02 December 2003
Kids should get Big Bird, not Big Mac
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When kids sit down to watch Sesame Street, they will now get a ”corporate sponsorship message” from McDonald’s, promoting yet more brand recognition for the largest fast food chain in the world.

Sesame Street thus becomes...
02 December 2003
On the freedom of the press, Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1757
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While free from Force the Press remains,
Virtue and Freedom chear our Plains,
And Learning Largesses bestows,
And keeps unlicens’d open House.
We to the Nation’s publick Mart
Our Works of Wit, and Schemes...
02 December 2003
Was Bush's turkey trip to Baghdad aimed at Hillary Clinton?
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Harvey Wasserman
The embedded corporate media is still crowing over the details of George W. Bush's Thanksgiving flight to Baghdad. The Shrub spinmeisters have branded it a "home run."

But the global image of the smirking Texan carrying...
02 December 2003
Freep Heroes
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Free Press Staff
Freep Heroes - Students at Swarthmore College

They are our heroes for staging an “electronic civil disobedience” campaign against Ohio-based voting machine maker Diebold Election Systems. Diebold has been sending out “...
02 December 2003
Halliburton’s Iran connection
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Jason Leopold
Halliburton Corp., the oil field services company once headed by Vice President Dick Cheney, told the New York City Comptroller’s office Monday that it won’t scale back its business dealings in Iran, despite concerns from the City’s...
02 December 2003
Reflections of a virgin activist: March on Washington October 25th, 2003
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Like so many Americans, I do feel frustrated, angry, and disheartened with the current government. Many friends, colleagues, and acquaintances have shared their sense of betrayal by George W. Bush. For the first time, I decided to actually...

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