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A History Lesson from Cuba: The PIC
Members of the Party: the Independents of Color. Photo: © Gloria Rolando, 2001.Cuba marks centennial of Independent Party of ColorBy Mike Taber / December 29, 2008 Two presentations on little-known history of party that championed black rights in Cuba in … Continue reading
Henry Kissinger: Criminal Extraordinaire
Well, here’s a story, in his own words, of a criminal who walked away from his crimes scot free. That makes a fairly strong case that all the criminals currently in the White House and other parts of the federal … Continue reading
Passive Solar: Living Without Furnaces in the Cold
This is the kind of innovation that will be required around the world in short order. We love reading our Friends at Earth Family Alpha: they always have a positive outlook and make incredibly imaginative suggestions about how we can … Continue reading
A Practical Guide to Stopping the BushCo Oil and Gas Public Lands Selloff
A view of Dinosaur National Monument. Photo source.‘Direct action gets the goods’By Amy Goodman / December 24, 2008 Tim DeChristopher is an economics student at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He had just finished his last final … Continue reading
We Are Citizens of Earth, Not Just Consumers: Fixing the Broken Economy Means Changing It
Although this article explicitly addresses the Canadian economy, the points these authors make apply everywhere. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Paul Lachine/NewsArtDon’t fix the economy – change itBy Peter G. Brown and Geoffrey Garver / December 26, 2008 Sticking … Continue reading
Poor Junior: The Free Markets Say Shoe-Throwing Is the Next Olympic Sport
The shoe maker said the black polyurethane-soled shoes have been renamed Bush Shoes.Maker of Bush-attack shoes swamped by ordersDecember 22, 2008 Received orders for 370,000 pairs ISTANBUL – The alleged maker of the shoes that an Iraqi journalist hurled at … Continue reading
Brooksley Born Could Have Saved Us From This Financial Catastrophe
Brooksley Born. Photo source.The Woman Greenspan, Rubin & Summers SilencedBy Katrina vanden Heuvel “Break the Glass” was the code-name high-level Treasury Department figures gave the $700 billion bailout; it was to be used only as a last- resort measure. Now … Continue reading
Unregulated Markets Led to Economic Ruin
Source.Laissez-Faire Capitalism Should Be as Dead as Soviet CommunismBy Arianna Huffington / December 22, 2008 The collapse of Communism as a political system sounded the death knell for Marxism as an ideology. But while laissez-faire capitalism has been a monumental … Continue reading
An American Icon, the SUV, Is Slowly Vanishing
Billy Bob Grahn, a county official, paid tribute Tuesday as a G.M. plant in Janesville, Wis., became one of three to close. Photo: Andy Manis for The New York Times.Nearly the End of the Line for S.U.V.’sBy Nick Bunkley and … Continue reading
