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    Dear Gregg Steinhafel, Target CEO, As a Target consumer, I 'expect more' and want to know that I am not purchasing products that contain slave-picked cotton from Uzbekistan. There is a simple way to ensure this - join the Daewoo Protocol, a series …more

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  • by davidswanson May 20, 2013 - 8:44am
    There's a contradiction built into every campaign promise about transparent government beyond the failure to keep the promises.  Our government is, in significant portion, made up of secret operations, operations that include warmaking, …more
  • by davidswanson May 16, 2013 - 3:06pm
    After years of mismanagement, the Tribune Company newspapers -- including the Chicago Tribune and L.A. Times -- are up for sale.  And one of the potential buyers? The Koch brothers.  And wow are people outraged! …more
  • by davidswanson May 16, 2013 - 1:15pm
    Our elected and unelected officials tell us that drone strikes target top level enemies of the United States who are imminent threats to us, and that killing innocent people is avoided altogether or minimized.  Congressional hearings, with a …more
  • by davidswanson May 15, 2013 - 2:35pm
    https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-arun-gupta Arun Gupta, whose writings can be found at occupyusatoday.com, discusses the lives of refugees from the U.S. war on Iraq now living in California, and the crimes of David Petraeus …more
  • by davidswanson May 15, 2013 - 12:15pm
    The CIA has been so busy consulting on Zero Dark Thirty, not to mention funding Hamid Karzai, bribing Russians, lying about weapons, and conducting humanitarian drone murders, that it didn't have any time at all to help out with Hit and Stay, and …more
  • by davidswanson May 14, 2013 - 2:39pm
    Jack Gilory has written a short 2-act play called The Predator.  The script is available here. The characters include a college student, a drone pilot, a senator, and a peace activist.  The drone pilot supports war.  The senator …more