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Central Bankers, Politicized
(Source: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, has crossed the line by acting as cheerleader for the …
The Liberal Media Strikes Again
If I hear one more person talk about the "liberal media" in America, I will probably vomit on them.
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Will ABC News’ “Made in America” Series Avoid Their Boss, Disney?
Last weekend, ABC News heavily promoted its special "Made in America" series that will run all week. From the promotions, it looks like the series will focus partly on …
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The Dangers of American Fascism
An article in the New York Times, April 9, 1944. From Henry A. Wallace, Democracy Reborn (New York, 1944), edited by Russell Lord, p. 259. …
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Biodiverse Ecological Farming is the Answer, not Genetic Engineering
Industrial globalised agriculture is heavily implicated in climate change. It contributes to the three major greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (CO2) from the use of fossil fuels, nitrogen oxide (N2O) …
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Disinformation About The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
In Washington, before lobbyists try hard to destroy something, they first spread a great deal of disinformation about it. Thus the “End Users’ Coalition” (a front for the derivatives …
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No Other Way Out
I have watched mothers and fathers keening in grief over the frail corpses of their children in hospitals in Gaza and rural villages in El Salvador, Bosnia and Kosovo. …
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Commodity Market Reform: Wall Street Versus the Regulators
In contrast to the rapidity with which governments moved to use taxpayer funds to rescue the “too big to fail banks” in 2008, the pace of financial and commodity …
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Out-of-Whack Budget Whackers: Washington’s Ferocious Ax-Wielders Are Sparing Assorted Corporate Subsidies
Let's play a game called "Washington Budget Whackers Go Wacky"! Unfortunately, though, it's not a game. Ax-wielding Republicans and Democrats alike are madly whacking at our nation's …
Left Behind? American Youth and the Global Fight for Democracy
Counterpublic spheres and modes of resistance that we once did not think young people could mount have erupted in a rush of emotional and political expressions.