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  • ONE SOLITARY LIFE, PART TWO
    30 July 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru (Open-Publishing)
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    If there is one universal question that haunts all human beings at some point in their lives, it is, “Why do we die?”
    Death, after all, is the great illogic. It ultimately claims all, the rich and the poor, the mighty and the small, the good and the evil. Death also has the capability to make most human pursuits—such as the quest for wealth, fame and power—vacuous and fleeting.
    Given this reality, I have often wondered why so many people are still willing to exploit, and even destroy, (…)

  • HOW MUCH CORRUPTION CAN DEMOCRACY ENDURE?
    28 June 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru (Open-Publishing)
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    How much corruption can a “democracy” endure before it ceases to be a democracy?
    If five venal, mendacious, duplicitous, amoral, biased and (dare I say it) satanic Supreme Court “justices”—John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Anthony Kennedy—have their way, America will soon find out.
    In several previous articles for Pravda.Ru, I have consistently warned how the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision is one of the biggest threats to democracy and freedom (…)

  • DEMOCRACY IN THE HANDS OF IDIOTS, PART TWO
    12 June 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru (Open-Publishing)
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    Imagine, if you will, that the United States government passes a law banning advertisers from sponsoring commercials on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show or Rupert Murdoch’s Fox (Faux) “News” Network.
    On one hand, there would be two decided advantages to this ban: The National IQ would undoubtedly increase several percentage points, and manipulative pseudo-journalists would no longer be able to appeal to the basest instincts in human nature for ratings and profit while laughing all the way to (…)

  • DEMOCRACY IN THE HANDS OF IDIOTS
    7 June 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Pravda.Ru Legal Editor (Open-Publishing)
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    LIVE, from the State that brought you Senator Joseph McCarthy, Wisconsin voters now proudly present, fresh from his recall election victory, Governor Scott Walker!
    At first glance, it is almost unfathomable that anyone with a modicum of intelligence would have voted to retain Scott Walker as Wisconsin’s governor. This, after all, is a man who openly declared he is trying to destroy the rights of workers through a “divide and conquer” strategy; who received 61% of the funds used to fight (…)

  • PEOPLE WITHOUT SOULS
    13 March 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru (Open-Publishing)
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    A question I’ve frequently been asked since I began writing for Pravda.Ru in 2003 is, “Why did you become disillusioned with the practice of law?”
    This question is understandable, particularly since, in most people’s minds, being an attorney is synonymous with wealth and political power.
    I’ve always been reluctant to answer this question for fear it will discourage conscientious and ethical people from pursuing careers in the legal profession—a profession where conscientious and ethical (…)

  • MAY GOD DAMN WALL STREET, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE SUPREME COURT
    13 February 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Pravda.Ru Legal Editor (Open-Publishing)
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    Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
    In my article The Greatest Threat to America, I stated that the five so-called “conservative” members of the United States Supreme Court—Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Roberts and Kennedy—“have destroyed American democracy and its fundamental freedoms more ruthlessly and effectively than any terrorist group in the world” (Pravda.Ru 01/27/2010).
    They accomplished this in the 2010 case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission by overturning roughly one hundred (…)

  • Press Release – Collectif Bellaciao sued in defamation by Mario SANDOVAL
    11 January 2012 par Collectif BELLACIAO (Open-Publishing)
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    On January 12, 2012, Roberto Ferrario, one of the spokesmen of the Collectif BELLACIAO, will appear before the Criminal Court of Auxerre, assisted by his lawyer, Maître France WEYL, following a libel suit that Mr. Mario Sandoval filed against several media, including Marianne2, Mediapart, Le Grand Soir, Courrier International, France Info, El Correo, Calpa ...
    Mr. Mario Sandoval, a former Argentine police officer, sues BELLACIAO for the publication, on our forum, of an article released by (…)

  • From Occupation to Revolution
    9 November 2011 par John Spritzler and Dave Stratman (Open-Publishing)
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    There is no step the OWS movement can take that would have greater impact than to decide explicitly that its goal is revolution.
    Transforming the whole society has in fact underlain the movement from the start. It is implicit in the movement’s profound commitment to democracy, to equality among participants, to sharing and support for each other. Why should the values embodied in OWS be limited to a few blocks in towns and cities across America? The movement’s refusal to focus on (…)

  • APPEAL OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF VICTIMS OF AGENT ORANGE/DIOXINE
    31 August 2011 par André Bouny (Open-Publishing)
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    Hanoi, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 9th August, 2011
    The Second International Conference of Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin, held in Hanoi from August 8th to 9th, 2011 included participants from around the world: Agent Orange victims, victims of other toxic chemicals, scientists, lawyers and social activists. The conference is a significant and important historic event, marking the 50th anniversary of the first spraying of the toxic chemical Agent Orange (1961-1971) by the U.S. forces (…)

  • Remembering Carlo Giuliani in Berlin (video)
    20 July 2011 par (Open-Publishing)

    Ten years ago Carlo Giuliani was shot dead by police at the G8 protests in Genoa, Italy. His death marked the escalation of a transnational struggle against capitalist globalization. Yesterday, anti-capitalists in Berlin remembered the tragic loss of the young militants life and vented their anger against a murderous system.
    In the last weeks numerous stencils and posters announced a demonstration in remembrance of Carlo Giuliani. The posters stated explicitly that the demonstration would (…)