News Analysis
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New York Times Misleads on Taliban Role in Opium Trade (Jeremy R. Hammond)
The New York Times and other major U.S. media sources commonly report on the production of opium in Afghanistan as though it were under the control of the Taliban. The facts on the ground, however, ...
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The Gutting of our Civil Service- A Prelude to Fascism (Dale Tavris MD, MPH)
One of the most striking hallmarks of the Bush/Cheney administration has been the privatization of as many formerly government jobs as it could get away with. This effort has sometimes been referred ...
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A Wanted Man in Burma (Jeremy R. Hammond)
Writer Antonio Graceffo has become the target of a disinformation campaign by the ruling junta in Burma for opposing the oppressive regime.
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A Wanted Man in Burma (Jeremy R. Hammond)
Writer Antonio Graceffo has become the target of a disinformation campaign by the ruling junta in Burma for opposing the oppressive regime.
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Whoever Wins U.S. Election, Policy in ‘War on Terror’ Unlikely to Change (Jeremy R. Hammond)
Whichever leading candidate wins the 2008 election, the there is little indication that U.S. policy will shift away significantly from using military force in Afghanistan and Pakistan, which is ...
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World Food Day: Global Crises’ Double Standards (Ramzy Baroud)
Oct. 23, 2008 (World News Trust) -- The 25th annual World Food Day, marked Oct. 16, was an occasion whose arrival and passing received little media attention or governmental fanfare. Evidently, much ...
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How Should You Vote? (Jeremy R. Hammond)
American voters should shift their electoral strategy from seeking to put the lesser of evils into power to seeking to elect the force for the greatest good.
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Political Ponerology: A Science of Evil Applied for Political Purposes (Dale Tavris MD, MPH)
(World News Trust) -- I define evil as the exercise of political power -– that is, the imposition of one’s will upon others by overt or covert coercion -– in order to avoid extending one’s self for ...
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Health Care Fraud: One Reason Gov't-Sponsored Universal Health Care is Essential (Dale Tavris M.D.)
Dale Tavris, MD, MPH -- World News Trust Health care is too important to the well being of the American people to entrust it to for-profit corporations. A 2004 report by the Institute of Medicine ...
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The Real War (Ken Kesey)
(World News Trust is highlighting the most popular stories to appear on its website since 2002. The following story is among those most viewed.) Apr. 17, 2007 -- Zane Kesey's Blog At 08:04 PM ...
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9/11: Looking for Truth in Credentials: The Peculiar WTC 'Experts' (Kevin Ryan)
The fact is that the experts found to support the official conspiracy theory of 9/11 are predominantly those who profit from doing so. That’s not to say that all of these people were “part of the ...
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