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January 28, 2013

The Rebbe, The Radical, And The Rev – 01/28/13

Discussion with Jim Vrettos and Distinguished University Professor Frances Fox Piven – Graduate Center – CUNY on her academic scholarship and activist contributions as a progressive involved in the center of the major social movements in America over the last 50+ years. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (13.5MB) …

The Smart Show – 01/28/13

KEVIN GOSZTOLA Gosztola just wrote the piece “CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou, Sentenced to 30 Months in Jail, Wears Conviction as ‘Badge of Honor’,” which states: “A former CIA officer, who was the first member of the agency to publicly acknowledge that torture was official U.S. policy under the administration of …

Progressive Commentary Hour – The phenomena of conspiracy thinking and theories – 01/28/13

Prof. James Tracy is a professor in the Department of Communications at Florida Atlantic University where he specializes in media history and analysis, the politics of communications, and the sociology behind commercial and alternative news media on current events. His writings are frequently published on Global Research in Canada and …

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Global Research News Hour – 01/28/13

This installment of the Global Research News Hour features Author and academic Jared Ball on Obama’s record in power and how it violates rather than realizes Martin Luther King’s dream. We also hear Michel Chossudovsky analyse the situation in Mali and how it speaks of a campaign by the us …

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The Turning Point – 01/28/13

Originally aired 10/01/12 Corporate power, government power. Is it all hopeless? Yes, and that’s a good thing. An interview with Derrick Jensen.       – Podcast: Play in new window | Download (13.2MB) | Embed

Green Power And Wellness – 01/28/13

LEGAL HEMP & MARIJUANA with Don Wirtshafter, legendary green pioneer and world-renowned expert and founder of the Ohio Hempery.  A true visionary in the world of cannabis, Don joins HarveyW’s SOLARTOPIA GREEN POWER & WELLNESS SHOW for a fact-filled hour on the enormous potential of industrial hemp and the medicinal …

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Wake Up Call – Employment Is Dead In The Water – 01/28/13

Economists don’t have a clue about why employment opportunities are so few-and-far-between. An explanation follows. The President of Iceland talks about why it is essential to let failing businesses fail – even if they are banks. Banks are not holy churches. Nobody bothers to ascertain the true causes of the Great Depression. …

Leid Stories – Hillary Does Rehab – 01/28/13

You couldn’t tell from her positively giggly “60 Minutes” interview (that aired yesterday) that Hillary Clinton was the same person who couldn’t (wouldn’t?) give a straight answer to two congressional committees wanting specifics about the terrorist attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year. Yes, it was tragic, …

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The Eritrean “Coup” That Never Was

  The New York Times and its cult followers in the American media, amongst others, manufactured an attempted “coup” that never happened in the small East African country of Eritrea.   The story of this “attempted coup” began last Monday morning, January 21 in a small garrison base south of …

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Cities affect temperatures for thousands of miles

  In a new study that shows the extent to which human activities are influencing the atmosphere, scientists have concluded that the heat generated by everyday activities in metropolitan areas alters the character of the jet stream and other major atmospheric systems. This affects temperatures across thousands of miles, significantly …

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Medical Negligence in Israeli Prisons

  Palestinians in Israeli prisons are grievously abused. Conditions resemble gulag hell. Treatment is deplorable. Fundamental human rights are violated.       Geneva’s Common Article 3 requires “humane treatment for all persons in enemy hands, specifically prohibit(ing) murder, mutilation, torture, cruel, humiliating and degrading treatment (and) unfair trial(s).”   …

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Psychiatry to label entire families with a mental disorder

  In a stunning display of ignorance, researchers attempt to create a mental diagnosis that can be applied to entire families at once. “Parental alienation disorder” was denied acceptance into the psychiatric bible, the DSM-5 in spite of “intense lobbying” by supporters. This unofficial yet bold new disorder occurs to more …