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Obama's War on Social America
Obama, Republicans and most democrats are in lockstep. They claim Medicare and Social Security are going broke. They lie saying so. When properly administered, both programs are sound. Modest adjustments only are needed to assure it.
Thatcherism
Thatcherism represents Chicago School fundamentalism writ large. She’s gone. She won’t be missed. She launched a corporatist revolution. She headed Britain down a slippery slope toward unfettered predatory capitalism.
Human Rights Groups Against Human Rights
By NATHAN GOODMAN - Counterpunch
Human rights organizations shouldn’t be in the business of handing out awards, accolades and executive positions to human rights abusers...Resistance to war, occupation and mass incarceration includes opposing organizations that falsely claim to fight for human rights.
U.S. Not Nice to Hugo Chávez
By William Blum - Znet Commentary
In a secret US cable to the State Department, dated November 9, 2006, and recently published online by WikiLeaks, former US ambassador to Venezuela, William Brownfield, outlines a comprehensive plan to destabilize the government of the late President Hugo Chávez.
Exploiting Holocaust Remembrance Day
Never forget. Never again. Hollow words. Other holocausts go unmentioned.
Burns Lake Band Members Evicted from their Blockade by Armed Riot Police
April 7, 2013 - Vancouver Media Co-op
On day 14 of a non-violent protest held at the Burns Lake Band office, approximately 50 or more riot police, many with shotguns drawn, evicted three adults and one 12 year old child. 92 percent of the eligible voters on-reserve had signed a petition in support of the protest despite claims to the contrary by the INAC chief councilor, Albert Gerow.
Secret FDIC Plan to Loot Bank Accounts
It shouldn't surprise. It's already policy. Depositor theft is coming. Europe is banker occupied territory. So is America.
New York Times Supports Targeted Killings
It doesn't surprise. When America goes to war or plans one, Times editors march in lockstep. They support imperial lawlessness.
Eulogy for a Welfare State Arsonist
By Garth Mullins - April 9, 2013
I'd like to pause and remember the "Iron Lady," who crushed British coal miners, attacked the unions, mortally wounded the social wage, bolstered apartheid, invaded the Falkland Islands, inaugurated a Brave New World of corporate globalization, created the poll tax and declared a class war that has spanned most of my life.
Obama's Dangerous "Counter-Provocation" Plan Against North Korea
By Peter Symonds - 9 April 2013
Amid sharply rising tensions, Washington is not simply responding to North Korean threats, but is engaged in reckless provocations of its own that risk the outbreak of war...The Obama administration’s confrontational stance toward North Korea is part of a far broader strategic shift — the “pivot to Asia” — that is aimed at containing China militarily and undermining its economic and political influence throughout the region.
More Peace Process Hypocrisy
Peace process deception is policy. It's always been a charade. It is now. Israel wants it that way. So does Washington.
Destabilizing Venezuela: Longstanding U.S. Policy
Throughout his tenure, Chavez was America's main hemispheric bete noire. He's gone. Chavismo lives. Washington's war on Venezuela continues.
Margaret Thatcher is Dead, but the Struggle Against Thatcherism Continues
By Alex Snowdon - April 8, 2013
Margaret Thatcher is dead. Her policies as prime minister ruined the lives of millions of people. Now her political heirs are trying to extend the damage she did in ways she only dreamed of...We now face a Tory-led government that aims to build on Thatcher's legacy and extend it. Cameron and Osborne want to weaken the welfare state more thoroughly than Thatcher's administrations could ever hope to.
Towards an Anarchist Ecology: Introduction
We are settlers on this land, raised in cities, rootless, and alienated from the ecosystems we can’t help but be part of. But we want to unlearn what we have been taught by the dominant culture, and in the process, we want to re-learn joy, connection, and wonder, while embracing grief and loss in order to heal. We want to decolonize, and to do this, we need to build a new kind of relationship with the land. We want to take steps towards an anarchist ecology, towards a knowledge of the land that is anti-colonial and anti-authoritarian.
UK Politicians & Media Exploit Children’s Deaths to Demand Further Attack on Welfare
By Julie Hyland - 8 April 2013
The tragic deaths of six children in a house fire in England have been seized on by the Conservative Party and the media for a vitriolic campaign against a “feral underclass”.
Permanent War: Longstanding U.S. Policy
Wars define America. They reflect longstanding policy. They're permanent. They've been waged every year in the nation's history. They target enemies at home and abroad. When none exist, they're invented.
The New Generation of Honduran Death Squads
By MARK WEISBROT - April 03, 2013
A death squad government may not be the Obama administration’s first choice for Honduras, but they prefer it to another left government that people might elect if they were able to organize in a free election. The current government belongs to Washington, as does the U.S. military base that the Pentagon would like to keep there indefinitely.
6 Ways the 7th Richest Man in America Has Screwed the Poor
By Tana Ganeva - March 22, 2013
As the 7th richest man in America finishes his final term in office, he leaves behind one of the biggest wealth gaps in the country...New York's poverty rate has risen to the highest level in a decade...1 in 3 New York kids live below the poverty line. In parts of the Bronx, two thirds of residents live in areas of extreme poverty...[M]any Mayoral actions have significantly worsened the lives of the poor. Here's a look at some of his greatest hits.
Harperites Undermine Democracy
By Frances Russell - April 5, 2013
The Conservatives under Stephen Harper are running an effective dictatorship. They believe they are quite within their rights to muzzle Parliament, gag civil servants, use taxpayer money for blatant political self-promotion, stand accused of trying to subvert a federal election and hand over much of Canada's magnificent natural heritage to the multinational oil and gas lobby.
Another Dismal Jobs Report
If job creation kept pace with typical expansions, another 4.2 million Americans would be working. Instead, hundreds of thousands drop out monthly. Hard times get harder. America's indeed on a fast track toward third world status.
