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  • The US War against Iraq: The Destruction of a Civilization
    23 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    The US War against Iraq: The Destruction of a Civilization
    by James Petras Global Research, August 21, 2009
    Introduction
    The US seven-year war and occupation of Iraq is driven by several major political forces and informed by a variety of imperial interests. However these interests do not in themselves explain the depth and scope of the sustained, massive and continuing destruction of an entire society and its reduction to a permanent state of war. The range of political forces (…)

  • Who Are These Democrats ?
    21 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    By David Glenn Cox
    Times change and political definitions change as well. The Republican Party was born of an anti-slavery plank in the days of Abraham Lincoln. The Republicans were the party of reform and were, dare I say it, liberals. The Democrats were the party of the status quo, supporting slavery and big business. In my childhood I was raised with John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Lyndon Johnson, and all of them basking in the light of Franklin Roosevelt and Harry (…)

  • Days Away From Economic Chaos?
    21 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Days Away From Economic Chaos?
    by Bill Sardi
    August 21, 2009
    America is just a few days away from a possible day of reckoning. I again call attention to this day, August 25, when the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issues its 2nd Quarter report for 2009 on the state of health of American banks.
    It has not particularly alarmed Americans that its growth and prosperity have been built upon debt. The American public is a bit desensitized, particularly since the Y2K threat fizzled. (…)

  • More US wealthy opt to surrender their citizenship
    21 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    More US wealthy opt to surrender their citizenship
    17 August 2009 - David Bain
    As offshore havens comply with transparency demands, a growing number of ultra-wealthy Americans are handing back their passports.
    Private client lawyers and relocation specialists are reporting a surge in wealthy Americans living abroad who are prepared to give up their citizenship to avoid the scrutiny of US tax authorities.
    Although such a move means they have to pay an exit tax, lawyers say this is a (…)

  • Fidel Castro slams U.S. for battle over healthcare
    20 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Fidel Castro slams U.S. for battle over healthcare
    Wed Aug 19, 2009
    HAVANA, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro criticized the United States on Wednesday for being willing to spend billions on its high-tech military but finding it difficult to approve healthcare reform that would protect its poor people.
    He wrote in a commentary published on a state-run Internet site that huge military budgets are approved easily by the U.S. Congress but U.S. President Barack Obama is (…)

  • Who is funding the Afghan Taliban? You don’t want to know
    17 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Who is funding the Afghan Taliban? You don’t want to know
    by Jean MacKenzie Global Research, August 17, 2009
    U.S. soldiers (L) and an Afghan policeman keep watch near a building which is held by the Taliban in Logar, south of Kabul August 10, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
    KABUL — It is the open secret no one wants to talk about, the unwelcome truth that most prefer to hide. In Afghanistan, one of the richest sources of Taliban funding is the foreign assistance coming into the country. (…)

  • US Plan to Repeat Yugoslav Scenario in Caucasus
    16 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Politicizing Ethnicity: US Plan to Repeat Yugoslav Scenario in Caucasus Caucasus: The War That Was, The World War That Might Have Been
    by Rick Rozoff Global Research, August 15, 2009 Stop NATO
    Click here to see the map: http://www.globalresearch.ca/articlePictures/caucususethnic.jpg Copyright. John O’Laughlin, University of Colorado, Boulder
    Matthew Bryza has been one of the U.S.’s main point men in the South Caucasus, the Caspian Sea Basin and Central Asia for the past twelve years. (…)

  • CIA Trained Security Chiefs Elected to Palestinian Leadership
    16 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    The US government has been meddling in the Palestinian internal affairs since at least 2003. Its effort is to transform the Palestinian national movement for liberation and independence into a more compliant or quisling government, willing to accede to Israel’s political and security demands..
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  • Permanently Unemployed
    14 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    By David Glenn Cox
    I have come to the conclusion that I am permanently unemployed; after almost two years of non-stop hunting I don’t admit defeat but only the inevitable. Meanwhile, the mainstream media are doing all that they can do to convince you that the economy is doing much better and that prosperity is just around the corner.
    They proudly boast, “First time jobless claims down lowest since April!” Down from 558,000 first-time claims last week to 554,000 first-time claims this (…)

  • Video: A Photo Essay on Activism (Slideshow)
    13 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    The photos in this video cover a wide range of political activism. They run the gamut from antiwar; to stopping torture; to fighting against utility rate hikes; to the struggle for a “Free Palestine;” to exposing the scheme to privatize Iraq’s oil, to championing a Single Payer Healthcare system. Also included are pictures which represent the cause of justice for the “Cuban Five” and for a “Free Burma;” abolishing the Death Penalty; ending “The Fed,;” showing solidarity with the (…)