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Time for a New Theory of Money
By understanding that money is simply credit, we unleash it as a powerful tool for our communities. The reason our financial system has routinely gotten into trouble, with periodic …
Russian Journalist’s Beating Signals Looming Medvedev-Putin Battle
Moscow - Russian journalists are demanding the Kremlin take urgent action after yet another member of the country's beleaguered independent press corps, Kommersant reporter Oleg Kashin, was brutally beaten …
OK Mr. Boehner, Let
This huge and confusing thing we call the United States of America is in the midst of a major epochal reality check, not your usual, garden-variety recession. The roots …
Sexism in the Midterms: Politicians Win, Women Lose
“If Harry Reid had a crazy man to run against, I think he'd be retired today.”
Spotlight G-20: The G-20, Global Recovery, and Global Economic Rebalancing: Rhetoric and Reality
Part of a Triple Crisis series leading up to the Nov. 11-12 G-20 meetings. The G-20 aims to accelerate the global recovery through a global economic rebalancing process which, …
A Recipe for Fascism
American politics, as the midterm elections demonstrated, have descended into the irrational. On one side stands a corrupt liberal class, bereft of ideas and unable to respond coherently to …
Tea Party Betrayed Already?
I have been writing about the Tea Party, and asking what they will do if/when the DC Republicans betray them.. CAF has set up a page for the Tea …
Who Will Tell the Young People?
Republicans and Democrats can today agree on little, yet when Rahm Emanuel strategized that “a crisis is a terrible thing to waste”, many Republicans must have heartily concurred. To …
Amid Burma Election, China-Built Dam Highlights Plight of Ethnic Minorities
Myitsone, Burma - A pro-junta party appears set to win Sunday's multiparty election in Burma (Myanmar) which was fraught with irregularities and omissions. For the country's ethnic minorities, the …
As Cholera Spreads, Heavy Rains Wreak Havoc in Camps
Leogane, Haiti - Standing on a raised piece of pavement across from the makeshift home where she has lived for the past 10 months, Violet Nicola threw up her …