Friday, March 19, 2010

Protesting a Defiler of US Principles

By Ray McGovern
March 19, 2010

This morning I was reading the 11th grade AP American History textbook used in my granddaughter here in Charlottesville.

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GOP Learns to Love Dissent

By Nat Parry
March 19, 2010

“The American people are saying, ‘Stop’ and they’re screaming at the top of their lungs,” said House Republican Leader John Boehner explaining why the GOP is so determined to kill President Barack Obama’s health-insurance reform.

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The Many Lies of Karl Rove

By Melvin A. Goodman
March 19, 2010

Joseph Goebbels, the leading propagandist of the Third Reich, understood the power of the lie; the greater the lie, the greater its power.

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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Israel's Troubling Tilt Toward Apartheid

By Robert Parry
March 19, 2010

The United Nations General Assembly may well have been wrong in 1975 to equate Zionism with racism, since many early Israelis rejected extremist notions regarding separation of Jews from Arabs. But today a virulent form of Zionism is turning Israel in the direction of an intolerant apartheid state.

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The Death and Life of Bishop Romero

By Gary G. Kohls
March 18, 2010

Next week will be the 30th anniversary of the assassination of El Salvador's Archbishop Oscar Romero, a pivotal moment in the modern history of Central America and a moment that deserves reflection among U.S. citizens regarding the role their own government played in the ghastly bloodshed that surrounded Romero's death.

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Torture Lawyer Gets His Say at UVA

By David Swanson
March 18, 2010

Sunshine Week, according to its Web site, is "a national initiative to open a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information."

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

WPost Blames Obama First, on Israel

By Robert Parry
March 16, 2010

The U.S. government is in a clash with Israel over Jewish settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, housing construction that the Obama administration sees as a threat to renewed peace talks – and guess which side the Washington Post’s neoconservative editorial page is taking?

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Monday, March 15, 2010

Yoo Besmirches Legacy of Jefferson

By Ray McGovern
March 15, 2010

Initially I was shocked at the thought of the University of Virginia welcoming former Justice Department lawyer John Yoo to the “Academical Village” founded by Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, which denounced tyrannical acts by King George III, including ones that fell far short of waterboarding.

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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Spy Takes US-Israeli Secrets to Grave

By Robert Parry
March 15, 2010

Last week’s death of Israeli spymaster David Kimche – and the omissions in his obituaries about his most sensitive operations, especially those regarding the United States – are a reminder of how much crucial history is being lost as key figures from this era take their secrets to the grave.

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