Weekend Edition: Silencing America as It Prepares for War

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counterpunch NEWS UPDATE 5-28-2016 America Prepares for War
John Pilger writes that the 2016 election is remarkable not only for the rise of Trump and Sanders but also for the resilience of an enduring silence about a murderous self-bestowed divinity. Clinton, Trump are Fringe Candidates
Rob Urie breaks down the numbers and explains why Trump and Clinton are so hated.
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Paul Street on every way in which the Democratic establishment has attempted to derail the Sanders movement. Basic Income Gathers Steam in Europe

Daniel Raventós and Julie Wark say there is a new social movement afoot across Europe. Heidegger, Hitler and Trump
Jeffrey St. Clair sizes up The Donald's little hands. Hillary's Gun Gambit

Andrew Levine says that if there is a way for Hillary to mess things up, she will surely find it.

Sanders Must Demand Answers
Dave Lindorff on why Sanders must attack Hillary's email scandal. Nuclear Close Calls
Gunnar Westberg writes that we were much closer to nuclear annihilation than we ever knew. Remembering All the Deaths
S. Brian Willson on what we should really be remembering this Memorial Day weekend. Sweden's Assange Problem
Binoy Kampmark reports on Assange's latest legal tango. Bayer and Monsanto
Martha Rosenberg and Ronnie Cummins on the marriage made in hell. The Perils of Wounded Masculinity
Randy Blazak on thugs, bullies and Donald Trump. Notes on a Big Pharma Bike Race
David Price covers the Tour of California.
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