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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? Panel Pushes Goldman on AIG Collapse
Washington - Goldman Sachs executives first threatened to stop making exotic trades with the American International Group in July 2007 unless the insurance giant posted $1.8 billion in cash …
Danny Glover Reads Frederick Douglas: “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” (Video)
July Fourth is held up as a day to celebrate the struggle for freedom and independence. But the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass, himself a former slave and the editor …
When Will America Be Free From BP?
On July 4th, Americans are supposed to celebrate their independence. We may no longer have to worry about a greedy, distant monarch. But our country is still held in …
Getting the Common Market to Benefit the Common Woman
Kampala, Uganda - July 1 marked the moment when the East African Community common market protocol kicked into operation. But Ugandan women face several obstacles before they will benefit …
Who Made Madoff? – Interview With an Anonymous Hedge Fund Manager
In the fall of 2007, after two Bear Stearns-owned hedge funds trading in subprime debt suddenly went bankrupt, I sat down with a friend of a friend who worked …
Finance Must Be Put Back in Its Place
The G20 display a desire to limit the instability of the financial sector. If it succeeds, it will still have to put that sector back to serving the economy. …
Another Immigration Policy Is Possible!
Thousands of left-wing activists just spent a week at the US Social Forum in Detroit, gathered again under the banner “Another World is Possible.” Among them hundreds added a …
Pakistan Questions Foreign Hand in Sufi Shrine Attack That Kills 50
• A daily summary of global reports on security issues. Thousands of people were praying, dancing, and listening to worship music Thursday night at the shrine to the Sufi …
Alexander Cockburn | Those Russian Spies: Were They Really a Gang Who Couldn’t Shoot Straight?
There's been ripe chortling about the spy network run in the USA by the Russian SVR — successor to the KGB in the area of foreign intelligence. The 11 …
Senate Fails to Extend Unemployment Benefits Before Break
Senate Republicans successfully filibustered a bill Wednesday night that would extend unemployment benefits for two million Americans, according to a report in The Hill. The Senate has adjourned for …