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The U.S. and Europe Have Propped Up So Many Corrupt "Democracies" That the Word Is Losing Meaning By Arundhati Roy, Tomdispatch.com What's next in a world where democracy has been so hollowed out? Read more » The Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran Crowd Is Getting All Riled up Again By Pepe Escobar, Asia Times Apparently even Saudi Arabia is on board with the idea of an Israeli strike on Iran. more » G-20 Meetings: Nothing Much Happened in the Suites, and There Was Too Much Punch in the Streets By Laura Flanders, GRITtv Underrepresented booming countries may get a bigger voice in global finance. Nice. But under-represented people? They got arrested. more » Does a the New "Goldstone Report" Stand to Reconfigure the U.S.'s Israel Policy? By Ian Williams, Foreign Policy in Focus Does Obama want to build on the good work he started in Turkey and Egypt and send a signal to Israel? Or is he prepared to let unprincipled lobbyists hijack his foreign policy? more » What's the Border Fence Good for? Subsidizing Mexican Scrap Metal Entrepreneurs By Yasha Levine, eXiled Online It was obvious from the very beginning that Bush's push for a border fence was nothing more than a political show to boost Republicans' creds with their base. more » Pakistan to Allow U.S. Military Ops in Exchange for Aid By Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times It will be difficult and dangerous to take on the Taliban and al-Qaeda inside Pakistan in a struggle in which there are no guarantees of success. more » Devastating Report Documents Israeli Crimes Against Civilians in Gaza: Where's the Outrage? By Roane Carey, The Nation The Goldstone report has been denounced in Israeli and ignored by the U.S. press, unless you count the NY Daily News, which called it a "blood libel against Israel." more » With Copenhagen Summit Approaching, Leading Polluters US and China Undercut Hopes of Substantial Pollution Cuts By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Has the UN climate summit in New York just set the stage for disappointment in Copenhagen? more » Why Europeans Are Kicking Our Butts When it Comes to Living Green By Elisabeth Rosenthal, Yale Environment 360 In Europe it is far easier to channel your good intentions into action. And you feel far worse if you don't. more » PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web Diary from Kabul: Activists in Afghanistan Face Unimagineable Challenges By Jodie Evans, CODEPINK Women for Peace: Action Blog Encountering activists whose "lives have been threatened or they have lost members of and sometimes almost their entire family." Not quite the same in the US. more » Why "Victory" in Afghanistan Is an Absolute Myth By Jeff Huber, Daily Kos There has never been such thing as a triumphant counter-insurgency strategy. Why are we deluding ourselves? more » Launch a Military Coup, Hire a High-Power PR Firm and Represent Democracy! By Joshua Holland, AlterNet Orwell would be proud. more » Afghanistan: Mixed Signals From Administration; Support for Karzai Despite Corruption By Adele Stan, AlterNet With no good way out of Afghanistan and no good way to stay in, Obama's team of rivals sends mixed signals on the U.S.'s next move. more »

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