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Reactions To Austerity: Passivity In The UK, Strikes And Riots In France

Reactions To Austerity: Passivity In The UK, Strikes And Riots In France

France and Britain are not separated by much geographically, but politically the reactions of British and French people are a study in contrast. Today, the British government of David Cameron announced the most drastic budget cuts in decades. Meanwhile, in France the popular protests over a much more timid plan to raise the retirement age […]

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EU: Is A New Revolution Brewing In France?

EU: Is A New Revolution Brewing In France?

Tuesday, across France, more than one million strikers, both from the private and public sector, demonstrated in protest over retirement and pension reforms. This estimation of one million people who took to the street today is according to the French police, while the union organizers of the nationwide protest estimated that the number of demonstrators […]

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The Digg Patriots Investigation: How We Exposed DiggGate

Background on why one or more members of the Digg Patriots turned their compatriots in and started working with the investigation team to end the obsessive personal attacks, censorship attempts, and seriously depraved YouTube cyber terror.

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United States: From Democracy To Oligarchy And Plutocracy

Election 2010: The  Best Congress Money Can Buy According to opensecrets.org, there are 130 foreign companies that sponsor PACs ( Political Action Committees) using their US-based subsidiaries to finance countless campaigns in the 2010 election cycle. Together, they have donated more than $12.6 million (and still counting) to political campaigns through various PACs. The electoral […]

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Middle East: The Clash Of The Fundamentalists

Middle East: The Clash Of The Fundamentalists

By Anthony Zeitouni Those who visit the Arabic countries of the Persian Gulf can easily recognize the elevation of sectarian tension between the Muslims of Sunni tradition and the Muslims of Shiaa tradition. It is the era of strife among Shiaa and Sunni. The Sunnis are the majority in the Gulf, and other Arab countries […]

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