For Pete's Sake, What's Happened to Our Democracy?Down through the millennia, specific individuals have changed the course of history. Some made their indelible mark through their intellect, some through their courage, and still others through the depth and breadth of their vision.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33231.htm
Five facts about America's Pathological Wealth Distribution
Most people associate inequality with the income gap. As distorted as the distribution of income may be, our wealth distribution is even more extreme. Americans are beginning to realize that years of preferential tax treatment for the rich, under the guise of "supply-side job creation" nonsense, have bloated the fortunes of the super-rich to a level that would make Rockefeller and Carnegie envious.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33236.htm
UN Secretary-general Says World is in a Race Against Time
The US and Israel: a Short Quiz on 'Rogue Nation' Status
The phrase "rogue nation" is one of the terms that get tossed around often in political discourse without much effort devoted to its actual meaning.
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Israel's West Bank Settlements Violate International Law
The Israeli government’s announcement that it is to expand settlements in the West Bank in response to the United Nations vote on Palestinian statehood violates human rights and international humanitarian law, Amnesty International said today.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33235.htm
Video of the American Drone Captured By Iran
Doomsday for Iran? US Tests EMP Bomb
Wikileaks: Bradley Manning and the bigger picture – Assange interview and Ratner video
Oliver Stone's: The Untold History of World War II
The new television series - Full episode
A LOOK BACK AT 2012
Why the World Bank Must Divest from Fossil Fuels
The World Bank’s latest report on climate change, “Turn Down the Heat,” warns that the planet is on track for a four-degree Celsius temperature rise by 2100. Like many scientists, the bank fears that such an increase would be incompatible with civilization as we know it. At the very least, rapid global warming—and the storms, droughts and other extreme weather it would unleash—would render the bank’s mission of alleviating poverty and fostering sustainable development impossible.
Mother Nature Belongs at the Bargaining Table
As the highly scripted stagecraft of the presidential campaign fades from the headlines, there's a new show in Washington. ”Fiscal Cliff” stars President Barack Obama, who urges Republicans and Democrats to agree on a ”grand bargain” that would soften the economic shock of the impending across-the-board tax and spending cuts. But that bipartisan handshake would be nothing to celebrate.
Kyoto all Over Again? US Obstructive Force at Climate Talks
World leaders have agreed on one thing at COP18—so called developing countries will suffer the most extreme effects of climate change; however, the world's richest nations continued on Wednesday to refuse to help prepare these nations for their current and imminent disasters and, more pointedly, to help curb global warming greenhouse gas emissions through sustainable energy development.
Police Have the Scary Capability to Track Wherever You're Driving
Fast food workers hit the streets to fight for a living wage
The value of a woman's life
We need to make sure that we do not take the blame for the violence that is visited upon us. We need to develop a sense of self that cannot be eroded, a sense of self that is rounded and whole. It is what saves a woman in the final analysis.
No Surprise Here: Congress Passes Unanimous Resolution Telling The ITU: Hands Off The Internet
One thing that's been somewhat universal in the US is pretty much everyone's opposition to the whole ITU WCIT charade going on in Dubai right now. It doesn't matter what political party they belong to or what general views on technology or the internet they hold, pretty much everyone recognizes, even if there are faults with the system today, giving the ITU more control will inevitably make things worse. So it should come as little surprise that Congress has passed another resolution (they did an earlier one in August that more or less said the same thing) unanimously (397-0) telling the ITU to not even think about trying to take over any aspect of internet governance.
No Warrant, No Problem: The Government Can Still Get Your Data
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121204/13100221222/no-warrant-no-problem-government-can-still-get-your-data.shtml
From Fossil Fuels to Global Warming Denial, Koch Brothers May Be Biggest Force Behind U.S. Inaction
