Wednesday, March 19, 2014

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Chris Hedges | Israel's War on American Universities
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the AIPAC meeting on March 4 in Washington, D.C. (photo: AP/Carolyn Kaster)
Chris Hedges, TruthDig
Hedges writes: "The attacks, and the disturbingly similar forms of punishment, appear to be part of a coordinated effort by the Israeli government and the Israel lobby to blacklist all student groups that challenge the official Israeli narrative."
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Lewis H. Lapham | Crowd Control
Lewis H. Lapham, TomDispatch
Lapham writes: "For the last several years, the word 'revolution' has been hanging around backstage on the national television talk-show circuit waiting for somebody, anybody -- visionary poet, unemployed automobile worker, late-night comedian -- to cue its appearance on camera."
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Crimea Applies to Be Part of Russian Federation After Vote to Leave Ukraine
Luke Harding, Shaun Walker, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Crimea's regional parliament has declared independence and applied to become part of the Russian Federation, a day after people in the Black Sea peninsula voted overwhelmingly to leave Ukraine in a referendum that most of the world has condemned as illegal."
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Why We Need a New Church Committee to Fix Our Broken Intelligence System
Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr., The Nation
Schwarz writes: "Almost forty years ago, a Senate select committee known as the Church Committee for its chair, Idaho Senator Frank Church, investigated America's secret government."
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Sexual Assault Charges Dropped Against General Jeffrey Sinclair
Marlena Baldacci, Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN
Excerpt: "Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair will plead guilty to adultery and mistreating his accuser in a deal that will see the sexual assault and sodomy charges against him dropped, according to his defense team and CNN affiliate WTVD."
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The Rise of Anti-Capitalism
Jeremy Rifkin, The New York Times
Rifkin writes: "We are beginning to witness a paradox at the heart of capitalism, one that has propelled it to greatness but is now threatening its future."
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Colombia Closes in on a Peace Deal With FARC
Jonathan Watts, Sibylla Brodzinsky, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Colombia is nearing a peace deal that could end the longest-running civil war on the planet and significantly reduce the global supply of cocaine, according to President Juan Manuel Santos, who predicts an agreement with Farc guerrillas that will include the eradication of coca plantations."
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