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Monthly Archives: February 2014
Are Republicans being hypocritical over military budget cuts?
by Matt Naham, Rare
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After Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced significant military budget cuts on Monday, many conservatives reacted with alarm. Some saw these reductions as the Obama administration hurting the military or even as an invitation for America’s enemies … Read More
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Defense Contractors, Defense Communities: Get Ready To Tighten Your Belts
by Bill Conerly, Forbes
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Reduced defense spending is coming to a community near you, whether you like it or fear it. Defense spending reductions projected for 2015 frighten my fellow Forbes.com contributor Loren Thompson, who writes “Weapons … Read More
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Sowing Struggle: Social movement and the future of corn in Tlaxcala, Mexico
Tuesday, February 25
5:30 p.m.
St. Louis University, Baer Fuller Lecture Hall
Wednesday, February 26
6:00 p.m.
Washington University St. Louis, Brown 118
The St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America presents:
“Sowing Struggle: Social movements and the future of corn in Tlaxcala, Mexico”
featuring … Read More
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Pentagon Will Cut Services and Benefits to Soldiers While Protecting Profits of Defense Industry
by Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network, Truth Out
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TRANSCRIPT:
JAISAL NOOR, TRNN PRODUCER: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Jaisal Noor in Baltimore.
On Monday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel outlined a Pentagon budget that will reduce the size of … Read More
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Pentagon Plans to Shrink Army to Pre-World War II Level
by Thom Shanker and Helene Cooper, The New York Times
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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel plans to shrink the United States Army to its smallest force since before the World War II buildup and eliminate an entire class of Air … Read More
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Drone Killing the Fifth Amendment
How to Build a Post-Constitutional America One Death at a Time
by Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch
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Terrorism (ter-ror-ism; see also terror) n. 1. When a foreign organization kills an American for political reasons.
Justice (jus-tice) n. 1. When the … Read More
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Business Rundown: Our Military Economy
by Shula Neuman, St. Louis Public Radio
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We just kicked off a year-long celebration of St. Louis’ 250th anniversary. As an editor, I had the pleasure of working with Maria Altman on her audio Valentine to the city. … Read More
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St. Louis Voices
Our media coordinator Elyse Vesser is starting a new PEP podcast called “St. Louis Voices“, where she will sit down with social justice leaders, community members, and organizers from around the city to talk about various local and national issues … Read More
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Boeing looks to U.S. Congress to fund fighters after Navy skips orders
by Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters
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Feb 13 (Reuters) – Boeing Co is mounting a last-ditch campaign to convince U.S. lawmakers to buy more fighter jets and stave off a shutdown of a St. Louis production line after the U.S. Navy … Read More
Boeing and its St. Louis union talk cost-cutting
Deal could offer buyouts to older workers on shrinking assembly lines
by Tim Logan, St. Louis Post Dispatch
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Boeing Co. and the St. Louis Machinists union went back to the bargaining table this week, with an eye toward lowering … Read More
