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The U.N. Is Powerless to Help Gaza. That's How the U.S. Wants It.
The five permanent members of the Security Council — notably the U.S. and Russia — use their veto power to keep wars going.
Jon Schwarz
Before joining First Look Media, Jon Schwarz worked for Michael Moore’s Dog Eat Dog Films and was a research producer for Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story.” He’s contributed to many publications, including the New Yorker, the New York Times, The Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, and Slate, as well as NPR and "Saturday Night Live." In 2003, he collected on a $1,000 bet that Iraq would have no weapons of mass destruction.
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Targeting Iran
Washington Hawk’s Call to Bomb Iran Cites Disastrous 9/11 Playbook
Mark Wallace, head of United Against Nuclear Iran, seems to have forgotten how things worked out in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Yes, This Is Israel’s 9/11
Both the U.S. and Israel were stunned to experience the ultraviolence they mete out to others.
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George W. Bush Is Building a Memorial to the War on Terror. He Wants Your Feedback.
Over 4.5 million people will not be submitting comments because they are dead.
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The Secret History of How the Super-Rich Have Kept the Working Class Out of Work
Tim Gurner, the viral Australian multimillionaire who wants more workers to be unemployed, was debunked by an economist in 1943.
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Four Days a Week: This Labor Day, Let's Talk About Laboring Less
The progressive goal of less work and more living is finally back on the political agenda.
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How We Forgot the “Jobs” Part of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
The anti-racism of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech has overshadowed the demands for economic justice at the historic 1963 protest.
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A Brief History of China’s Global Warming Hoax, From 1863 to Right Now
It all began when Irish physicist John Tyndall proposed in a “false flag” operation that variations in atmospheric composition could cause changes in the climate.
A U.N. Plan to Stop Corporate Tax Abuse
Big business wants you to think that reforming corporate taxes is a boring and complicated subject, but it’s actually simple and exciting.
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The Big Myth About “Free” Markets That Justified History’s Greatest Heist
A recent book details how the top 10 percent stole $47 trillion via intellectual warfare.