Ahead of Key Global Conference, U.S. Announces Continued Rejection of Land Mine Ban

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/25/ahead_of_key_global_conference_us Ahead of Key Global Conference, U.S. Announces Continued Rejection of Land Mine Ban

As U.S. Probes Radiation at Three Mile Island, Christian Parenti on Enduring “Zombie Nuke Plants” Nationwide

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/25/as_us_probes_radiation_at_three As U.S. Probes Radiation at Three Mile Island, Christian Parenti on Enduring “Zombie Nuke Plants” Nationwide

US Will Not Join Treaty Banning Landmines

Published on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 by Reuters US Will Not Join Treaty Banning Landmines by David Alexander WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has no plans to join a global treaty banning landmines because a policy review found the United States could not meet its security commitments without them, the State Department said on Tuesday. [...]

Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan: Jeremy Scahill Reveals Private Military Firm Operating in Pakistan Under Covert Assassination and Kidnapping Program

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/24/blackwaters_secret_war_in_pakistan_jeremy Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan: Jeremy Scahill Reveals Private Military Firm Operating in Pakistan Under Covert Assassination and Kidnapping Program

Naomi Klein on Climate Debt: Why Rich Countries Should Pay Reparations To Poor Countries For The Climate Crisis.

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/23/naomi_klein_on_climate_debt_why Naomi Klein on Climate Debt: Why Rich Countries Should Pay Reparations To Poor Countries For The Climate Crisis.

Antarctic Ice Loss Vaster, Faster Than Thought: Study

Published on Monday, November 23, 2009 by The Independent/UK Antarctic Ice Loss Vaster, Faster Than Thought: Study The East Antarctic icesheet, once seen as largely unaffected by global warming, has lost billions of tonnes of ice since 2006 and could boost sea levels in the future, according to a new study.   Scientists believe that [...]

Refuse Allegiance to Coal

Published on Monday, November 23, 2009 by TruthDig.com Refuse Allegiance to Coal by Chris Hedges There are some 614 coal-fired power plants in the United States, and it is up to us to shut them down. No one in the White House will do it. No one in Congress will do it. And no one [...]

Single Payer Activists to Congress: Defeat Democratic Health Bill

Published on Monday, November 23, 2009 by CommonDreams.org Single Payer Activists to Congress: Defeat Democratic Health Bill by Russell Mokhiber The Democratic health care bill is a massive bailout of the private health insurance industry. It is convoluted and complicated. And it should be defeated. That’s the take of a number of leading single payer [...]

On 20th Anniversary of Killings of 6 Jesuit Priests by U.S.-Backed Salvadoran Forces, Thousands to Protest “School of the Assassins” at Ft. Benning

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/20/blase On 20th Anniversary of Killings of 6 Jesuit Priests by U.S.-Backed Salvadoran Forces, Thousands to Protest “School of the Assassins” at Ft. Benning

The Coal Industry’s $47 Million PR Spending Spree

Published on Friday, November 20, 2009 by Mother Jones The Coal Industry’s $47 Million PR Spending Spree by Kate Sheppard The coal industry’s major lobby group, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, shelled out a stunning $47 million last year on lobbying, advertising and “grassroots outreach” efforts to fight climate legislation and tout the [...]