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Breaking: Feds arrest ex-Chicago cop Jon Burge
Retired Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge was arrested at his home near Tampa, Fla., today on charges of lying in a civil case about whether he and other officers under his command tortured and physically abused suspects in police custody dating back to the 1980s, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
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News :: Protest Activity
Swedish Peace Activists Repeatedly Break Into Weapon Factories
Using hammers and bolt cutters, peace activists repeatedly broke into weapon plants and damaged weapons in Sweden. Activists from the Swedish group OFOG/Avrusta admitted damaging twenty high explosive grenade launchers as well as internal parts to a Howitzer 77.
Commentary :: Elections & Legislation
The Idiots Who Rule America
Our oligarchic class is incompetent at governing, managing the economy, coping with natural disasters, educating our young, handling foreign affairs, providing basic services like health care and safeguarding individual rights. That it is still in power, and will remain in power after this election, is a testament to our inability to separate illusion from reality.
Commentary :: Globalization
The American Patient
Capitalism changed into "finance-driven" capitalism The profit rates for industrial capital fell in the past decades. Washington could be paralyzed under the debt yoke like Japan in the early 1990s. After decades of market idolization, the US has rediscovered political power.
News :: Civil & Human Rights
On the 64th Year of the American Reoccupation of the Philippines
While we in the Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV) are commemorating the 64th Year of the Leyte landing, October 20, 1944- the start of the Liberation of the Philippines with the proper rites at the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (HPMC) in Vermont and Fountain St in Los Angeles on Oct. 22, 2008 in Los Angeles, it is gratifying to note that even the Americans have unsung heroes.
News :: Environment
Arctic domino effect from global warming
Climate change is shown most clearly in the Arctic where the effect on environment is dramatic and wide-ranging. This year, Arctic air temperature was five degrees above the average and ice melting the second most comprehensive on record.
Commentary :: Miscellaneous
FINANCIAL MERRY-GO-ROUND
The infamous Bush-Paulson rescue plan for financial institutions in trouble reminds me of the Papua-New Guinea and Vanuatu ‘cargo cults’ when the natives, nurtured on hand-outs from allied air drops during World War II, sat around landing strips waiting for more cargo while engaging in weird worship rituals to attract the planes.
News :: Miscellaneous
The Rising Body Count on Main Street
The Human Fallout from the Financial Crisis
News :: International Relations
Thousands rally in Iraq against proposed U.S troop deal
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Old Wars, New Wars and Election '08 - Labor Beat / Google Video
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