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Architects of Change

John Feffer | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Military Bases, Energy, Architecture, Sustainability, Green Architecture, North Korea, North Korea Architecture, Thethatcheryears, The Thatcher Years, The-Thatcher-Years, World News
John Feffer

More than a decade ago, I sat down with the head of the academy of architecture in Pyongyang. There was one element missing from their architecture program: North Korean builders paid virtually no attention to energy efficiency

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Makeover of New Orleans Naval Complex Slated for 2013

Susan Buchanan | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: U.S. Navy, UNITY of Greater New Orleans, Historic Tax Credits, Housing, Homelessness, Cruise Ships, Police, Military Bases, Katrina, Disasters, Supermarkets, Asbestos, Industrial Canal, U.S. Dept. Of Housing and Urban Development, New Orleans' Ninth Ward, Bp Spill, Mississippi River, Green News
Susan Buchanan

After a string of natural and man-made catastrophes, New Orleans has become a spot to share expertise on flooding, wind, spilled oil and any other grief that comes down the pike.

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U.S. Military Undermined By Environmental Change

Cleo Paskal | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Environmental Change, Economic Stimulus Package, National Flood Insurance Program, National Security, Military Bases, Flooding, Keesler Air Force Base, Climate Change, Hurricane Katrina, Homested Airforce Base, Green News
Cleo Paskal

Across the U.S., critical military installations are being put at risk by environmental change.

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"Convenient" Base Is Unexamined Excuse for U.S. Silence on Bahrain Crackdown

Robert Naiman | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Iran, Arms Sales, Arab Spring, Human Rights, Military Bases, New York Times, Washington Post, Bahrain, World News
Robert Naiman

Pressure is building on the Obama administration to delay a proposed arms sale to Bahrain, which brutally suppressed its pro-democracy movement and continues to squash dissent.

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Dan Froomkin

The Great Iraqi Giveaway: Billions In Bases, Equipment Being Handed Over

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Video, Military Equipment, Military Bases, Iraq Withdrawal, Iraq Contractors, Iraq, War in Iraq, Iraqi Bases, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- With just over three months until the last U.S. troops are currently due to leave Iraq, the Department of Defense is engaged in a mad da...

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As Central Asia Fragments, Could English Be the Answer?

Cleo Paskal | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: India, Natural Resources, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, English, Military Bases, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, China, US, Anglosphere, Kazakhstan, World News
Cleo Paskal

On Christmas Day, 1991, five new countries were born. This year Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan turn 20. A lot has changed.

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Let Guam Decide Its Own Fate

Jim Haw | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Military Bases, Guam, American Military, Navy, Green News
Jim Haw

The Pentagon wants to convert an American tropical paradise in the western Pacific into a military strip mall. And the people who live on the island lack the legal standing to resist the environmental disaster heading their way.

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Boxer De La Hoya, Home From Troop Visit, Faces Turmoil at Work

Paula Duffy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Golden Boy Promotions, Uso-Tour, Oscar De La Hoya, Military Bases, Camp Victory, Troops, Olympics, Sports News
Paula Duffy

If he ever wondered whether our fighting men and women would be interested in meeting him and coming out to see the boxers, doubts were erased quickly.

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Nadler, Polis Push Today to Cut Deficit by Trimming Empire

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jared Polis, Congress, Okinawa, Jerrold Nadler, Afghanistan War, Associated Press, Bahrain, Military Bases, New York Times, Obama Administration, Afghanistan, House Republicans, Military Budget, Politics News
Robert Naiman

Amidst all the blather about "shared sacrifice," there is one other group of powerful people that are largely escaping budget pain, in the plans of leaders of both parties, besides the super-rich: the partisans of the Empire.

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Does the Pentagon Really Have 1,180 Foreign Bases?

Nick Turse | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Military Bases, Pentagon, u.s. Bases, U.S. Military Bases, u.s. Bases Overseas, Foreign Military Bases, Military Base Count, World News
Nick Turse

In a world of statistics and precision, a world in which accountability is now a Washington buzzword, a world where all information is available at the click of a mouse, there's one number no American knows.

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10 Most Hopeful Stories of 2010

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Normal, US Social Forum, Cooperatives, Resilience, Move Your Money, Transition-Towns, Medicare for All, Jobs, Corporate Power, It Gets Better, Citizens United, California Climate Law, Wikileaks, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Cancun, Wall Street, Nuclear Weapons, Military Bases, Detroit, Social Movements, Bolivia, Climate Change, YES! Magazine, Chamber of Commerce, Health Care, Common-Security-Clubs, Impact News
Sarah van Gelder

It was a tough year, but events from 2010 contain the seeds of transformation. None of the following stories is enough on its own to change the momentum, but each story points to a piece of the solution.

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US Military Plans MASSIVE 'Super Base' In Guam

The Telegraph | Praveen Swami, Diplomatic Editor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Military Bases, Guam US Military Base, Guam, Guam US Military, Super Base, US Military Bases, World News

The US is building an £8 billion super military base on the Pacific island of Guam in an attempt to contain China's military build-up. The expans...

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FBI, Pentagon Beefing Up Military Base Security

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fort Hood Security, Fort Hood, US Military Bases, Military Bases, Military Bases Security, Military Base Security, FBI Military Bases, Fort Hood Shootings, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Nearly a year after a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, the Pentagon is taking new steps to beef up security and surveillance p...

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Dan Froomkin

Props To A Journalist Who Doesn't Get Distracted

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Military Bases, 9/11, Militarization, Fearmongering, The Nation, Tomdispatch, Tom Engelhardt, Politics News

(Crossposted from NiemanWatchdog.org.) The mainstream media have always been easily distracted and beguiled -- but never more than now, when the next...

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Blowback in Kyrgyzstan

Joseph Huff-Hannon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Central Asia, Foreign Affairs, Military Bases, Obama Administration, Central Asia Human Rights, Kyrgyzstan, Foreign Policy, Blowback, World News
Joseph Huff-Hannon

The unexpected swiftness with which an unpopular regime was swept aside in Kyrgyzstan is a good reminder of the inevitable breaking point produced by a US foreign policy that is only semantically dedicated to human rights.

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Empire of the Sunset

Randall Amster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ugly American, Empire, Fear, Military, America, National Security, Elite, Failed State, War, Military Bases, Disaster, Panopticon, Ruling Elite, Imperialism, Power, Politics, Politics News, Politics News
Randall Amster

Sometimes, I really miss America -- or at least the idea of it. You know: that can-do spirit, streets paved with gold, champion of the tired and poor,...

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Tensions Flare in South America Over U.S. Troops in Colombia

Adam Isacson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Bariloche, Colombia, Brazil, Military Bases, Mexico, Argentina, Hillary Clinton, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Home News
Adam Isacson

The meeting between Chávez and Uribe could, years from now, be seen as a crucial turning point for South America's political stability. Latin America, as a whole, is suddenly in bad shape.

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For Obama: A Five-Point Foreign Policy Agenda

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Military, Nuclear Weapons, Superpower, Terrorism, Military Bases, Sustainability, Financial Crisis, Obama Transition, Climate Change, Nuclear Proliferation, Just Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, Military Budget, Foreign Policy, Obama Cabinet, War on Terror, President Obama, America Global Police, Obama Administration, Obama Foreign Policy Team, War in Iraq, National Security Council's Global Trends 2050 Report, YES! Magazine, Post-9/11 Foriegn Policy, American Domination, President Elect Obama, World News
Sarah van Gelder

We no longer can afford to be the world's biggest military spender, and although the world looks to us for leadership, it has rejected domination.

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