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Commentary
Capping the devil�s cauldron
By Jerry Mazza
If I were a religious man, I would take the
explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, the spilling of millions of gallons
of oil and gas, their engulfing of the Gulf of Mexico waters and destruction of
fish and wildlife in untold numbers . . . I would take this all, mind you, BP,
as a sign from the deity.
May 19, 2010, 00:26
Commentary
Where Cameron and Clegg differ
By Linda S. Heard
I wasn't sad that the
Labour Party was given its marching orders. After all, it was the Labour Prime
Minister Tony Blair who embroiled the country in three major wars -- Kosovo,
Afghanistan and Iraq -- since his triumphant arrival in Downing Street in 1997.
Plus, the way that Blair hung on to George W. Bush�s coattails and co-opted the
right-wing media mogul Rupert Murdoch as an adviser was embarrassing.
May 19, 2010, 00:24
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May 19, 2010, 00:22
Commentary
The truth about immigration
By Mickey Z.
Everything negative you�ve heard about
immigration is true. In fact, all the election cycle talk about lazy parasites
pouring over borders to leech off another nation�s resources doesn�t go far
enough in explaining the gravity of this ongoing crisis.
May 19, 2010, 00:20
Commentary
BP's nuke-powered liability cap
By Harvey Wasserman
As BP destroys
our priceless planet, its lawyers gear up to save the company from paying
for the damage. The same will happen -- only worse -- with the next atomic
reactor disaster.
May 19, 2010, 00:18
Commentary
An important lesson in economics for labor
By Ben Tanosborn
Sorry, Professor Krugman, but we are Greece! Not
just the United States of America, but most free-market, First World nations as
well.
May 19, 2010, 00:16
Commentary
Will victims of the BP oil spill have to pay twice?
By Brian J. Donovan
The question is whether victims of the BP oil
spill will have to pay twice: (a) once for the spill, the environmental and
economic damages of which will devastate their way of life and leave many in
financial ruin; and (b) again for daring to demand justice, which will consume
their time, energy and hopes for years to come if they are held hostage by
class action lawsuits.
May 19, 2010, 00:14
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safety violations at other BP off-shore oil rigs ● US:
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May 19, 2010, 00:12
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Analysis
The vicious circle of debt and depression -- it is a class war
By Ismael Hossein-zadeh
Never before has so much debt been imposed on so
many people by so few financial operatives -- operatives who work from Wall
Street, the largest casino in history, and a handful of its junior counterparts
around the world, especially Europe.
May 18, 2010, 00:25
Special Reports
Obama, Clinton pressuring Medvedev on Khodorkovsky
By Wayne Madsen
(WMR) --
Informed U.S. government sources report that President Obama and Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton have personally interceded with Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev and other Russian officials in urging the Russian government to
release from prison Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former multi-billionaire tycoon
serving a nine-year prison sentence for fraud.
May 18, 2010, 00:23
Commentary
Planet Chomsky vs. Dershowitz�s orbit
By Gilad Atzmon
The Israeli Interior Ministry on Sunday denied
entry to Jewish American linguist Prof. Noam Chomsky, turning him back from the
Allenby Bridge border crossing in the Jordan Valley. Seemingly, the moral ash
cloud that is pouring out of the morbid Jewish ghetto known as Israel is not
going to clear. It is there to stay.
May 18, 2010, 00:19
Commentary
Economic power: Avoid Arizona and boycott BP
By Joel S. Hirschhorn
Money is power. Each of us has it to varying
degrees. Our challenge is to use our spending to advance worthy goals.
May 18, 2010, 00:17
Commentary
BP needs a new logo
By Mary Shaw
I used to think that BP was rare among oil
companies, because its ads expressed a concern for the environment, and the
company was allegedly also working on alternative energy sources. I believed
the PR and fell for the green-and-sunny-looking logo. After all, BP's website talks about how the
company is invested in the development of wind, solar, and hydrogen energy,
biofuels, and carbon capture and storage.
May 18, 2010, 00:15
Analysis
Bells tolling for humanity: BP oil catastrophe, Times Square bomb plot, and the folly of imperial oil agenda
By Larry Chin
Faced with the end of the age of oil and
systemic collapse, the leaders of the Anglo-American empire have engaged in
increasingly violent and transparently futile zero-sum games to salvage what is
left of a corrupt governmental and economic milieu.
May 17, 2010, 00:22
Commentary
Elena Kagan: She loves everyone and judges no one
By Tony Kashani, Ph.D.
Barack Obama�s latest choice to replace retiring
Justice John Paul Stevens may seem like a curious one to some. Much has been
written, discussed, and pontificated about the nomination of Elena Kagan.
May 17, 2010, 00:20
News Media
Chevron's �crude� attempt to suppress free speech
By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
Even as headlines and broadcast news are
dominated by BP's fire-ravaged, sunken offshore rig and the ruptured well
gushing a reported 210,000 gallons of oil per day into the Gulf of Mexico,
there's another important story involving Big Oil and pollution -- one that
shatters not only the environment but the essential First Amendment right of
journalists to tell truth and shame the devil.
May 17, 2010, 00:16
Special Reports
Pressured from all sides in Pakistan�s Swat Valley
By Kathy Kelly and Joshua
Brollier
In May of 2009, under tremendous pressure from
the United States, the Pakistani military began a large-scale military
operation in the Swat District of Pakistan to confront militants in the region.
The UNHCR said the operation led to one of the largest and fastest
displacements it had ever seen. Within 10 days, more than 2 million people fled
their homes.
May 17, 2010, 00:14
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