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Joe Brewer, Truthout: "So now you've seen the power of conservative propaganda for setting America's agenda. During the November 2010 elections, we saw the annihilation of progressive ideas by the most sophisticated, deeply funded and precisely orchestrated public relations system ever concocted. And they are preparing to take things up a notch now that they've won. The gears are well-greased and the engine is humming. Prospects are slim for President Obama and the remaining progressives in Congress. If we don't act now, 2012 will mark the end of the progressive rise to power in American politics."

http://www.truth-out.org/responding-conservative-propaganda-machine66356

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Leading conservatives openly support a terrorist group

Salon
by Glenn Greenwald

01/03/11

Imagine if a group of leading American liberals met on foreign soil with -- and expressed vocal support for -- supporters of a terrorist group .... on December 23, a group of leading conservatives -- including Rudy Giuliani and former Bush officials Michael Mukasey, Tom Ridge, and Fran Townsend -- did exactly that...

http://salon.com/a/sHCIfAA


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Francis Shor, Truthout: "Given the battered economic and military standing of the United States over the past several years, the hysterical reaction of the American political class over the recent release of State Department cables by WikiLeaks is not surprising.... The abuses heaped on Julian Assange and the threats against him, especially, but not exclusively, from politicians in the United States, reflects this hollowing out of democracy and a fear of the new virtual world of free speech."

http://www.truth-out.org/wikileaks-ideological-legitimacy-and-crisis-empire66418



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Across the globe today, you'll find almost three dozen raging conflicts, from the valleys of Afghanistan to the jungles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the streets of Kashmir. But what are the next crises that might erupt in 2011? Here are a few worrisome spots that make our list.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/12/28/next_years_wars?page=full


From Information Clearing House



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"US soldiers have warned us that wherever they come under attack from militants they would retaliate against civilian population and such incidents had happened many times," Haji Khudai Noor, a resident of Kajaki district, told Pajhwok Afghan News.

http://bit.ly/fnHNIZ


From Information Clearing House



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On average, the US drone attacks, killed 98 people every month, 23 people every week and three people every day in 2010. - As always, most of those killed by the US drones were innocent civilians.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=3056&Cat=13&dt=1/1/2011



US Kills 15 People In Pakistan

A day earlier, five suspected militants were killed by drones in the same region.
http://reut.rs/fWPOn9


From Information Clearing House



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An Orwellian Assault on American Freedom

By Jennifer Abel

Flying includes the legal obligation I submit to having my genitalia groped by some TSA thug wearing the same latex gloves already shoved down nine dozen other strangers' underwear.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27169.htm



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By Simon

The information included biographical and financial information but also biometric data including fingerprints, facial images, iris scans, and DNA, on these individuals.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27163.htm



Tortured Until Proven Guilty: Bradley Manning and the Case Against Solitary Confinement

By Lynn Parramore

"It's an awful thing, solitary," wrote former Vietnam prisoner John McCain in Faith of My Fathers. "It crushes your spirit and weakens your resistance more effectively than any other form of mistreatment."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27164.htm



The Anti-Empire Report

Wikileaks, The United States, Sweden, And Devil's Island

By William Blum

The Wikileaks documents may not produce any world-changing revelations, but every day they are adding to the steady, gradual erosion of people's belief in the US government's good intentions, which is necessary to overcome a lifetime of indoctrination.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27166.htm



How WikiLeaks Enlightened Us in 2010

The following is a list of the more impactful WikiLeaks revelations from 2010, grouped by region.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20026591-503543.html


From Information Clearing House



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Studie belegt, dass Biotech-Industrie teures Gentech-Saatgut unter Vortäuschung falscher Tatsachen vertreibt.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416810937ms241



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Reporter ohne Grenzen (ROG) beherbergt so genannte Mirror-Sites mit Inhalten der von WikiLeaks veröffentlichten Botschaftsdepeschen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416810916ms241



Reporter ohne Grenzen: 57 Journalisten in 25 Ländern getötet

Die Zahl der Länder, in denen Medienmitarbeiter ermordet wurden, ist im Vergleich zu 2009 von 20 auf 25 gestiegen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416810922ms241



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Weltweit werden 2011 die Lebensmittelpreise steigen. Diese Entwicklung hängt wesentlich mit dem sich verschärfenden Klimawandel zusammen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416810914ms241



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Umfangreiche Studie dokumentiert CO2-Bilanz der heimischen Pelletproduktion.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416810913ms241



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Menschliches Versagen deckt fehlende Nachhaltigkeit auf. Schon im ersten Jahresdrittel deutete sich an, dass 2010 als Katastrophenjahr in die Geschichte eingehen wird.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416810906ms241



Globalisierung belastet kommende Generationen mit biologischen Invasionen

Wie beim Klimawandel zeigen sich auch bei biologischen Invasionen die Folgen mitunter erst ein Jahrhundert später. Die Langzeitwirkungen von gebietsfremden Tier- und Pflanzenarten auf die biologische Vielfalt und die Wirtschaft könnten größer sein als bisher angenommen. Das schließt ein internationales Wissenschaftlerteam aus dem Vergleich der Verbreitung invasiver Arten mit der sozialen und ökonomischen Entwicklung in Europa.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416810907ms241



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Und die Armen versinken immer mehr in Schulden.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/148991



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Sind die bisherigen Hartz IV-Sätze ab Jahresbeginn verfassungswidrig? Über diese Frage gibt es unter aktiven Erwerbslosen kontroverse Diskussionen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/149012



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