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Senate Fails to Pass Tax Cuts, Keeping Federal Unemployment Benefits on Hold
If Cancun Climate Talks Falter, Blame the US
The most recent round of United Nations-led climate change negotiations began this week in Cancun, and although international expectations are muted this year, the stakes are still high. As …
Cancun Protesters Target Canada, US Over Oil Sands Pipelines
Cancun, Mexico - North American native groups urged the United States and Canada to abandon support for carbon-heavy oil sands in one of the first visible protests at the …
Deficit Reduction Plan Fails to Get the Votes It Needed
Washington - The bipartisan federal debt commission Friday got a majority of its 18 members to endorse its sweeping blueprint for slashing nearly $4 trillion from deficits. But the …
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 …