer my own view of the unfolding U.S. health system crisis. I’m a patient in this system, and I am a wife and ... continue reading

January 27th, 2010

Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery

Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Our Constitution declares that from time to time, the President shall give to Congress information about the state of our union.  For two hundred and twenty years, our leaders have fulfilled this duty.  They have done so during ... continue reading

Emma Kaplan

World Can't Wait

January 26th, 2010

Stop Military Spying, Support Port Protesters!

On Friday January 27th, Olympia anti war activist Patti Imani and World Can’t Wait Steering committee member Emma Kaplan will be facing trial for participating in protests with Port Military Resistance (PMR) in August 2008. They could face a fine of $200 and 6 months in jail. PMR has been ... continue reading

Dean Baker

Co-Director, CEPR

January 26th, 2010

Leveling the Political and Economic Playing Field

The Supreme Court ruled last week that corporations could spend as much money as they want in elections, thereby making most existing restrictions on corporate election spending unconstitutional. This raises the prospect of US politics becoming even more corrupt than it already is. It will now be totally legal for ... continue reading

Hugh Espey

Hugh Espey is the Executive Director of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement.

January 25th, 2010

The Big Banks Broke Our Economy – Now They Need to Fix It!

We invite you to join us Tuesday, Jan. 26 as we take our message of Enough is Enough! – Put the People First! to the doorsteps of Wells Fargo – one of the big banks that crashed our economy and state budgets. We will demand they change the way they ... continue reading

Dean Baker

Co-Director, CEPR

January 23rd, 2010

Say Goodbye to Ben

Bernanke's approval is clearly on the ropes. This has prompted the Wall Street and elite media crew to rustle up all the tricks they used to push TARP through back in October of 2008. First and foremost, they are pointing to the decline in the stock market as evidence that ... continue reading

Donna Smith

Single-Payer Advocate

January 18th, 2010

Sometimes Disaster Breathes Healthcare Words of Truth

Everybody in, nobody out. It’s the battle cry of millions of people throughout the United States who believe healthcare is a basic human right and who advocate for Medicare for All system as an achievable and just answer to that cry. Everybody in, nobody out. It’s the way we are ... continue reading

Dylan Ratigan

Host, Dylan Ratigan Show

January 12th, 2010

The Case Against Geithner

As we sit here today, Wall Street continues to exploit a policy of government-sponsored giveaways and secrecy to pay themselves billions. Record-setting bonuses due to banks like Goldman Sachs as early next week. Yet instead of acting as our cop, Secretary Tim Geithner has become central to what may be ... continue reading

Donna Smith

Single-Payer Advocate

January 11th, 2010

White House Believes “Liberal Angst” Over Healthcare Will Go Away

Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Better it is to be of humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. – Proverbs 16: 18-19, the Bible My Grandma Delphia used to quote that Bible verse. I wonder if other folks ... continue reading

H. Candace Gorman

H. Candace Gorman is a civil rights/human rights lawyer in Chicago who is representing two Guantánamo detainees.

January 11th, 2010

Eight Years Later and We Are Still Counting

January 11th, 2010 begins the ninth year of America’s Gulag at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Despite the promise made by the brand new President last January 22nd that he would close Guantánamo within a year, the Obama Administration has actually released fewer men from Guantánamo during this past year than the ... continue reading

Ray McGovern

Retired CIA analyst

January 9th, 2010

Answering Helen Thomas on Why

Thank God for Helen Thomas, the only person to show any courage at the White House press briefing after President Barack Obama gave a flaccid account of the intelligence screw-up that almost downed an airliner on Christmas Day. After Obama briefly addressed L’Affaire Abdulmutallab and wrote “must do better” on ... continue reading

Donna Smith

Single-Payer Advocate

January 8th, 2010

Promises, Promises: Should This Congress and This President Learn from a Little Lip Reading?

Should Democratic members of the House vote “no” on any reform legislation that includes an excise tax on health benefits? Even if it’s now the President’s preferred funding method for the healthcare insurance company bail-out bill (or health insurance reform bill, as it’s known in the proper political framing terminology)? ... continue reading

Michael Prysner

Iraq War Veteran, Anti-War Activist

January 6th, 2010

Meet Your Boss: Robert Gates

The decisions to send us to risk life and limb around the world—today in Afghanistan and Iraq—are not decisions that we have any part of, nor do our families, nor do the vast majority of people in the United States. They are decisions for the millionaire politicians, who have the ... continue reading

Cindy Sheehan

Gold Star Mom, Activist

January 6th, 2010

2010 the Year of Resistance

"An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind."Mahatma GandhiThree events over the holidays have caused me great consternation and they proved to me that I am not so cynical and jaded that my government can't still shock me, if anythingOf course, the first event has to be ... continue reading

Donna Smith

Single-Payer Advocate

January 5th, 2010

It’s Our Lives, It’s Our Money: Do Health Reform In the Sunshine

If there is nothing to protect that relates to national security, every bit of the health reform legislation debate and negotiation should be done in public. Period. We read today that C-SPAN is arguing that the negotiations between the House and the Senate on their healthcare bills need to be ... continue reading

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Even now, only 27% of Republicans believe Barack Obama was born in the United States: http://t.co/lW46Gc6P #blackhistorymonth

Feb 9th
1:17 PM
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RT @OccupyWallStNYC: Lessons Learned from #OWS http://t.co/T0pqkRYb

Feb 9th
12:45 AM
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RT @billmaher: Atlantic City casinos, the USFL, the birther movement, NBC, and now Mitt Romney: everything #Trump endorses or touches go ...

Feb 9th
12:37 AM
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It's great to watch Hannity and the right wing try to reconcile the real world with the crazy world inside their own heads.

Feb 8th
11:45 PM
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Sean Hannity Says If Obama Had His Way, Bin Laden Would Be Alive -- And He Can Prove It!: http://t.co/GufOyh43

Feb 8th
11:43 PM
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(From The Onion) "Obama Openly Asks Nation Why On Earth He Would Want To Serve For Another Term" http://t.co/BjTfIxHR

Feb 8th
6:09 PM
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The state of California has eliminated ALL state funding for every library in California. http://t.co/1gHskesI #OWS

Feb 8th
1:25 PM
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An active-duty Lt. Colonel says Americans haven't been told the truth, that the war in Afghanistan is lost: http://t.co/oJ1bcMPy

Feb 7th
9:36 PM
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RT @dankildee Wow! A packed house in #Flint for our supporters get-together. Lots of people fired up and ready to go! #MI05 #DanForCongress

Feb 7th
9:27 PM
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Went to the Morgan Library to see original manuscript of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." My favorite writer, born 200 years ago today.

Feb 7th
5:38 PM
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RT @MikeElk: how bittersweet that on the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens - candidate favoring child janitors is losing

Feb 7th
1:26 PM
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RT @BrentALang: In honor of François Truffaut's birthday, the final, shattering scene from "400 Blows" http://t.co/k4cHsPSx

Feb 7th
2:55 AM
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RT @crooksandliars: New At C&L: If Obama Administration is 'At War' with the Catholic Church, So Are Most American Catholics http://t.co ...

Feb 6th
10:43 AM
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RT @thinkprogress: NEW POLL: "More than 7 in 10 support increasing the taxes of those earning more than $1 million a year" http://t.co/C ...

Feb 6th
10:36 AM
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RT @BrianFWright: @MMFlint We know there were #Reagan #Democrats... Maybe #ClintEastwood is an #Obama #Republican...

Feb 6th
10:29 AM
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And Clint, the consensus is u done a good thing standing up 4 Detroit--& your sermon seemed 2 b a call 2 give O his "second half." #sellcars

Feb 5th
11:29 PM
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Congrats Giants! A great game. Hilarious ending - have never seen a player bummed out because he scored a touchdown.

Feb 5th
11:24 PM
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RT @ZKWC: @MMFlint sounded to me like he was going to get all Dirty Harry on some Republicans by calling for another Obama term.

Feb 5th
10:23 PM
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Eastwood ad started great-but it ended like America was gonna go all Dirty Harry on the world again. Jeez. Props tho for representin Detroit

Feb 5th
9:32 PM
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Pat's 2nd play wasn't til 3:18 left in 1st qt-but now... Surprised by #OWS sentiment of Pepsi ad! Game began w/ a somber AmericaTheBeautiful

Feb 5th
9:29 PM
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Silent State ...by Peter van Buren, State Department FSO www.michaelmoore.com The number of cases in play suggests an organized strategy ... The Obama...

Feb 9th
2:25 PM
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Angelides: 'Gluttons of privilege' rule Wall Street www.newsreview.com "The Wall Street reactionaries are not satisfied with being rich. They...

Feb 9th
9:18 AM
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The Battle for Vermont's Health -- And Why It Matters for the Rest of the Country ...by Wendell Pott www.michaelmoore.com I have observed in Vermont over...

Feb 8th
4:02 PM
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Just the workers at Republic Windows & Doors (as seen in 'Capitalism: A Love Story') had to occupy their Chicago factory in order to get what...

Feb 8th
2:15 PM
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From Mitt Romney's alternate reality, via Andy Cobb and Second City: Super Bowl Ad (Alternate Reality Take) www.youtube.com Mitt sure did feel strongly...

Feb 7th
9:59 PM
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Powerful article by an active duty Lieutenant Colonel: "How many more men must die in support of a mission that is not succeeding and behind an array of...

Feb 7th
3:57 PM
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The Great Carbon Bubble ...by Bill McKibben www.michaelmoore.com If we could see the world with a particularly illuminating set of spectacles, one of its most...

Feb 7th
11:30 AM
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Why the Right May Be Right to Be Offended by Chrysler's Clint Eastwood Super Bowl Ad ...by Joe Lapoi www.michaelmoore.com A year from now, we may be...

Feb 6th
9:08 PM
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Offshore Everywhere ...by Tom Engelhardt www.michaelmoore.com A new way of preserving the embattled idea of an American planet is coming into focus and one...

Feb 6th
2:27 PM
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Daily Kos: The rightwingoverse www.dailykos.com In the Rightwingoverse, doubt must be cast upon facts, science, and basic reality, in order to sustain an...

Feb 6th
1:41 PM
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Thanks to the Record of Bergen County, New Jersey and reporter Lindy Washburn for doing the kind of important, in-depth journalism that's disappearing all...

Feb 5th
6:28 PM
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Why Protests Should Be a Part of Super Bowl Sunday ...by Dave Zirin www.michaelmoore.com The people of Indiana are angry. I’m not sure telling them that anger...

Feb 5th
2:45 PM
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Occupy the Super Bowl: Indiana’s New Anti-Union Law Sparks Protest at Sport’s Biggest Spectacle www.democracynow.org Occupy protesters in Indianapolis are...

Feb 5th
2:35 PM
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The battle of McPherson Square ...by Jefferson Morley www.salon.com Rough police tactics rout 300 protesters from their tent city in the heart of Washington

Feb 5th
2:11 PM
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Livestreaming of eviction at OccupyDC: OCCUPY DC BEING EVICTED NOW - Watch Live | OccupyWallSt.org occupywallst.org According to twitter reports, majority of...

Feb 4th
12:58 PM
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Feb 4th: Day of Mass Action to Stop War on Iran www.antiwar.com February 4, 2012 Day of Mass Action to Stop War on Iran / NO war / NO sanctions / NO...

Feb 4th
12:30 AM
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Here's a better link for the Freewayblogger contest: Tales of the Freewayblogger: Slogan Contest/West Coast Tour freewayblogger.blogspot.com I'd...

Feb 3rd
6:18 PM
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Now's your change to Freeway blog -- enter the Freeway Blogger's contest for the best slogans about global warming, get your work seen by tens of...

Feb 3rd
4:35 PM
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Paying For Cancer Treatment for Children in America With a Car Wash and Bake Sale ...by Wendell Pott www.michaelmoore.com In late November, Caroline Richmond...

Feb 3rd
11:33 AM
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Four Reasons to Watch the Super Bowl ...by Robert Lipsyte www.michaelmoore.com You need to watch this game to fully understand how jobs, religion, leadership,...

Feb 2nd
3:53 PM
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From Laura Flanders: The Deal That Saved Detroit (And Banned Strikes) | The Nation www.thenation.com Romney bad; Obama good; Big Three back. The Deal with...

Feb 2nd
3:26 PM
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Divining the Truth about Iran ...by Ray McGovern www.michaelmoore.com Watching top U.S. intelligence officials present the annual “Worldwide Threat...

Feb 1st
11:22 PM
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Anti-Wall Street protester's Twitter posts subpoenaed www.reuters.com NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prosecutors have subpoenaed the Twitter records of an Occupy...

Feb 1st
12:23 PM
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If we ever get single-payer and decent health care for all in this country, one big reason will be Dr. Deb Richter: ...

Jan 31st
3:59 PM
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I think we all breathe easier with unrepentant supporters of basic human decency like Frank Cordaro locked up: Occupy Des Moines trainer sentenced to 30 days...

Jan 31st
12:45 PM
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Canada’s Labor Movement Digs in for ‘PATCO Equivalent,’ as Lockouts Drag On ...by Mike Elk www.michaelmoore.com "When PATCO happened [in 1981] we didn’t...

Jan 30th
5:16 PM
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In the Washington area? Get down to OCCUPY DC to defend the encampment from a likely raid by police today: Jan 30th: Occupy DC will defend our home and our...

Jan 30th
12:51 PM
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Here's one of the channels streaming coverage of the Occupy Wall Street march tonight in solidarity with Occupy Oakland: Timcast www.ustream.tv Timcast...

Jan 29th
8:12 PM
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A Call For Mass Action Against The Suppression of The Occupy Movement ...by Emma Kaplan michaelmoore.com Now this movement faces a true crossroads. Will it be...

Jan 29th
6:48 PM
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Events in solidarity with Occupy Oakland begin in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Tampa and many more cities at 7:00 PM ET --...

Jan 29th
2:26 PM
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