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Against War and Austerity, Hollande is Right and Obama Should Agree
Written by Robert Naiman | Common Dreams
Newly elected French President François Hollande is coming to the White House next week to meet with President Obama ahead of the G8 and NATO summits. Two items are sure to be on the agenda: Hollande's call for a "New Deal" (as it were) in European economic policy that would restore growth rather than continue budget austerity, and Hollande's promise to speed up the withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan.
Re-Match! Barrett to Face Walker in Historic Wisconsin Recall Election
Written by Mary Bottari | Common Dreams
Wisconsin voters chose Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to run against incumbent Governor Scott Walker in the first gubernatorial recall election in the state's history. It has been 450 days since the first protests against Walker's bill to strip state workers of collective bargaining rights sparked massive protests and an 18 day occupation of the Capitol building. Now, there are only 28 days left before a general election that will decide the next governor of the state.
Justice Department Sues Sheriff Joe Arpaio Over Alleged Latino Abuse
Written by Ryan J Reilly | Talking Points Memo
Updated: 12:45PM
The Justice Department finally filed suit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, accusing the Arizona official of engaging “in a pattern or practice of unlawful discriminatory police conduct directed at Latinos in Maricopa County.”
Barbara Lee Releases Statement on U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership
Written by Office of Barbara Lee
Oakland, CA--Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), a tireless advocate for ending the war in Afghanistan and the lone vote on September 14, 2001, against the overly broad Authorization of Use of Military Force, released the following statement in response to the U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership announcement by President Obama....
By Keith Ellison, Special to CNN
Editor's note: Keith Ellison is a Democratic member of Congress from Minnesota's 5th District and co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
(CNN) -- One year ago, the enemy that had haunted America for nearly a decade met his end in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Osama bin Laden is no longer a threat to the United States because of President Obama's leadership and strong national security policies.
Report: Oakland Police Used 'Overwhelming Military-Type Response' Against Occupiers
Written by Common Dreams | Common Dreams Staff
Court ordered monitors 'thoroughly dismayed by what we observed' at Oakland Police Department
Oakland police used "an overwhelming military-type response" to disperse Occupy Oakland demonstrators and fired at a former Marine and Iraq war veteran who was critically injured in the clashes in October, according to a court ordered report released Monday.
Suspended for Civil Disobedience, Students Create Their Own 'Freedom School'
Written by Common Dreams | Common Dreams Staff
Students at one of Detroit's public high schools who were suspended after an act of civil disobedience to protest school closures and inadequate learning conditions created their own "freedom school" on Friday.
ACLU: Admission of US Drone Strikes Does Nothing to Justify Program’s Legality
Written by Common Dreams | Common Dreams Staff
President Obama's top counter-terrorism adviser, John Brennan, gave a speech in Washington on Monday in which he admitted publicly that the US does, in fact, carry out lethal drone airstrikes in foreign nations with which the United States is not at war. Despite that the drone program has long been an 'open secret,' it was the first formal, public admission made by the administration that the program exists.
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Budgets: The Ultimate Lie-Detector
Written by John Atcheson | Common Dreams
Revealing the Republican Wrecking Machine and the Democrats’ Double Dealing
Budgets have a way of slicing through political rhetoric and revealing the truth. For example, Obama’s budget choices show him to be a right of center politician willing to sell out progressive principles, notwithstanding the progressive speeches he makes around election time.
Freeing the University: Education Occupation on May Day
Written by Michelle Chen | In These Times
Pop quiz: what’s the value of an American education? To some, it’s a booming industry that preys on debt-crippled students. But to the educators, youth and workers who keep the system running, school increasingly seems like it’s just not worth the struggle.
Waterboards, Drones, and the Drones Who Love Them
Written by Charles P. Pierce | Esquire
This past weekend in our politics, it was look-how-far-over-to-the-dark-side-we've-crawled time. Just as the various celebrity journalists, celebrity politicians, and celebrity celebrities were about done yucking it up at the White House Correspondents Dinner — and can I just say, for the record, that this is the biggest circle-jerk for the largest circle of jerks that there ever has been, like Guinness-level? — we had an unrepentent torturer shilling for his new book, baring his fangs on 60 Minutesand daring someone to throw him into the clink at The Hague, and another drone strike on behalf of the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 13,338 Tuesday, it’s highest since December, 2007. The S&P 500 added 16 points. Wall Street will remember May 1 as a great day.
But most of these gains are going to the richest 10 percent of Americans who own 90 percent of the shares traded on Wall Street. And the lion’s share of the gains are going to the wealthiest 1 percent.
Osama bin Laden's death has had zero impact on America's security
Written by Gary Younge | The Guardian
Last week, Afghanistan; two coalition troops were injured and one killed by Afghan soldiers; the US reached an agreement with the Afghan government to maintain a presence in the country until 2024; and the US failed to break a diplomatic deadlock with Pakistan after the US refused to apologise for killing 25 Pakistani soldiers in November.
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