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4 November, 2010

The impotence of elections and the growing anger

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US Congress elections

Comunicas.- In his historical novel, The Leopard, Giuseppe di Lampedusa writes that things have to change in order to remain the same.  That is what happened in the US congressional elections on November 2. Jobs offshoring, which began on a large scale with the collapse of the Soviet Union, has merged the Democrats and Republicans [...]

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24 October, 2010

Plutocracy: “income in USA is now more concentrated in fewer hands than it’s been in 80 years”

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Comunicas.- It's a perfect storm. And I'm not talking about the impending dangers facing Democrats. I'm talking about the dangers facing our democracy. First, income in America is now more concentrated in fewer hands than it's been in 80 years. Almost a quarter of total income generated in the United States is going to the [...]

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18 October, 2010

Democrats: “worse than ’94″

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Comunicas.- As we hit the tail end of another election season, the pundit class -- as usual -- provides a wide range of predictions about what we can expect. Some focus on strong individual measures (like the “enthusiasm gap” or the generic ballot) to indicate a coming Republican sweep. Others argue that outlier Republican nominees [...]

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19 December, 2010

The globalization of militarism

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Pacom

Comunicas.- Many Americans still believe that US foreign policies are designed to maintain peace, to safeguard human rights and to spread democracy around the world. Regardless of their officially stated objectives, however, those policies often lead to opposite outcomes: war, militarism and dictatorship. Evidence of the fact that US policy makers no longer uphold the [...]

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2 December, 2010

Noam Chomsky: WikiLeaks reveal “Profound hatred for democracy on the part of US political leadership” (+ video)

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Noam Chomsky on Wikileaks

Comunicas.- World-renowned political dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky discusses the release of more than 250,000 secret U.S. State Department cables by WikiLeaks. Video: Part 1 embedded by Embedded Video Video: Part 2 embedded by Embedded Video Video: Part 3 embedded by Embedded Video AMY GOODMAN: For reaction to the WikiLeaks documents, we’re joined by world [...]

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1 December, 2010

Wikileaks exposes complicity of the Press

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war-press

Comunicas.- A diplomatic cable from last February released by Wikileaks provides a detailed account of how Russian specialists on the Iranian ballistic missile program refuted the U.S. suggestion that Iran has missiles that could target European capitals or intends to develop such a capability. In fact, the Russians challenged the very existence of the mystery [...]

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25 November, 2010

America’s New Entertainment

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Comunicas.- A  senator has an affair with the treasurer of his election campaign and political action committee, gives her a no-interest loan of $40,000, and pays $15,000 for her children's private school tuition. After their affair becomes public, he fires her, gives her husband a lucrative lobbying job to keep him quiet, and his parents [...]

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