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US History: President Dwight D. Eisenhower, WWII General

The Presidency of our 34th President of the United States comprised 8 years of turmoil immediately after WWII. The WWII ally Russia became a Cold War enemy in the race for Communist control of the world and...

9 comments    american history us history
With little to no major media coverage, Confessions sold 150,000 copies within months and appeared on over 20 bestseller lists, including those of the New York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and USA Today.64

Confessions of an Economic Hitman

"Confessions of an economic hitman" is not the usual book on economics or finance: it is written by John Perkins who has been an economic hitman for 10 years after being recruited by the powerful NSA...

6 comments    business finance education
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Is Obama a New Hope for Indonesia ?

IS OBAMA A NEW HOPE FOR INDONESIA ? Bambang Udoyono Latest polls show that Senator Obama is always on top. Bearing in mind that those polls are always accurate so far, it is almost certain that he...

1 comment    politics obama indonesia
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PREDATORY CAPITALISM: Bushism - Economic Fascism Dictating Foreign Policy

This essay was written by Dr. James J Crook out of a sense of moral outrage, as an average American citizen, at the alarming fascist and imperialistic sharp change of direction the national government has...

0 comments    america war economy
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Why we celebrate celebrities

A funny thing has happened in our society recently, in the last few decades. We celebrate non-celebrities, and even "celebrate" criminals. And nobody seems to know why, or even notice that it's going on....

5 comments    entertainment celebrity media
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Book Review: Nemesis: Chalmers Johnson

Two books that I consider to be essential reading for anyone seriously interested in the "state of the union" as a loyal American are: The Sorrows of Empire and Nemesis by Chalmers Johnson. His essential...

3 comments    politics america americans
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Paul Wolfowitz President of the World Bank

Paul Wolfowitz is currently the President of the World Bank. Today a prominent member of the neo-conservatives in Washington, he was a former aide to Democratic Senator Henry M. Jackson in the 1970s. He was...

1 comment    finance poverty globalization
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War on Terror: Reinvention of the Cold War

On the evening of January 17, 1961, President Dwight David Eisenhower concluded his term with a historical farewell address to the nation. In that address, Eisenhower made reference to a concept known as...

0 comments    politics war on terror
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[From Antiwar.com] "The US arms industry is backing Hillary Clinton for President"

You can read this on Antiwar.com: “The US arms industry is backing Hillary Clinton for President and has all but abandoned its traditional allies in the Republican party. Mrs Clinton has also emerged as...

5 comments    business politics liberals
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War Made Easy narrated by Sean Penn with Norman Solomon

War Made Easy is a powerful documentary that explains and documents how and why the United States has repeatedly used war as an insturment of foreign policy and, with the complicity of the media, has used...

3 comments    war iran iraq war
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