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The First Ever Default? Closing the Gold Window, 40 Years on
During the recent “Debt Ceiling” debacle, many warned that the failure to lift the debt ceiling would lead to a “first ever” US default and to numerous financial catastrophes, …
The S&P Downgrade Market Plunge Myth
The Wall Street crew that wants to cut your Social Security and Medicare benefits are sensing that victory is in sight. They have managed to knock jobs completely off …
Is Bank of America Headed Toward Collapse?
Bank of America is no stranger to controversy. The largest bank in the United States has seen, in just the last six months, nationwide protests of its branches by …
Cuba in the Crosshairs: A Near Half-Century of Terror
The reasons for the international attacks against Cuba and the illegal embargo are spelled out in the internal record.
To Live Within Our Means, Let’s Leave Iraq as We Promised
The Senate and the Roman People have declared that the US government is spending too much money. We have to live within our means. Difficult choices lie ahead. We …
How to Deal With Iran’s Influence in Iraq
Iraqi border guards look out from Shulha al-Alghwat border fort on the Iraq-Iran border on April 1, 2010. Training Iraqis to guard their border is one of the last …
Chile’s Student Rebels: Views From the Trenches
Protesters outside the University of Chiless main building, August 8. (Photo: Fernando Mandujano) Radio Toma, loosely translated as “Occupation Radio,” broadcasts non-stop information about the protests being …
The Drug-War Femicides
(Image: JR / Truthout) Barcelona - The number of women murdered is increasing in most of Central America and Mexico. In some countries, such as Honduras, the …
The Verizon Strike as the Next Wisconsin
Verizon workers on strike on August 9. (Photo: modernsara) The picket lines are up. This past weekend 45,000 Verizon workers on the East Coast, represented by the …
Could Unspent Stimulus Money Be Used to Fend Off a New Recession?
(Photo: 427) The nation's top economists are already giving odds on a double-dip recession. The Federal Reserve has only a few bullets left in its gun. And …