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 Capitalism, Civil Rights, Corporate Control, Development and Growth, Financial regulation, Labor issues/Worker's rights, U.S. foreign policy, U.S.military, Urban Planning, Wall Street  2 Responses »
Jul 162012
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    “SECLUDED AND SELF-CONTAINED OUTPOSTS STRATEGICALLY LOCATED.” (Ephemeris 360) The new face of U.S. military imperialism is the rapid development of these “lily pad” bases around the world. Not only are they “strategically located,” they are largely “strategically concealed” from public knowledge as the public is led to believe its stable of overseas based [...]

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 Barack Obama, Budgets and Spending, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Development and Growth, Economy, Environment, Europe, Government and Corporate Corruption, Homeless and Unemployed, International Conflicts, Iran, Middle East, Natural resources, Obama/Progressives relationship, Oil, Privatization/Deregulation, Sustainability, U.S. foreign policy  3 Responses »
Jan 242012
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“THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF PURPOSIVE SOCIAL ACTION.” (Asia Times) This phrase, found in the work of sociologist Robert Merton, is invoked by Pepe Escobar in commenting on the situation of the current conflict between Iran and the West resulting from Iran’s alleged development of capacity for nuclear warfare. The European Union has just issued an [...]

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