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“Shrinking government” actually means expanding it

David Swanson on why the rhetoric about shrinking government actually means a bigger, more intrusive government, with both parties complicit. Shrinking government” means a larger and more oppressive but less representative and less useful government. The military gets the money…

People everywhere just want to be free

Something is taking place at an archetypal level, across the world, across class and social lines, across religious and political divides, all characterized by popular uprisings against authoritarian high-handedness across the world. Governments are cratering in the Middle East and…

Babylon burning, and they got no water. Protests in Europe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlrI-GZIvEY&feature=player_embedded Spain and Greece are experiencing major protests and serious unrest, England too. In Greece, buildings were burned and molotovs thrown at police. “For me, it’s the spirit of ’68. First the students moved, then the workers. This is exactly…