many poor haitians driven over the edge by world rising food prices are now eating cakes of mud salt and shortening in order to survive. this article in the september issue of national geographic describes how thanks to history and other factors such as hurricanes haiti has lost its ability to feed itself more than 90 of the country is deforested. the picture caption in the print version not seen ... [Show More]
mccain and sarah palin till death do them part and if so how soon is mccain a lot sicker than we know
by alexander cockburn
in the crucial final weeks of the campaign john mccain is mostly doing only one event a day. this is the man of whom his primary care physician at the mayo clinic in arizona said to journalists in a conference call last may 23 at the present time sen. mccain enjoys excelle... [Show More]
the main street of blumenau santa catarina brazil during the countrys oktoberfes t.
ger manys famed oktoberfest ended last week in munich but the party continues around the world.
this weekend palestine celebrates its fourth annual oktoberfest sponsored by palestinian tybeh brand beer. festival coordinator maria c. khoury writes at the online magazine counterpunch that oktoberfest represent... [Show More]
help out alex and the wobblies counterpunch yesterday published this plea for support for alex svboda
counterpunch yesterday published this plea for support for alex svboda and jason friedmutte r.
revolut ionary change comes about through the everyday hard work and sacrifice of people like alex. she was out there for us that fateful day all of us who have felt the sting of indignity at work a... [Show More]
as the antiobama antidemocrat rhetoric of the right becomes increasingly shrill its worth asking why republicans having demonstrated a complete inability to govern responsibly are so shocked to learn that they now reside on the fringes of mainstream thought. two perspectives today provide some insight. anthony dimaggio points out that rightwing conservatives and republican political leaders view... [Show More]
paul craig roberts
co unterpunch
october 10 2008
readers have been pressing for a solution to the financial crisis. but first it is necessary to understand the problem. here is the problem as i see it. if my diagnosis is correct the solution below might be appropriate.
lets begin with the fact that the financial crisis is more or less worldwide. the mechanism that spread the americanmade financi... [Show More]
people keep asking how and why the financial is happening.a with running commentary from progressive democrat dennis kucinich chris hedges explores the financial crisis in laymans detail .
basically americans got screwed.a the bailout package represents the greatest shift of wealth upwards that the world will ever see and few if any pennies will be spent on the 10 or so million americans that are ... [Show More]
why are we surprised
from enron to the current meltdown
by robert bryce
the question that keeps coming to mind amidst the current financial meltdown is this why is anyone surprised...... [Show More]
working class hero alexandra svobodaby daniel grossa peaceful union march is brutally attacked by police. a union activists leg is horribly disfigured and nearly amputated. maimed possibly for life she is charged with multiple felony offenses.the battleground is not the coalfields of harlan county in the 1930s or 1970s its not an example of antiunion violence in colombia or the philippines. our se... [Show More]
like a game of risk played on speed big investors are scurrying around the world looking for hiding places from which to make their last stand. asian markets are now feeling the impact of the fall street fallout.
things are so strange that the bush administration is even on the verge of nationalizing banks as i noted last night. republicans veering toward socialism. ok even in the good times we a... [Show More]
kurt nimmo
info wars
octob er 8 2008
according to a report released by the national research council automated identification of terrorists through data mining or any other mechanism is neither feasible as an objective nor desirable as a goal of technology development efforts. inevitable false positives writes declan mccullagh for cnet news will result in ordinary lawabiding citizens and business... [Show More]
now my good friends Post Source: wmmbb.wordpress.com Posted: Oct 08 2008 15:06:58
we have to make an exception for the person whom senator mccain described as that one. john mccain was supposed to be the master of the town hall meeting and there was the moment when he shook the hand of the petty officer. at that point he said he learnt all he knew about leadership from a petty officer. that was an interesting followup question that was not taken.
according to the various inter... [Show More]
mi mama sabe k la guerra existe por k hago estas fotos..dijo el fotografo de esta foto
casualties in iraq
the human cost of occupation
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tom burghardt
antifascis t calling
october 7 2008
ten months before the september 11 2001 terrorist attacks secretary of defense donald rumsfeld approved an updated version of the u.s. armys secret operational continuity of government cog plans.
a draft document published by the whistleblowing website wikileaks entitled army regulation 5003 emergency employment of army and other resources. ... [Show More]
...eciente timo de wall street. ano al plan de rescate financiero
mike whitney vive en el estado de washington. puede contactarse con al en
fergiewhit neymsn.com
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rebel ion.org
p osted in ciencias sociales crisis economica economia ee.uu elecciones usa neoliberalismo sociologiatagged crisis crisis economica crisi... [Show More]
back in 2004 while i was living in sweden a number of friends advised me to see a bbcproduced threepart documentary called the power of nightmares pon. in it filmmaker adam curtis made some bold and heterodox claims alqaeda didnt really exist the current terror threat was more neoconservative invention than reality and the roots of the current scaremongering could be found in the intelligence batt... [Show More]
i could kick myself for canceling a trip to attend the iucn world conservation congress meeting in barcelona. i attended the previous congress in bangkok which was a great meeting of conservation professionals except in retrospect i realise that there was alot of talk and not much achieved except species continue to slide towards extinction. in its first of the 10 days of meeting the report has r... [Show More]
paul craig roberts ought to be required reading for all policy makers during this apparently long period of multiple crises.
holding the clinton and the george w. bush administrations accountable for the financial crises currently as in right this second shaking the world paul craig roberts points to three extraordinary culprits
the repeal of the repeal of the glasssteagall act known as the fin... [Show More]
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