Captain Paul Watson on aggressive moves to end whaling

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CBS does something commendable: it gives a few minutes to an activist fighting a critical fight on our behalf and that of countless otherwise defenceless creatures. Watson and his cause should be a household word in most American homes, but Myley Cyrus is.  Wonder why?

And by the way, Watson is Canadian, not American, Charlie.

PATRICE GREANVILLE

|  “Captain Paul Watson is a controversial environmental activist and star of the reality show “Whale Wars.” Watson joins the “CBS This Morning” co-hosts to discuss putting his crew and himself at risk to protect whales around the world.” Continue reading »

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Do Elections Make Any Difference?

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Plus ça Change, Plus C’est la Même Chose

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by ANDREW LEVINE

 

In the run up to the Presidential election of 1960, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Harvard historian and Kennedy courtier, published a book called Kennedy or Nixon: Does It Make Any Difference?  Schlesinger had to struggle to find reasons to claim that it was important that Kennedy win. Continue reading »

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Chris Hedges on “The Pathology of the Rich”

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By Chris Hedges

Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges discussed “the psychology of the super rich: their sense of entitlement, the dehumanization of workers, and mistaken belief that their wealth will insulate them from the coming storms” with The Real News Network’s senior editor, Paul Jay.

 

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Bernie Sanders Introduces Single Payer Bill: American Health Security Act of 2013

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By Bernie Sanders

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Summary of S. 1782, The American Health Security Act of 2013

The American Health Security Act of 2013 (S. 1782) provides every American with affordable and comprehensive health care services through the establishment of a national American Health Security Program (the Program) that requires each participating state to set up and administer a state single payer health program. The Program provides universal health care coverage for the comprehensive services required under S. 1782 and incorporates Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and TRICARE (the Department of Defense health care program), but maintains health care programs under the Veterans Affairs Administration. Private health insurance sold by for-profit companies could only exist to provide supplemental coverage. Continue reading »

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The media’s hypocrisy about Mandela

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THE MEDIA’S HYPOCRITICAL OATH – MANDELA AND ECONOMIC APARTHEID•

By David Edwards
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What does it mean when a notoriously profit-driven, warmongering, climate-killing media system mourns, with one impassioned voice, the death of a principled freedom fighter like Nelson Mandela?

Does it mean that the corporate system has a heart, that it cares? Or does it mean that Mandela’s politics, and the mythology surrounding them, are somehow serviceable to power? Continue reading »
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The Right’s Fear of the Past

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In Mandela’s Shadow
by DAVID ROSEN

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Nelson Mandela’s death has precipitated a global discussion as to his remarkable personal story and profound historical role.  Surprising, his death has sparked an unexpected debate within the conservative right, revealing its ongoing unraveling.  More significantly, this debate raises questions about Mandela’s relation to Cuba, his affiliation with the Communist Party and his support for armed struggle. Continue reading »

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Tribute to a kind man: Bob Barker returns to “The Price is Right” for birthday celebration

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Perennial warmongers on a platter—McCain defames Iran (courtesy of CBS)

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John McCain on Iran: “They have cheated and lied for 20 years”
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An old habitué of this channel, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., talks to the “CBS This Morning” co-hosts about the recent nuclear agreement with Iran, and the reasons why —in his warmongering view—it stinks. No real, articulate antiwar critic is presented, although Norah O’Donnell attempts without luck to stem the torrent of chauvinist nonsense discharged by motormouth McCain. Continue reading »

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Why Wash Post, New Yorker take a dive on Hersh Syria article

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By Michael Collins, Agonist

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Paul Ryan speaks: CBS, again, handing its megaphone to reactionaries

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PATRICE GREANVILLE

It’s so common that most people don’t notice it by now, but American television, including cable and PBS, are notorious for falsifying issues by simply omitting necessary points of view, like a genuine leftist position that could balance the constant rightwing/establishmentarian noise. Continue reading »

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No Pause in US Economic War on Iran

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By Stephen Gowans, what’s left

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David Cohen, a US Treasury Department undersecretary, took pains in The Wall Street Journal (December 10) to point out that despite the sanctions relief provided for in the November interim nuclear agreement between Tehran and the P5+1 [1], that the US-led economic war on Iran continues largely unabated. Cohen’s message is that the relief package “is economically insignificant to Iran,” while US-led oil sanctions, trade disruptions, and efforts to isolate Iran from the US banking system—which remain in place despite the deal—continue to hobble Iran’s economy. Continue reading »

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