bahrain backlash: doctors on trial for helping protesters
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amid ongoing unrest in bahrain the regime039s cracking down on non-violent protesters as well as people who039ve been helping them a group of doctors are on trial after treating wounded anti-government demonstrators last year rt039s paula slier has the latestcorrespondent with global research finian cunningham was in bahrain and witnessed some of the doctors treating the wounded during the crackdown he thinks the bahraini regime is persecuting the medics to keep them from telling the truthrt on twitter http:twittercomrt_comrt on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

women in the military face unreported hardships
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while americans traditionally take memorial day to look back and remember the men who have given to their country the women who have entered the battlefield often go unnoticed 150 female us soldiers have been killed in the iraq and afghanistan wars and as amber stone of military families speaks out says even once off the frontline there is a war within that is never truly silenced stone speaks to rt about her ordeals on and off the frontfollow lucy on twitter at http:twittercomlucykafanov

thom hartmann: the mystery of the concord project you need to know
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i have a mission for you - and it039s not impossible progressives shouldn039t just be fighting the tea party - we should be learning from the tea party too no - not learning from their bizarro economics - or selfish morality - or destructive idealism - but instead learning from how they took control of the republican party and forced the entire conservative establishment to lurch so far to the right that they039ve even dumped people like david frum if progressives hope to have any shot at influencing today039s democratic party - and kicking out the corporate blue dog democrats and replacing them with real-deal progressives - then we need to get to work right now - and do exactly what the tea party did a year and a half ago to take power and it starts in our own backyards let me introduce you to the concord project - a right-wing organization in charge of getting out the vote for republicans last year - the concord project expanded their get out the vote strategy beyond just traditional phone banking - canvassing - and putting up quotvote republicanquot signs - they decided to infiltrate local politics by encouraging tea partiers to become precinct committeemen

hartmann: a french revolution on corps - off with their corporate heads
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we learned this week that wall street needs to lawyer up - because the federal housing finance agency is filing suit against more than a dozen of the nation039s biggest banks - accusing the banksters of selling junk-mortgage securities to investors - which was the trigger of bush039s 2008 financial crisis mortgage lending giants fannie mae and freddie mac lost more than 30 billion after the banksters hustled them into buying these piles of mortgage junk - and now the government is coming to collect but i039m going to ask them to hold off for just a little bit on filing this lawsuit - because it just so happens - i039m holding my own trial against the banksters tonight - as well as a slew of other corporate criminals

italian activist vittorio arrigoni found dead in gaza after kidnap
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an italian activist has been found dead in gaza city hours after being abducted vittorio arrigoni was seized on thursday by islamist radicals who threatened to kill him if hamas did not release a number of palestinian prisoners the extremists posted a video of him on youtube tied up and blindfolded before the killing hamas officials say two suspects have been arrested and others are being sought

thom hartmann: who should be in jail - casey anthony or banksters
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a florida jury found casey anthony not-guilty of murder yesterday in thom039s daily take - he exposes who else needs to be facing a jury of their peers now that this national distraction is over

pentagon plans attack on syria despite the un
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nearly a week ago china and russia vetoed a un security council resolution to oust the bashar al-assad039s government the remaining members of the un security council criticized the two countries for the veto but russia and china fear syria will share the same fate as libya russia took matters into their own hands by offering to host peace talks between the rebels and the syrian government but the rebels have refused the offer but despite the un security council039s failed resolution the us prepares for military actions against syria ignoring the un here is our reportlike us andor follow us:http:twittercomrt_americahttp:wwwfacebookcomrtamerica

cenk uygur: corporate media tried to ignore occupy wall street
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occupy wall street has become a real threat to the establishment and many believe this is why you the viewer are not getting the latest in coverage first the media didn039t want to cover it then with the hundreds of the arrest many felt they had to cenk uygur host of the young turks gives us his thoughtsfollow lauren on twitter: http:twittercomlaurenlyster

univision promoting war with iran
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description: in univision documentary it is being alleged that iran venezuela and cuba are joining forces to plan attacks on the united states according to the documentary the three countries are meeting in mexico to plan terrorist attacks greater than 911 on the us some right-wing us lawmakers are taking these allegations seriously or is it all propaganda jamal abdi policy director of the national iranian american council joins us to sort through the evidencefollow liz on twitter at http:twittercomlizwahl

judge rules in favor of ows protesters retaking zuccotti park
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zuccotti is no longer surrounded by barricades and last night occupy wall street protesters returned to zuccotti park the ows protesters were kicked out of the park back in mid november due to health concerns but now after the courts ruled in the protesters favor they have slowly being making their way back to the epicenter of the protest goldie an ows activist joins us and gives us the latest from the reoccupationfollow lucy on twitter at http:twittercomlucykafanov

happy game is not a happy game - youtube
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oh please god no free me from this nightmarewatch more horror games: https:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=egdsnmzgsvcamplist=pllibvqe3gg9fpokvch9wbo-2bgbnbg4kytwi

occupy congress: ows takes a run at capitol hill
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america039s anti-corporate occupy protesters are starting the year as they mean to go on - digging in with their demos as they clock up 4 months of the campaign thousands are due outside congress later on tuesday - hoping their demands won039t fall on deaf ears as representatives reconvene after the holidays rt039s gayane chichakyan is in washingtonrt on twitter http:twittercomrt_com rt on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

thom hartmann amp neil howe: are we in the fourth turning
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neil howe co-author of quotthe fourth turningquot while what039s going in washington may seem like run-of-the-mill dysfunctional politics that we039ve all gotten used to - the reality is - we could be watching something much much bigger unfolding something bigger than speaker boehner - something bigger than harry reid - and something even bigger than president obama this debt-limit fiasco might actually be the start of a crisis in america unlike any this nation has ever seen since the great depression or even the civil war thom hartmann is joined by neil howe - president ampamp co-founder of lifecourse associates ampamp the author of eight books including the one i want to talk about tonight quotthe fourth turningquot

to die for failed female suicide bomber speaks out
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there039s a worrying rise in the number of suicide attacks carried out by women around the world and it039s gaining momentum among palestinians bent on revenge against israel but the lethal choice to die for a cause took a surprising twist for one palestinian woman who was captured before she detonated her device as rt039s paula slier has been hearingrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com rt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

occupy seattle protesters attacked and peppersprayed by police
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in seattle washington a march through the city039s downtown district late tuesday turned grim after a pregnant 19-year-old girl who only gave her name as jennifer was pepper-sprayed by police officers while participating in a peaceful protest that same evening dorli rainey described by the occupy seattle movement as quota 4-foot 10-inch 84-year-old womanquot with ties to activist dating back decades also became the victim of a pepper-spray assault from the seattle police departmentvideo courtesy chris natale: http:wwwyoutubecomusertoastycake942