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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com It is a measure of the difficulty of the task that over the last few weeks, President Barack Obama has spent countless hours with his war council…
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Ecuador and Bolivia are achieving remarkable growth because they reject conventional economic wisdom By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian Among the conventional wisdom that we hear…
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By Christina Lopez Some prominent immigrant rights organizations sincerely hoped that electing Obama would turn things around for immigrants. But those hopes were misplaced. Obama's…
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By Saul Landau “All we have to do is send two mujahedeen to the furthest point east to raise a piece of cloth saying ‘al-Qa'ida’ in order to make generals race there, and we cause…
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The biggest obstacle to reforming the U.S. economy, healthcare or foreign policy isn't Republicans -- it's the media By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian What kind of a public…
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By Robert Reich From Robert Reich’s Blog At a conference in London, a Goldman Sachs international adviser, Brian Griffiths, praised inequality. As his company was putting aside $16.7…
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By Bill Press No matter how many more troops he sends into battle, President Obama must understand that this is one war he can't win. No, I'm not talking about the war between…
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By Saul Landau Cuba has placed a resolution before the UN General Assembly on the Necessity to Put an End to the U.S. Economic, Financial and Commercial Blockade of Cuba. The Cubans…
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With a new film, the Yes Men carry forth their gonzo brand of anti-corporate activism. By Mark Engler Over the past ten years, the Yes Men have emerged as an infamously daring and…
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By Bill Press For a while, after they got trounced in the last election, it was hard to figure out what the Republican Party stood for. They were floundering around without direction.…
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