World in peril, Chomsky tells overflow crowd

By Brian Liberatore
Press & Sun-Bulletin

"Under the current U.S. policies, a nuclear exchange is inevitable," the 77-year-old MIT professor said in his presentation, "Imminent Crises: Paths Toward Solutions." He spoke to an over-capacity crowd in BU's Osterhout Concert Theater.
https://informationclearinghouse.info/article12208.htm

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Thousands of Federal Trials Kept Secret

By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN and JOHN SOLOMON

Despite the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of public trials, nearly all records are being kept secret for more than 5,000 defendants who completed their journey through the federal courts over the last three years. Instances of such secrecy more than doubled from 2003 to 2005.
https://informationclearinghouse.info/article12201.htm

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Matewan Revisited

By Charles Sullivan

The history of America is the chronicle of class struggle. The current fight is the same fight that working class people have always waged. In the past there were three distinct classes: the upper class, the middle class and the underclass. The middle class is rapidly melding with the under class, leaving us with essentially two socioeconomic classes. In essence, what remain are the rich and the poor. The chasm between rich and poor has never been wider and it is growing every year.
https://informationclearinghouse.info/article12207.htm

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Weekend Video

Dr. Michael Parenti: "Terrorism, Globalization and Conspiracy"

Globalization is an attempt to extend corporate monopoly control over the whole globe. Over every national economy. Over every local economy Over every life. Click here to watch
https://informationclearinghouse.info/article11635.htm