Thursday, August 27, 2009





Late last night, Senator Edward M. Kennedy passed away after battling brain cancer for over a year. His death could not have come at a more difficult time, as progressives fight to get Congress to pass a comprehensive health care reform with a robust public option. Kennedy called universal health care “the passion of my life,” and had been fighting for it for over 40 years.

One year before he died, Kennedy gave this very powerful speech on health care reform - which is even more apt now that he is no longer with us. Kennedy once famously said: “We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe all of us will live on in the future we make.” Let the dream live on, Teddy. We will get universal health care in this country.


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The Widening Gap In America's Two Tiered Society

By Emily Spence

If the U.S. populace somehow imagines that its members are viewed any differently than any other populations across the world that are used to produce maximal profits for the top economic class, there's a rude awakening in store ahead. Further, most legislators simply do not care whether middle and lower class interests are or aren't well served as long as they, themselves, can somehow make out well in the times ahead. Continue

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Thomas Paine v. the Right's Torture Defenders

What every American should be made to learn about the IG Torture Report

By Glenn Greenwald

"It’s bullshit. It’s disgraceful. You wonder which side they’re on. [It's' a] declaration of war against the CIA, and against common sense. . . Continue

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The CIA's Willing Torturers

By Peter Beaumont

The CIA report into prisoner abuse reveals a new, ugly reality: America's torturers weren't simply following orders. Continue

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Right-Wing Mad Militarist And His Mindless Murdering Drones

By Laura Flanders

A US drone firing missiles into a village in northern Pakistan killed at least 19 people over the weekend. The targets were militants said the US military.

The victims included six dead children said a local tribal elder. Continue

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Iran "Rebel" Says US Ordered Terror Attacks

By Arab Times & Agencies

“They (US officials) told us whom to shoot and whom not to. All orders came from them. They told us that they would provide us with everything we need like money and equipment.” Continue




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