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  • What’s Really Driving The High Price Of Oil? By Ralph Nader
    31 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Countercurrents.org 30 May, 2008
    What factors are causing the zooming price of crude oil, gasoline and heating products? What is going to be done about it?
    Photo: J. Pénochet 2004
    Don’t rely on the White House—with Bush and Cheney marinated in oil—or the Congress—which has hearings that grill oil executives who know that nothing is going to happen on Capitol Hill either.
    Last week the price of crude oil reached about $130 a barrel after spiking to $140 briefly. The immediate cause? (…)

  • War Abroad, Poverty at Home, By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS *
    31 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    CounterPunch May 23, 2008
    Another Stimulus Package for the Pentagon
    The US Senate has voted $165 billion to fund Bush’s wars of aggression against Afghanistan and Iraq through next spring.
    As the US is broke and deep in debt, every one of the $165 billion dollars will have to be borrowed. American consumers are also broke and deep in debt. Their zero saving rate means every one of the $165 billion dollars will have to be borrowed from foreigners.
    The “world’s only superpower” is so (…)

  • Video : Ralph Nader Organizing Volunteers in Maryland
    30 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Friday, May 30, 2008, Ralph Nader, an announced presidential candidate in the ‘08 election, met with volunteers in his campaign at a Dundalk, MD restaurant. The purpose of the get together was to launch a statewide effort to officially place the “Independent Party” on the ballot for the November election. Ten thousands signatures, under state law, are required to secure that objective. After a luncheon, I asked Mr. Nader, the legendary advocate for the consumers and corporate gadfly, (…)

  • Video : Prof. John Mearsheimer on AIPAC and Congress (Part 2 of 2)
    30 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    On May 29, 2008, on Capitol Hill, Professor John Mearsheimer shared his views, at a public forum, on the the powerful Israel Lobby, particularly its leading element, AIPAC; Christian Zionists; the late Rep. Tom Lantos; Rep. Henry Waxman; Rep. Howard Berman;and the U.S. Congress, among other matters. Bottom line for Professor Mearsheimer: “The Israel Lobby’s undue influence...on our foreign policy...isn’t good for the country...or for our democracy...Congress isn’t doing its job...And, that (…)

  • Video : Prof. John Mearsheimer on AIPAC and Congress (Part 1 of 2)
    30 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    On May 29, 2008, on Capitol Hill, Professor John Mearsheimer shared his views, at a public forum, on the the powerful Israel Lobby, particularly its leading element, AIPAC; Christian Zionists; the late Rep. Tom Lantos; Rep. Henry Waxman; Rep. Howard Berman;and the U.S. Congress, among other matters. Bottom line for Professor Mearsheimer: “The Israel Lobby’s undue influence...on our foreign policy...isn’t good for the country...or for our democracy...Congress isn’t doing its job...And, that (…)

  • Is Obama Turning (Further) Right? By Greg Kafoury (CounterPunch)
    28 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    May 27, 2008
    From AIPAC to the Cuban Exiles
    This week, Senator Barak Obama traveled to Florida and spoke to Jewish and Cuban-American audiences. In those speeches, he embraced the right-wing policy positions of the American Israel Political Action Committee (AIPAC) and the hard-line program of the most reactionary elements of the Cuban exile community.
    Source: bitsblog.florack.us
    Senator Obama was for many years considered pro-Palestinian, but a year ago when he spoke (…)

  • Video : Iraq War Vet Rose Forrest Criticizes Sen. John McCain
    27 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO-bGQS10C0
    Video: Iraq War Vet Rose Forrest Criticizes Sen. John McCain
    Memorial Day, May 26, 2008, Baltimore, MD. On top of Federal Hill, a ceremony of planting Forget-Me-Nots flowers was done to remember America’s heroic war dead. Speaking at the event was Ms. Rose Forrest, an Iraq War veteran, former U.S. Army Captain, National Guard. She served a 12 month tour of duty in Iraq. In her comments, she was critical of some members of the U.S. Congress for (…)

  • What we should remember on this Memorial Day
    26 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    “Memorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (in 2008 on May 26). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who perished while in military service to their country. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War, it was expanded after World War I to include casualties of any war or military action.”
    How unfortunate that we have a need for such a day, especially since “War is a racket. It always has been. It (…)

  • Kathy Kelly : Prisons, a new form of slavery (video, 4’17)
    25 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Added: May 21, 2008 ( http://therealnews.com/c.ph...)
    Kathy Kelly: None of the three best known candidates are dealing with the issues facing the poor.
    video:
    http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-19859581.html
    Kathy Kelly (b. 1953[1]) of Chicago, Illinois is an American peace activist, pacifist, three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee and one of the founding members of Voices in the Wilderness (From Wikipedia)

  • Katrina survivors struggle years after hurricane (video)
    25 May 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    A documentary report from New Orleans presents voices of Katrina survivors still fighting for survival ( Added: May 20, 2008)
    Video:
    http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-19859750.html
    Most survivors still living in Toxic Fema Mobile Homes, getting sick because of formaldehyde