U.S.: Right-Wing Hawks, Arms Industry Rally Against Pentagon Cuts
While Iran, Russia, and China are all pretty scary, the ominous word “sequestration” is what is keeping right-wing hawks and their friends in the defence industry up at night. While they have been...
View ArticleBiofuels Converting U.S. Prairielands at Dust Bowl Rates
The rush for biofuels in the United States has seen farmers converting the United States’ prairie lands to farms at rates comparable with deforestation levels in Brazil, Malaysia and Indonesia – rates...
View ArticleIsraeli Lobby Looks to 2008 Law to Justify Request for More U.S. Aid
Israeli settlements, illegal under international law, in the West Bank. Credit: Libertinus/ CC by 2.0By Mitchell PlitnickWASHINGTON, Aug 28 2013 (IPS) Israel and its domestic U.S. lobby are already in...
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