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TRNN This Week November 25 - November 30
December 1, 2012
Manning Testifies About His Torture; Was it Aimed at Turning Him on Assange?
Michael Ratner: Manning describes cruel and unusual punishment; offers to plea to lesser charges
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New York Fast Food Workers in Historic Strike for $15 an Hour
Fast food workers close down McDonalds and other fast food outlets demanding a living wage and the right to unionize
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UN Palestine Vote Gives PA Access to International Criminal Court
Phyllis Bennis: In a vote of 138 to 9, UN General Assembly votes to give Palestine status of a non-member state
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Why the Fiscal Cliff is a Scam
James K. Galbraith: Is there a looming crisis of debt or deficits such that sacrifices in general are necessary?
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Micromanaging the Syrian Revolution
Hamid Dabashi: The brutality of the Assad regime created conditions for the US, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey to arm proxies forces and attempt to control the outcome of the struggle
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Most New Jobs Don't Require College Education
Jeannette Wicks-Lim: The possibility of educating one's way out of poverty is getting dim as most new jobs only require a high school education
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Fiscal Cliff Debate: Austerity One Way or Austerity Another Way
Bill Black's Financial and Fraud Report on the current choices offered by President Obama and Congress
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Who's Getting Pushed Off the "Fiscal Cliff"?
Progressive Democrats lobby against a "Grand Bargain" that will further unravel the social safety net
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November 28

Palestine Activism in the UK
Across Britain growing numbers of people are acting in solidarity with Palestinians
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Why are Senior Turkish Generals Headed to Jail?
Baris Karaagac: The arrest and conviction of many senior military officers represents a move by the ruling party to change the makeup of the Turkish elite
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50 Children Killed and 450 Injured in Israeli Attack on Gaza
Jihan Hafiz in Gaza: As people dig out of the rubble, a Palestinian doctor says civilians were targeted by Israeli attack
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November 27

Shaky Truce Between Israel and Hamas Opens Lands to Farmers
Last week, Palestinian farmers along the buffer zone in the besieged Gaza strip could not access their farmlands. Now with an Egyptian brokered ceasefire in place, farmers are able to reach the lands for the first time in 10 years
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Qatar Tries to Decouple Hamas from Iran
Hamid Dabashi: Qatar and Saudi Arabia want to control the region, pushing Hamas towards a Muslim Brotherhood led Egypt
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November 26

The Ecuadorian Mining Dilemma
Ecuador needs revenues from mining in Amazon, but it will destroy nature and many indigenous people's way of life
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"Morsi Must Go" Chant Thousands of Egyptians
Mass Protests Across Egypt demand President Morsi reverse power grabbing decree and many call for his resignation
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Did IAEA Fudge the Numbers?
Gareth Porter: Recent IAEA alarmist report on Iran misstates enrichment numbers, putting Iran program closer to Israeli "red line"
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November 25

The UK's Student Movement at a Crossroads
What was supposed to be the biggest UK student march of 2012 ends as a chaotic washout, leaving the future uncertain for Britain's student movement
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Africa Lost 1.6 Trillion in Capital Flight and Odious Debt Over Forty Years
LĂ©once Ndikumana: $619 billion of embezzled capital flight from North Africa with connivance of big banks according to new research
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Fiscal Cliff An Artificial Crisis
Michael Hudson: Fiscal cliff was manufactured to shift more of the burden of the crisis onto ordinary people
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Tens of Thousands of Egyptians Protest Morsi's Power Grab
Hamid Dabashi: On the heels of Israel's attack on Gaza, with support of Obama, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, Morsi gives himself powers that rival Mubarak
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Hundreds of Fast Food Workers Strike for Living Wage, Inspired by Wal-Mart Strike

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Palestinians hold rally to support UN bid

Naked Protesters Storm Boehner's Office

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US fiscal cliff could put economy into recessions

Goldman Sachs' Global Coup d'etat

Accused Wikileaks Whistleblower Bradley Manning Testifies He Thought Would

Full Speech: Mahmoud Abbas addresses the UN

EXCLUSIVE: Julian Assange on WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning, Cypherpunks, Surveillance State

Political Humor


'Sexiest Man Alive' Spoof Fools China's Communist Party

The Colbert Report: Filibusters

New $7 Cup of Coffee at Starbucks

Make Renewable Energy More Dangerous

Gay Men Will Marry Your Girlfriends

Global Warning


Climate Change Data - CO2 Emmisions Worse Than Thought

Inside Story - Is the World Bank turning up the heat?

Will Your Home Flood?

Climate talks: More hot air about hot air?

Thousands Homeless After Panama Flooding

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