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Wrights 2012 Liberty For All
by R. Lee Wrights

02/11/12

War breeds war. That is all it can do. War does nothing but devour valuable resources and destroy precious lives for the sole purpose of perpetuating itself. As Randolph Bourne wrote, 'War is the health of the State.' War is a mechanism used by the ruling elites of the State to coerce and control the people, so it becomes essential that whenever one war is complete, another is instigated elsewhere so that the mechanism keeps running...

http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=7277



Real class war is government vs. people

Libertarian News Examiner
by Garry Reed

02/12/12

In a libertarian society there are no social or economic classes. Everyone is an individual. Individual workers can become industrialists and CEOs while business kingpins can become laborers. High society celebs can become bums and the homeless can become success stories. That s because a libertarian society is a free society, where free actually means free...

http://exm.nr/zdZ3P2



Is money and politics the new church and state?

Strike the Root
by JG Vibes

02/10/12

One of the main battles of the Enlightenment was the fight to separate the church from the state. After centuries of inquisitions and religious wars, people had grown sick and tired of the church and the state conspiring together to create empires. The churches were the newsrooms of the Middle Ages, and these ministries of propaganda were responsible for creating the culture that everyone was forced to conform to...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://lewrockwell.com/eddlem/eddlem56.1.html

On Ron Paul and the military
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Guantanamo Expert Andy Worthington Speaks

Brad Jacobson, Truthout: ''On January 12, the tenth anniversary of the notorious military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Truthout interviewed investigative journalist and Guantanamo expert Andy Worthington. Author of 'The Guantanamo Files' and co-director of the film 'Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo,' Worthington has spent the last six years painstakingly worked to keep alive in the public consciousness the human faces and personal contexts of the 779 people imprisoned within the facility.''

http://www.truth-out.org/guantanamo-ten-years-later-interview-guantanamo-expert-author-and-filmmaker-andy-worthington/1328120



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Erik Eckholm, The New York Times News Service: ''Far from dissipating, groups around the country say they are preparing for a new phase of larger marches and strikes this spring that they hope will rebuild momentum and cast an even brighter glare on inequality and corporate greed. But this transition is filled with potential pitfalls and uncertainties: without the visible camps or clear goals, can Occupy become a lasting force for change? Will disruptive protests do more to galvanize or alienate the public?''

http://www.truth-out.org/occupy-movement-regroups-preparing-its-next-phase/1329069588



OWS Meets With Members of Dissident Movements From All Over the World

J.A. Myerson, Truthout: ''In late January, two Wall Street Occupiers took a trip to Porto Alegre, Brazil, to meet with members of dissident movements from all over the world. The thematic Social Forum, serving as an anti-Davos economic forum, was set up to tackle the 'capitalist crisis, social and environmental justice.' Nelini Stamp and Amin Husain met with, among others, Chilean student demonstrators, Tunisian revolutionaries and 'indignant citizens' from Greece and Spain.''

http://www.truth-out.org/ows-meets-members-dissident-movements-all-over-world/1329229242



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Richard Raznikov, The Rag Blog: ''Water is the basis of all life. It is preposterous that it might be owned and that some may be thereby deprived of it. Thanks, however, to the World Bank, which is actually just the operative arm of the largest U.S. banks and whose policies can bring down governmentsm c.f. Italy and Greece in the past few months alone, the commons argument is quickly dying. Most Americans, being inhabitants of a nation which does not generally have these worries, are unaware of this.''

http://www.truth-out.org/benign-lucifer-privatization-water/1329057581



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/12-0



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By Professor Lawrence Davidson

Santorum believes that religious values (at least his religious values) should play a large role in shaping government policies. For those not sure what this means, Santorum has a list of examples.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30508.htm



Rick Santorum says: Dutch elderly are euthanized en masse

Republican Rick Santorum, candidate for the presidential elections in 2012, is known for his conservative views. But he also appears to have an unbridled imagination, at least about the Netherlands' where half or the elderly are euthanized against their will' according to Santorum.

http://bit.ly/wYYgLY


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Why Teaching People to Think for Themselves Is Repugnant to Religious Zealots and Rick Santorum

Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: ''Santorum and many of his allies dislike any public institution that enables people to think critically and act with a degree of responsibility toward the public. This is one reason why they hate any notion of public education, which harbors the promise, if not the threat, of actually educating students to be thoughtful, self-reflective and capable of questioning so-called common sense and holding power accountable.''

http://www.truth-out.org/why-teaching-people-think-themselves-repugnant/1329847441



Inside Rick Santorum's Head: For Him, the Right to Privacy Does not Exist

Jim Hightower, Other Words Blog: '''This right to privacy does not exist in my opinion in the United States Constitution.''

http://www.truth-out.org/inside-rick-santorums-head-him-right-privacy-doesnt-exist/1329933447

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Santorum and Republican 'Dissent'
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/22-1



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Glenn Greenwald and Noam Chomsky

Video

The United States has a two-tiered judicial system, one for the ''haves'' and one for the ''have-nots.'' Greenwald presents his thoughts in conversation with political theorist, Noam Chomsky at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30505.htm

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Punishing Protest, Policing Dissent: What is the Justice System For?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/12-6



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According to Richard Wolff

Andrew Stelzer, Making Contact: ''Occupy Wall Street has changed the conversation about the distribution of wealth, and an economic framework which for decades, has been taken for granted. So what now? What policy changes and initiatives should the movement be pushing for? On this edition, University of Massachusetts at Amherst emeritus economics professor Richard Wolff speaks about some of the roots of, and solutions to, the economic inequality that s finally being acknowledged.''

http://www.truth-out.org/how-occupy-economy-according-richard-wolff/1328888306



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