2012 archive

To be the ideal candidate

Mitt Romney, the stealth tea party candidate

By Theda Skocpol, January 31, 2012 “Many tea party folks are going to find me, I believe, to be the ideal candidate,” the Republican presidential contender said in a news conference in…  [more]

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Dysfunctional sectarian misery

An attack on Iran must be stopped

By , Saturday 4 February 2012 09.00 EST The Anglo-American aggression addicts haven’t kicked the habit. The team that brought you shock and awe and Operation Infinite Justice is gearing…  [more]

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Banking on bondage

The cynical world of America’s private prisons

By , Friday 3 February 2012 17.08 EST In the past few decades, changes in sentencing laws and get-tough-on-crime policies have led to an explosion in America’s prison population. Funding…  [more]

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Old herrings

An attack on Tehran would be madness. So don’t rule it out

By Robert Fisk, Saturday 04 February 2012 If Israel really attacks Iran this year, it – and the Americans – will be more dotty than their…  [more]

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The threat that is deemed intolerable

Equality for Palestinians? Israel won’t have it

By , Friday 3 February 2012 07.25 EST The presence of a few Palestinian members in the Knesset (MKs) is often touted as a sign of Israel’s robust democracy. Yet…  [more]

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Years of mendacity and deceit

Still Britain rattles sabres. Nothing has been learned from Afghanistan

By , Thursday 2 February 2012 16.00 EST The Afghan war, the longest in US history, is “scheduled to end” a year early, according to the Pentagon [more]

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1% nation under God

Why Mitt Romney is ‘not concerned’ about the poor

By , Thursday 2 February 2012 12.53 EST Although Mitt Romney has yet to win a majority in a Republican primary, he won big in Florida.…  [more]

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