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Oscar-nominated director Tim Hetherington and Pulitzer finalist photojournalist Chris Hondros, both killed in Libya last week (4/20/11), were eulogized on the Democracy Now by show host Amy Goodman. Carroll Bogert of Human Rights Watch, who worked closely with Hetherington commissioning and disseminating his photos, joined Amy in lamenting the death of... » read this article

“The resolution, which was drafted by France, Britain, and Lebanon, goes beyond a no-fly zone. It authorizes states to take “all necessary measures” to enforce a ban on flights and protect civilians from harm. That could include targeted air strikes on Libyan military forces, but excludes a ground invasion or... » read this article

The Nobel Laureate and the Labor Lawyer Nobel Laureate and Egyptian Presidential Candidate, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, objected to the BBC reporter attributing recent events in Egypt to the “Youth Movement.” ElBaradei complained that calling the “revolt” a “youth movement” was a gross distortion of the truth, and did not in... » read this article

Last night (Thursday 2/10/11) I attended a large gathering of activists who came together in Arlington Center, Massachusetts, to listen to MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky and Institute for Policy Studies fellow Phyllis Bennis discuss how to reinvigorate and expand the Peace Movement. Both speakers emphasized the need for anti-war... » read this article

“A society which could reduce its necessary labor to minimum would lose all objective reasons for social antagonisms. In all class societies, and this embraces all existing forms of capital-producing societies, the development of the social forces of production will be stopped when it threatens to endanger the welfare and... » read this article