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The Narcissism of Small Differences

by Chase Madar | May 15, 2012 | Books, Foreign Policy

First, the fuss: Beinart, who attends an Orthodox synagogue and is at pains to stress he believes 100 percent in the Zionist project, would like to save Israel from itself. The ongoing colonization of Palestinian land seized in the 1967 war is killing any chance of a two-state solution, while Israel’s treatment of its non-Jewish […]

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Occupy Occupy?

by WS Editors | May 1, 2012 | Economy, Politics

There has been little media coverage of the tension between the Occupy Wall Street movement and the progressive institutions—such as MoveOn.org, the AFL-CIO, the United Auto Workers, SEIU, and Rebuild the Dream—that are working together as 99% Spring. Adbusters, the Vancouver-based anti-corporate collective that incited the September 2011 Occupy protest, warns that the movement is being […]

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When Republicans Eat Their Own

by WS Editors | May 1, 2012 | Politics

Kabaservice concludes his book with an account of Mike Castle’s final run for public office, when the Delaware congressman was confronted by the same right-wing forces and money now brought to bear on Lugar in Indiana. Castle had been twice elected governor of Delaware, then served for nine years as the state’s single, at-large representative […]

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Unknown Territory: An Overheating Planet and Governments That Refuse to Respond

by Osha Gray Davidson | May 1, 2012 | Environment

While disasters like hurricanes and floods are better remembered, heat waves cause more fatalities annually than all other natural disasters combined. Close to 800 people died in Chicago alone during a searing heat wave in 1995. As our fossil-fuel orgy drives the earth’s temperature upward, extreme-heat events will become more common, say researchers. A study […]

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Space Is the Place

by Gene Seymour | Apr 27, 2012 | Environment, Politics

Ten years from now I’ll be payin’ still. (while Whitey’s on the moon) —Gil Scott-Heron, “Whitey on the Moon” (1970) It’s been exactly forty years since “Whitey” last set foot on the moon. It’s harder than ever to pay those bills. On the other hand, there are no more “Whiteys” on the moon. Happy now? […]

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Bad Faith Documentary

Bad Faith

“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns

Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones

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“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024”Variety

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