CounterPunch
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CounterPunch is a biweekly newsletter published in the United States that covers politics in a manner its editors describe as "muckraking with a radical attitude". It includes a website, updated daily, which contains much more material not published in the newsletter. Running six to eight pages in length, the CounterPunch newsletter primarily publishes commentaries by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair with regular contributions by others. It is noted for its critical coverage of both Democratic and Republican politicians and its extensive reporting of environmental and trade ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Online
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(English)
Political Viewpoint:
Left
Editorial
Edited By:
David Fox
Last Edit:
Sep 17, 2007 - 2:23 PM PDT
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Janette Sherman / Joseph Mangano: Is the Increase in Baby Deaths in the US a Result of Fukushima Fallout?
Posted by Walter Cox -
Assange: The Amazing Adventures of Captain Neo in Blonde Land...
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Alan Nasser: Driving Another Nail Into the Coffin of the New Deal
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Slow Violence in the Gulf and the BP Coverup
Three vanishing acts are being played out in the Gulf: the disappearing of the oil from the ocean surface by Corexit, the disappearing of the story by the media blockade, and ...Posted by Peter Henry -
The Ambush of Helen Thomas
Not that this will cause American suckers to abandon their programmed reaction to the spin.Posted by fontleroy -
High Noon in Nepal
(Blog Post) In Nepal, people were taught; the poor would always be poor. They long believed it. There would always be kings, lords, myriad deities and foreign patrons to look over them. ...Posted by Jon Mitchell -
This Will Be Obama's Legacy
Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan answered that he had placed his trust in a flawed theory when he was called before Congress to explain why he, Goldman Sachs ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
The Price Tag on Safety
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A New Middle East War?
When Israeli Minister without Portfolio Yossi Peled said recently that a war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah was “just a matter of time” and that such a conflict would include ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak
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