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The Media and the Venezuelan Elections

Posted November 30, 2008 | 08:02 PM (EST)


The Real News Network spoke to Latin American Studies Professor Miguel Tinker Salas who says, the fact that the opposition was able to make modest gains means it's a victory for Venezuelan democracy.

Allies...

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What to Do With Detroit?

Posted November 21, 2008 | 05:25 PM (EST)


Jim Stanford and Justin Fox debate the pros and cons of allowing the auto industry to go bankrupt at TheRealNews.com.

November 21 - The US is agonizing over what help to offer to its...

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Iraq-US Security Pact: Bitter Battles Ahead?

2 Comments | Posted November 21, 2008 | 11:45 AM (EST)


The Real News Network spoke with Leila Fadel about the Iraq/US deal that will not allow residual forces to stay after 2011.

On Sunday the Iraqi government agreed to keep U.S. troops in the...

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Chamber of Commerce Hopes to Avoid Employee Free Choice Act

1 Comments | Posted November 4, 2008 | 02:29 PM (EST)


Electing a pro-business Senate may ensure the bill's failure. The Real News Network investigates the Employee Free Choice Bill and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce moves to stop it.

Washington DC -- Nov 3...

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US Elections: Is the Fox Guarding the Henhouse?

5 Comments | Posted October 29, 2008 | 04:59 PM (EST)


The Real News Network speaks with Spencer Overton who says that claims about fraud will block thousands of innocent voters.

As the US presidential election heads towards the final stretch, voter fraud and voter registration issues have...

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Howard Zinn Will Vote For Obama But Says Direct Action is Needed

2 Comments | Posted October 23, 2008 | 02:41 PM (EST)


Howard Zinn tells The Real News Network's Paul Jay that small differences matter, but a powerful social movement is needed for real change.

This a pivotal presidential election that finds America mired in two wars abroad, floundering...

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Chomsky: In Swing States, Vote Obama -- Without Illusions

16 Comments | Posted October 21, 2008 | 03:51 PM (EST)


In an interview with The Real News Network Noam Chomsky says that people should vote against McCain and for Obama - but without illusions.

The question posed by ABC's George Stefanopolous "is not whether elites should rule,...

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McColombia

4 Comments | Posted October 17, 2008 | 01:58 PM (EST)


Forrest Hylton is the author of Evil Hour in Colombia (Verso, 2006), and with Sinclair Thomson, co-author of Revolutionary Horizons: Past and Present in Bolivian Politics (Verso, 2007). In this interview with The Real News Network, Hylton says that neither McCain nor Obama really know what 's happening in...

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The Iraq War Hits Wall Street

3 Comments | Posted October 9, 2008 | 01:25 PM (EST)


At almost $1 trillion, and counting, the Wall Street bailout will cost taxpayers as much as the Iraq war. The Real News Network's Pepe Escobar examines the costs in more detail.

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McCain's Straight Mess Express

Posted September 23, 2008 | 12:17 PM (EST)


September 22 - From his lobbyists, to the economy and foreign policy, McCain's Straight Talk Express is off the rails. The Real News Network's Pepe Escobar examines the contradictions and inconsistencies within the McCain campaign.

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Who is Randy Scheunemann?

Posted September 11, 2008 | 03:57 PM (EST)


McCain's neocon foreign policy adviser has been a lobbyist for arms companies & Saakashvili's Georgia

Randy Scheunemann...

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TRNN Journalists Charged With Unlawful Assembly

Posted September 9, 2008 | 04:04 PM (EST)


Documentary report by The Real News team arrested along with 818 people during the RNC

818 people were arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota in the days leading up to and during the Republican National Convention last week,...

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Ron Paul Says it's Time to End the Empire

Posted September 3, 2008 | 05:44 PM (EST)


From the "Rally for the Republic" in Minneapolis Republican Congressman Ron Paul met with The Real News...

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Palin was for 'Bridge to Nowhere'

Posted September 2, 2008 | 06:25 PM (EST)


John McCain has chosen governor of Alaska Sarah Palin as his running mate and potential vice-president. Palin, who in September 2007 rejected $233 million in Congressional funds for a bridge from Ketchikan, Alaska to an airport on Gravina Island (better known as "the bridge to nowhere"), has been criticized for...

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Full Spectrum Dominance

Posted August 22, 2008 | 06:20 PM (EST)


In his commentary today, The Real News Network's, Pepe Escobar welcomes us to the New Cold war.

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The Geopolitics of Georgia

Posted August 14, 2008 | 02:18 PM (EST)


Longtime economist and author, William Engdahl claims that Georgia is the world's most unstable region today. Engdahl spoke with The Real News Network; watch the story here.

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"A Scarily Efficient Way of Organizing Society": Naomi Klein on China

Posted August 10, 2008 | 03:00 PM (EST)


"Security, central planning, surveillance state is an ideal cocoon for global capitalism." The Real News Network's Senior Editor, Paul Jay spoke with author and investigative journalist, Naomi Klein about the Olympic show hiding a scary backdrop.

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'Surging' McCain

Posted August 7, 2008 | 06:16 PM (EST)


McCain's campaign hides secret of Iraq surge "success." Real News Network analyst, Pepe Escobar looks at the flipping and the flopping of McCain's "surge" message.

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CIA Says Pakistan Spy Agency Helping Militants

Posted August 4, 2008 | 11:33 AM (EST)


Pakistan angrily denies a report that it helped plan bombing in Kabul.

According to Pakistans Dawn newspaper:...

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First New West Bank Settlement in Ten Years?

Posted August 1, 2008 | 05:23 PM (EST)


"At this point a two-state solution is near impossible." Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC spoke with The Real News Network about her recent trip to Israel and Palestine.

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