POLITICS IN THE AGORA October 11, 2011
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I do not know where the Occupy Wall Street phenomenon is going, but it strikes me that it turns out to be authentically democratic, or at least resonant with democratic tradition.
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PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND STOCK TRADING October 10, 2011
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Could it be that those who have crashed the world’s financial system, drawn on the public purse, and being paid bonuses are not simply caught up in a system imbued by materialism and self (greed) like the rest of us but psychologically damaged?
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AFGHANISTAN WAR: MORE BRAIN INJURY THAN HEADACHE October 8, 2011
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“The new normal”, Naomi Klein observes, “is serial disasters: economic and ecological”. And the evidence is there of that truth, but the new state of permanent war is also a serial disaster.
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FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG: GO YOUR OWN WAY October 7, 2011
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Hannah is fitting in, or at least Dexter is getting use to her. The play can be vigorous. They seem to have established boundaries.
AFGHANISTAN’S FUTURE October 7, 2011
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The reaction of Pakistan to Hamid Karzai’s signing of a strategic partnership with India was to be expected.
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US OCTOBER OCCUPATIONS October 5, 2011
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The American Autumn continues and grows. A new occupation is about to begins on 6 October in Washington DC marking the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.
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CONVERSATION AND DEMOCRACY October 4, 2011
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Could this be what democracy looks like? A Fox News reporter interviews a citizen at Occupy Wall Street.
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OCCUPY WALL STREET: WORKING OR NOT? October 4, 2011
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The New York Times in an article highlighting the prominent operational role of the White Shirts on the NYPD observes that the Occupy Wall Street protest “lurches” into its’ third week.
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BAHRAIN JAILS DOCTORS October 3, 2011
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As reported by War in Context, Doctors and nurses who provided medical care to protesters from Pearl Square have been given prison sentences of from five to fifteen years in Bahrain.
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ANWAR AL-AWLAKI ASSASINATED October 2, 2011
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Political murders are the defining characteristics of tyrants and tyrannies, with the exception of a state of war or imminent danger.
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NONVIOLENCE SUMMARY October 1, 2011
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The Metta Center has produced a concise summary of the principles and practices of nonviolence. Of course there is more to nonviolence than contained in a summary and more than meets the eye.
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