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Ray McGovern | New York Times Still Stalking Bete Noire Iran
From the scary photo dominating page nine of The New York Times of November 29, you can just tell from the look on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's face, not to mention …
After the Ruin of the Midterms, Is There Hope From Down Under?
The US mid–term elections brought the global climate campaign to its knees, but as November drew to a close we in Australia got the most promising signal for a …
Is QE2 the Road to Zimbabwe-Style Hyperinflation? Not Likely
Unlike Zimbabwe, the US can easily get the currency it needs without being beholden to anyone. But wouldn't that dilute the value of the currency? No. A month ago, …
The Ambassador Has No Clothes: WikiLeaks Cable Lays Bare Washington’s Stance Toward Bolivia
A classified cable from the US embassy in La Paz, Bolivia released by WikiLeaks lays bare an embassy that is biased against the Evo Morales government, underestimates the sophistication …
Despite Financial Collapse, Neoliberalism Holds Sway
The crisis in the eurozone is leading, once again, to the adoption of policies such as bail-outs and austerity that belong to the neoliberal paradigm that partly precipitated the …
John Grant | Get Over It! WikiLeaks Is Good For America
“The problem here is to define ... a form of life that would not depend on an unsustainable relation of domination over the rest of the world.” Jean Bricmont …
Dean Baker | Weak Job Growth Pushes Employment Rate Back to Downturn Low Point
The November drop in retail employment suggests that sales were inflated by an early holiday season.
CIA and the Culture of Corruption
Last month, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) released a blistering report that documented a secret drug interdiction program in Peru that was responsible for the death of an American …
Politics and the National Debt
The US national debt is the outstanding total of each year’s deficits in the federal government’s budgets (where deficit simply means the difference between federal expenditures and tax receipts). …
GOP Howls After House Extends Tax Cuts for Middle Class Only
Washington - The House of Representatives voted Thursday 234-188 for a tax cut for the middle class and the poor — but not the very rich — a vote …