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Front Page Last Updated: May 19th, 2010 - 00:42:36


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

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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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May 19, 2010, 00:12

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May 19, 2010, 00:06

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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