Controversial ag spending bill defunds local food systems, promotes meat monopoly
By Rady Ananda Plutocrats aimed another weapon at the nation’s poor and at small and midsized farmers, this time thru the 2012 agriculture appropriations bill, H.R. 2112, which the House passed on June 16. The 82-page bill returns some federal spending… more »
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Questions for the Money Party - Why negative job growth for 11 years?
By Michael Collins "The Money Party is a very small group of enterprises and individuals who control almost all of the money and power in the United States. They use their money and power to make more money and gain more power. It's not about… more »
What You Can't See and Don't Read About: The Harmful Effects of Cell Towers and Cell Phones
by Harrison Barritt The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom —Isaac Asimov On May 31, 2011, the World Health Organization publicly acknowledged something many of us have sensed for years:… more »
Archbishop of Canterbury reprimanded by angry Holy Land Christians
Stuart Littlewood “We need advocates for the truth,” they tell him Kairos Palestine, the voice of Palestinian Christians, has given the Archbishop of Canterbury a strong ticking-off for remarks he made during a BBC interview. Rifat Kassis, co-ordinator… more »
Global War Racketeering: US Empire and Mindless Arab Rulers
Mahboob A. Khawaja, Ph.D. “War provides an outlet for every evil element in man’s nature. It enfranchises cupidity and greed gives a charter to petty tyranny, glorifies cruelty and places in position of power the vulgar and base.” (C.E.M Joad. Guide to… more »
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