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By Bill Van Auken

The erosion of democratic rights within the United States is far more advanced than most people realize.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32876.htm



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Nomi Prins, AlterNet: Four debates later, and it s clear that Big Finance will continue to drive our economy. Banks trump citizens, and absent severe reconstruction of the banking system, the cycle will absolutely, unequivocally continue.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12358-how-wall-street-won-the-election-long-before-the-first-vote-was-cast



Paying Taxes to Your Boss: A Step Toward 21st Century Feudalism

Tim Price, Next New Deal: Employers collecting taxes from their workers for the privilege of having a job is already legal in 19 states. Did I forget to mention that these employers aren t even required to tell their workers that this is how their ''income taxes'' are being used?

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12366-paying-taxes-to-your-boss-a-step-toward-21st-century-feudalism



A Part-Time Life, as Hours Shrink and Shift

Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times News Service: The new American job is part-time work, part-time pay and part-time living standard. The retail and wholesale sector has cut a million full-time jobs since 2006.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12368-a-part-time-life-as-hours-shrink-and-shift



The Electoral College: Another Front in the War Against Labor

Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take: Historically, the Electoral College was established to protect cheap labor, such as slavery. Today, it s still about preserving cheap labor in America, and it s still all about giving more power and influence to the barons of the cheap-labor states.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12452-the-electoral-college-another-front-in-the-war-against-labor



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http://lewrockwell.com/spl4/obama-romney-foreign-policy-identical.html

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''State of the Struggle''

Video

Michael Parenti, Savvina Chowdhury, Sarah Regan.

''What people believe the U.S. is doing in the world and what the U.S. really is doing, is one of the great propaganda feats of modern time.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32877.htm

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The Foreign Policy of a New American Administration

William Pfaff, WilliamPfaff.com: What is now offered by a renewed Obama administration, or a Romney government? We have learned from the campaign that the priority of Democratic as well as Republican contenders for the presidency is to keep the United States ''number one'' in the world.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12373-the-foreign-policy-of-a-new-american-administration

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Americans should reject Obama-Romney foreign policy

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Sheldon Richman

10/26/12

If we needed evidence of the impoverishment of American politics, the so-called debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney gave us all we could ask for. We normally expect a debate to highlight some disagreement, but in American politics disagreement is reserved for minor matters...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com1210v.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://lewrockwell.com/slavo/slavo125.html

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Food stamp nation

Demon.Ocracy
by staff

10/12

America has over 44 million people on Food Stamps. The food stamps program's real name is Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The Food Stamp program is 'hidden' from view through Electronic Benefit Transfer Cards that work just as credit cards. This article visualizes the size of the program and the vast amounts of people participating...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/26

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UN To Investigate Civilian Deaths From US Drone Strikes

Emmerson singled out both President Obama and the Republican challenger Mitt Romney for criticism. ''It is perhaps surprising that the position of the two candidates on this issue has not even featured during their presidential elections campaigns, and got no mention at all in Monday night s foreign policy debate.

http://is.gd/bwk7Io



More Evidence That Drones Are Targeting Civilian Rescuers In Afghanistan

New research from the NYU School of Law and Stanford Law School details how U.S. drones employ a tactic, known as the ''double tap,'' that is considered to be a terrorist act by the U.S. government.

http://is.gd/mv2bDx



UN Official: Aspects Of US Drone Program Clearly 'War Crimes'

The Human Rights Council at the UN will likely initiate an investigation into civilian deaths caused by the CIA and US military s use of drones and other targeted killing programs, and said that if certain allegations against the US prove true, he considers them serious enough to call ''war crimes''.

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Bahn zweifelt erstmals an Stuttgart 21

Von möglichen Schadenersatzforderungen von zwei Milliarden Euro, die einen Ausstieg zur Folge haben könnten, ist die Rede.

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Für die nächsten Jahre wird im Weißen Haus als Ersatz für ''kill lists'' eine ''Dispositionsmatrix'' für die weltweite Jagd auf verdächtige Militante entwickelt.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/37/37886/1.html



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