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Uncommon Thought Journal

English - Politics, Social Justice, Environment
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Uncommon Thought Journal · 1d ago

America the Serial Killer

By John Feffer from World Beat of Foreign Policy in FocusPicture: Carpet-bombing of Tora Bora. Everybody loves Dexter. He's handsome. He's helpful. He works at the Miami Metro Police Department, and he's very good at his job as a blood-splatter...
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Uncommon Thought Journal · 2d ago

Redefining the 'Arab Spring': Is Chaos Overtaking Revolution?

By RamzyBaroud The age of revolutionary romance is over. Various Arab countries are now facing hard truths. Millions of Arabs merely want to live with a semblance of dignity, free from tyranny and continuous anxiety over the future. This...
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Uncommon Thought Journal · 2d ago

Kucinich: "NATO Talks a Sham: War in Afghanistan is Not Ending"

By Dennis Kucinich Congressman Kucinich released this statement on May 21, 2012 (picture of Congressman at left). The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is not a benevolent organization. NATO is not about the North Atlantic and it's not about our collective...
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Uncommon Thought Journal · 4d ago

Defense Sense: Options for National Defense Savings in Year 2013.

From Project on Defense Alternatives - a combined effort of Carl Conetta, Charles Knight, and Ethan Rosenkranz - Project on Defense Alternatives* and Christopher Preble and Benjamin H. Friedman - Cato Institute* (* Affiliations are listed for identification purposes only...
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Uncommon Thought Journal · 5d ago

Never Good Enough: Masculinity and Culture

By Lyle Ming - Student Author In our hetero-normative society we find that we constantly need to play roles that allow us to fit into society. The male gender roles are so ingrained that men who deviate from them are...
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Uncommon Thought Journal · 6d ago

The Palestinian Nakba: The Resolve of Memory

By Ramzy Baroud Picture: 1948 al-Nakba exodus Many Palestinians remember and reference al-Nakba, also known as the Catastrophe, on May 15 every year. The event marks the expulsion of nearly a million Palestinians, while their villages were destroyed. The...
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Uncommon Thought Journal · 1w ago

In The Name Of My Father: Requiem and renewal in the shadow of Wall Street, in the light of a Georgia spring

By Phil Rockstroh Picture from Serena Davi's "Eternal Love." On May 1, after a day of May Day activities on the streets and avenues of Manhattan, my wife and I and a troop of other OWS celebrants marched into...
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Uncommon Thought Journal · 1W ago

Struggle over Iran: Tumultuous Israeli Politics Will Not Usher Peace

By Ramzy Baroud Picture: Netenyahu, Bibi, and Mofaz Israel is currently experiencing the kind of turmoil that may or may not affect its political hierarchy following the next general election. However, there is little reason to believe that any major...
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Uncommon Thought Journal · 1W ago

Why Is the State Department 'Arming' Mexico's Intelligence Agencies with Advanced Intercept Technologies?

by Tom Burghardt of Antifascist Calling... Amid recent reports that the bodies of four Mexican journalists were discovered in a canal in the port city of Veracruz, less than a week after another journalist based in that city was...
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Uncommon Thought Journal · 1W ago

Where are the Middle Class and its Power?

By Celeste Aguilar - Student Author Imagine meeting someone new at a party. One of the first questions raised is: What do you do? In our society this doesn't mean what do you do for fun; it means how do...
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