World-News

By Lindsey German

Judged by the media coverage, it is hard not to conclude that western lives are valued much more highly than those of people in Afghanistan, Iraq or the Middle East.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34636.htm



The Other Face Of Political Violence

By Charles P. Pierce

Likely lost amid all lachrymose coverage of the act of political violence in Boston yesterday will be the release of a magisterial, non-partisan report concerning the decade of political violence organized and executed by the American government.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34635.htm



'Neither liberty nor safety': Has American freedom s race been run at Boston Marathon?

Op-Ed

The fallout from the terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon on Monday, which killed three and injured 152, will likely prompt a new assault on civil liberties in the supposed defense of freedom.

http://is.gd/6z1odF



Did The FBI Know About Boston Bombing Beforehand?

Video
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34647.htm



Blowback at Boston?

By Jacob G. Hornberger

Is it all worth it? That s what Americans need to be asking themselves.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34643.htm



Question Everything You Hear About the Boston Marathon Bombing

From Oklahoma City to 9/11 to Newtown, the aftermath of major tragedies is rife with misinformation.

http://is.gd/n5fhVK



Craft International Private Military Forces at Boston Marathon?

By Anthony Gucciardi

There has been much discussion over the two individuals fitted with earpieces and military-esque gear spotted at the Boston Marathon, but as it turns out they may likely be employees of the Blackwater-style private military/security firm Craft International.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34660.htm



Saudi National Ruled Out as 'Suspect' in Boston Marathon Bombings to Be Deported on National Security Grounds Next Week

Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi, the Saudi national who was briefly named a ''person of interest'' in the Boston Marathon bombings, is being deported on Tuesday.

http://is.gd/gHq4lN



Congressman Jeff Duncan Questions Sec. Napolitano on Possible Deportation of Saudi National

Video

''I am unaware of anyone being deported for national security reasons at all''...
http://is.gd/TFYSbR



Private Military Contractors At Boston Bombing

There has been much discussion over the two individuals fitted with earpieces and military-esque gear spotted at the Boston Marathon, but as it turns out they may likely be employees of the Blackwater-style private military/security firm Craft International.

http://is.gd/z3StWB



Pictures From Boston Show Militarization Of US Police Forces

By ICH

Since 9/11, $34 billion in grants from the Department of Homeland Security were allocated to states to procure military-grade weapons and other security defenses.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34671.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Following Boston Tragedy, Calls to Unite, Calls for Peace
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/16-4

Can the Boston Bombings Increase our Sympathy for Iraq and Syria, for All Such Victims?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/16-1

How We Can Break the Cycle of Pain From Mass Violence
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/16-5

Violence on the Home Front
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/18-10

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Cluster bombs come home

CounterPunch
by Norman Solomon

04/18/13

After the bombings that killed and maimed so horribly at the Boston Marathon, our country s politics and mass media are awash in heartfelt compassion and reflexive 'doublethink,' which George Orwell described as willingness 'to forget any fact that has become inconvenient'...

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/04/18/cluster-bombs-come-home/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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BATTLEFIELD USA: De Facto State of Martial Law Has Been Declared in Boston
http://lewrockwell.com/slavo/slavo149.html

Washington Perfects The Art of Illusion: Keep America Focused on Boston Bombing While They Strip Us of Rights and Prepare for War
http://lewrockwell.com/luther/luther26.1.html



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By Alnoor Ladha, Joe Brewer, Martin Kirk

It s about time we called out the great myth that mass poverty just is, as if it were a natural part of some universal moral order. Such thinking is both profoundly untrue and disastrously misleading.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34625.htm


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'Corporations Are Not Persons': Democracy Is Coming To The U.S.A.!

By Mike Ferner

When Judge Debbie O'Dell-Seneca, recently directed a corporate ''fracking'' combine in Western Pennsylvania to unseal the terms of a settlement with citizen-plaintiffs, she struck a clear blow for the public s right to know.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34615.htm

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500,000 Americans Urge SEC to Require Disclosure of Corporate Political Spending
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/04/16-9

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Fracking Ourselves to Death in Pennsylvania

Ellen Cantarow, TomDispatch: As the energy industry pushes high-volume fracking, residents in Texas, Colorado and Pennsylvania are experiencing similar health problems: rashes, nosebleeds, severe headaches, difficulty breathing, joint pain, intestinal illnesses, memory loss and more.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/16137-fracking-ourselves-to-death-in-pennsylvania



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By Robert Parry

Several of the Americans targeted by Moscow, were clearly guilty of human rights crimes. John Yoo and David Addington were former legal advisers to President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, respectively.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34621.htm



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By Andrew Gavin Marshall

Through the educational system, the social sciences, philanthropic foundations, public relations, advertising, marketing, and the media, America and the industrialized states of the world developed a unique and complex system of social control and propaganda.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34626.htm



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Paul Jay, The Real News Network: Labor economist Teresa Ghilarducci tells TRNN that the whole 401(k) structure has a fatal flaw and older workers are going into retirement with not enough money to maintain their living standards.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/15752-401k-and-the-financialization-of-retirement

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Many Americans say they can't retire until their 70s or 80s

More than four in 10 Americans think they ll have to work into their 70s or 80s because they can t afford to retire, according to a new survey.

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From Information Clearing House



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/15-3

Surge in US Inequality Continues
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/24-3

'Dignity and Respect' and a Living Wage
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/24-1

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Why Inequality Is a Problem and Growth a Red Herring

Salvatore Babones, Inequality.org: ''To the inequality and growth debate, I say: who cares? If something is bad for 80 or 90 percent of the population, does it really matter whether or not it is also bad for growth?''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16469-why-inequality-is-a-problem-and-growth-a-red-herring



US Inequality Now Literally Off the Chart

Salvatore Babones, Inequality.org: It is well known that the level of income inequality stretches much higher in the United States than in the other developed countries. Now a report from the International Labour Organization shows that US inequality has literally gone off the chart.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/16849-us-inequality-now-literally-off-the-chart



Obamacare s Relentless Creation of Second-Class Citizens (Part II)

Lambert Strether, Naked Capitalism: This continuing analysis of Obamacare reveals more examples of how the system functions as a hierarchy, continuing to create and separate first- and second-class citizens in a system the claims to be about equality.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/17072-obamacares-relentless-creation-of-second-class-citizens-part-ii



Obamacare: The Right Wing s Alamo

Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company: As Republicans demand apologies and administration officials dutifully offer up mea culpas for the botched Obamacare rollout, wouldn t it be fair to expect just a morsel of apology from the right as well?

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19788-bill-moyers-obamacare-the-right-wings-alamo



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/15-7

Hungering for Justice at Guantanamo
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/15-6

Retaliation for Guantanamo Hunger Strike Grows
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/04/15-12

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'US fails to break mass hunger strike at Gitmo': Martha Rayner

An analyst says hunger strikers at Guantanamo perceive they have been forgotten by the world and this is a final message to say we are still here and we should be released.

http://is.gd/xtRoc1



Guantanamo Grows Tense, Inmates Suicidal

By RT

At least two Guantanamo Bay detainees have attempted suicide since the confrontation between guards and prisoners in February that brought about the ongoing hunger strike.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34692.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Nearly Half of Guantanamo Prisoners Now on Hunger Strike

Carol Rosenberg, McClatchy Newspapers: The hunger strike figure rose by 14 prisoners overnight, and more than 10 percent of all detainees were being tube fed, according to the military.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15855-nearly-half-of-guantanamo-prisoners-now-on-hunger-strike



Gitmo Dilemma Remains a Monkey on the Back of US Democracy

Megan Cowell, Council on Hemispheric Affairs: It is clear that closing Guantanamo Bay is not one of Obama s top priorities this term, especially after a March proposal for a $49 million expansion of the prison facilities. But unrest will continue to be felt between prisoners and civilian protesters alike.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15858-gitmo-dilemma-remains-a-monkey-on-the-back-of-us-democracy



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By Joseph Kishore

Millions more people, particularly the elderly, will be thrown into poverty or be cut off from life-preserving medical care.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34590.htm

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Despite Sequester, High-Level Federal Executives Slated to Get Bonuses

Lindsay Wise, McClatchy Newspapers: A report issued by a Senate subcommittee revealed that members of the government s highly paid Senior Executive Service is set to receive cash bonuses, despite this year s automatic budget cuts.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/16456-despite-sequester-high-level-federal-executives-slated-to-get-bonuses



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