January 15, 2012
“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life . . .” – Nelson Mandela Perhaps it is the simplicity of these few words that make them so incomprehensible to so [...]
Tags: Africa, Andy Harries, Damned United, Helen Mirren, Left Bank Pictures, Martin Luther King, Morgan Freeman, Nelson Mandela, Poverty, South Africa, United States
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August 7, 2011
A Wall Street sign in front of the New York stock exchange. Recent events have changed the US as an unassailable economic superpower. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters When India joined China in criticising America’s chaotic handling of its hefty debts this weekend, describing the challenges facing the White House as “grave”, it was the clearest indicator yet [...]
Tags: Bank of England, China, European Central Bank, European Financial Stability Facility, Italy, Jean-Claude Trichet, Standard & Poor's, United States
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June 27, 2011
When the Public Rises, We’ll Want an Ally in Congress By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/node/58303 For the majority of people in the United States — a majority does not vote, a majority believes the government is broken, a majority thinks our public policy is headed in the wrong direction — the fact that we call this [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, David Swanson, Dennis Kucinich, Norman Solomon, Republicans, United States, United States Congress, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
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June 27, 2011
An elderly Chinese man walks in front of dilapidated homes next to railroad tracks in Lanzhou, Gansu province, China. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA We live in a time of unprecedented inequality. A new report from Unicef notes that global income inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient, is 64% higher than it was 200 years ago. The report [...]
Tags: Duncan Green, Economic inequality, Frances Stewart, Gini coefficient, Inequality, Lanzhou, Unicef, World Development Report
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June 27, 2011
Arab activists say liberalisation of trade, investment and deregulation advocated by the US and the EU as part of their aid packages had contributed to the unrest in the first place. Photograph: KeystoneUSA-Zuma/Rex Features Arab activists warned on Monday that conditions attached to western aidthreatened to undercut the goals of economic and social justice at the [...]
Tags: African Development Bank, egypt, European Investment Bank, Hosni Mubarak, International Monetary Fund, Non-governmental organization, United States, World Bank
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June 26, 2011
You may wonder why in a world beset with massive environmental problems as well as endless wars it all seems to come down to a dollar value before the penny drops. But is it the right penny? Saying that the war in Afghanistan is a costly mess or any words to that effect only further legitimises the [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, David Randall, Elite, Jonathan Owen, middle east, United State, War, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
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June 5, 2011
The UK could be leading with a new economic approach, instead we follow A consensus in favour of stimulus has disappeared – and Britain is leading the way in the wrong directio Will Hutton guardian.co.uk, Saturday 4 June 2011 21.36 BST Article history Two years ago the world was agreed that the aftermath of the [...]
Tags: 1990s in Japan, Barclays, Bob Diamond, Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase, Tea Party movement, The Observer, United States, Will Hutton
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June 3, 2011
These are the latest videos available at the RealNews site. Honduras rejoins OAS, Ecuador votes no Following the return of former president Manuel Zelaya, OAS votes to reinstate Honduras Go to story | Go to homepage Call to Decriminalise Drugs The global war on drugs has failed, a group of past and [...]
Tags: al-Qaeda, Ali Abdullah Saleh, BBC, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, middle east, Organization of American States, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, United States, Yemen
Posted in Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, CIA, Colombia, debate and discussion, Democracy, Dissent, economic measures, Economics, Economy, Education, Elites, Foreign Policy, Honduras, Human Rights, Imperial Project, Imperialism, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Miscarriage of Justice, Mission Creep, NATO, Negotiate. It's now or never, people's protests, Poverty, Propaganda, Protest, Protests, Psycopaths, voodoo rhythm economics, War, Women abuse and targetting, Women and revolution, Women become tragerts, Women in the Middle East, Women's issues, Womens' views and action | No Comments »
June 2, 2011
Poverty Is A Lie By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/node/58055 Yes, yes, poverty exists, just as war does, and the two feed off each other. When I titled a book “War Is A Lie” I meant that the justifications offered for wars were false and that the idea that we must always have wars is false. Our [...]
Tags: Jeffrey Sachs, Living Wage, Poverty, Poverty in the United States, U.S. Constitution, United States, United States Constitution, William P. Quigley
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