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Planned Parenthood Is the Winner: Thanks, Sarah!
Parental discretionary donorsBy Shuchi Saraswat / October 9, 2008 How Sarah Palin generated over $1 million in donations to Planned Parenthood Polarizin’ Palin has people everywhere opening their pocketbooks to the pro-choice movement’s benefit. A viral e-mail, of unknown origin, … Continue reading
Remember, the Money Was There All Along
The God That Failed: The 30-Year Lie of the Market CultBy Chris Floyd / October 11, 2008 Perhaps the most striking fact revealed by the global financial crash — or rather, by the reaction to it — is the staggering, … Continue reading
Juan Cole: Abolish Puritanism in Government Policy
The Great Reagan Pyramid Scheme Comes Crashing DownBy Juan Cole / October 15, 2008 The Republican Party that Nixon invented melded the moneyed classes of the Northeast with the white evangelicals of the South. This odd couple went on to … Continue reading
Darrell Vandeveld Speaks About Guantanamo
Although we posted about this previously, this article adds more detail to the debacle that Guantanamo has become. We call on the Bush administration to own up to this failure, dismantle the mechanism of military tribunals, release the illegally held … Continue reading
A Story of Dodging the Draft in Israel
Omer GoldmanConscience of the Israeli spymaster’s daughterBy Igal Sarna / October 9, 2008 Igal Sarna meets a Mossad chief’s daughter who is in jail for refusing national service Omer Goldman is a very pretty girl, slender as a model. Never … Continue reading
An Article V Convention Is Long Past Due
Ideal:Reality:When the Federal Government Fails the People: Our Constitution Has a SolutionBy Joel Hirschhorn / October 14, 2008 The hardest thing for Americans to do right now in this presidential election season is to fight distraction and, instead, focus on … Continue reading
Memories of What Columbus Day Really Means
A Columbus Day MessageBy Samuel Worcester / October 13, 2008 I know that many modern day people, even those from the Christian Right, like and or admire “Indians”, Native Americans. They think it is sad that the white people nearly … Continue reading
Fidel: The Developed Capitalist System Is in Crisis
The Law of the JungleBy Fidel Castro / October 13, 2008 Trade, within a society and among countries, is the exchange of goods and services produced by human beings. The owners of the means of production appropriate the profits. As … Continue reading
Tomorrow Is Monday – Time to Buy These Stocks!
Click to enlargeSource / 23/6 Thanks to Diane Stirling-Stevens / The Rag Blog
Europe Blames US for Financial Crisis; Failure of Government Oversight
Failed British bank, Northern Rock.As crisis spreads, Europe points finger at AmericaBy Jenn Abelson / October 11, 2008 LONDON – Financial firms are reeling in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Netherlands. Iceland is on the brink of national bankruptcy. … Continue reading
Sixth Anniversary Anti-War Protest in Boston
Hundreds of protesters gathered on Boston Common yesterday, the sixth anniversary of the congressional vote to authorize the invasion of Iraq. Photo: Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff.Antiwar activists gather on CommonBy Sarah M. Gantz / October 12, 2008 Mark anniversary of vote … Continue reading
The Problem with Projecting Power
Blowback from AfghanistanBy Rick Salutin / October 10, 2008 In the U.S. “debates,” it was the bleakest moment for me so far when Barack Obama said he lamented the war in Iraq because it “weakened our capacity to project power … Continue reading
