The Real Lessons of 9/11 by Mike Gravel

12 Sep

Posted by MATTHEWCREATES as Ideas, War & Conflict, Humanitarian, Human Rights, Breaking News, Governance, Blogging

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As we mark the six anniversary of the 9/11 attack, it is time for Americans to face the real lessons of that horrible morning. Until we dispel the myths which the Bush administration and a compliant media have been feeding us, we are doomed to repeat the same mistakes and suffer similar consequences.
Lesson 1: They […]

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Focus on the bridge disaster

03 Aug

Posted by Stan as Politics, Humanitarian, Science, Technology, Peacebuilding, War & Conflict, Governance, Environment, Children, Business, Development, Disaster, Elections, Economics, Breaking News

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Having just been to Minneapolis this past weekend, I took special interest in the bridge calamity of earlier this week. However, I do not want to write about the specifics of the problem of this bridge, or any other infrastructure problems across America. I write to discuss how focused the media gets on […]

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They Still Haven’t Found What They’re Looking for, G8 Retrospective

13 Jun

Posted by mkdorsey as Human Rights, Humanitarian, International Relations, Governance, Finance, Economics, Energy, Environment, Development

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Once again Bono and friends were on hand at another G8. But all that’s starry does not necessarily produce a new development paradigm for Africa or tackle climate change.
Guardian’s Larry Elliot on the G8 shortcomings from last week. Folks at Priceofoil concur.
And BBC’s Glenda Cooper agrees as well. Walden Bello walks us […]