By Nick Penniman and Lagan Sebert Amid the chaos and chatter about this week’s financial bailout, one clear theme emerged in some quarters: The era of free-market fundamentalism is over. But is it, really? Presented by The Real News Network (IWT)
SARAH PALIN: Poster girl for deceiving appearances. And fitting candidate for a political system that has turned elaborate deception into a fine political art. By Jason Miller Savage animal slaughterer that she is, it’s apt that Sarah Palin has now brutally plunged a razor-sharp knife into the very heart of the seemingly invincible doubts [...]
Obama: A glaringly leaky vessel of hope PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS 2008–Obama | [print_link] CONTEXT/Dateline 27 September 2008: We are pleased to republish here these two prescient pieces by Black Agenda Report (BAR) managing editor Bruce Dixon in the wake of the first Obama-McCain debate, which took place in Oxford, Miss., on Friday 26, 2008. Although pundits [...]
Gore Vidal: American intelligentsia at its best. Cosmopolitan by birth, encyclopedic in knowledge, iconoclastic of temperament, his legacy spans many fields, from strict literature, to historical analysis, and politics. In his 80s, he remains unflagging in his pursuit of intellectual freedom, real democracy, and the defense of a just society. An inspiration to countless Left [...]
The stone guest at the table…Nader proves once again that truth is subversive. September 24, 2008 When Ralph Blew the Whistle Will Nader’s Warning be Acknowledged in the Presidential Debates? By STEVE CONN There was a time when a good citizen, who blew the whistle on an impending crime, or a crime in progress, would [...]
Tutsi aristocrat, photographed at the turn of the 20th Century. For centuries the upper class of Rwanda and Burundi, Tutsis were reinforced in those roles by the Germans and later the Belgians, who saw an inherent superiority in their height (often well over 6′.4″) and Ethiopianese features. It has been theorized that the distinctions between [...]
The infamous Jack Abramoff (remember him?) leaving court in 2006. As a prominent lobbyist Abramoff was only the more visible part of the iceberg of corruption poisoning American politics. By: Richard Bacchus of Uncensored Opinions [print_link] There are an ever-increasing number of linkages between politicians, big businesses, and rich individuals designed to promote their joint prosperity [...]
FIRST TAKE The Poverty of 21st Century Progressivism Henry Paulson, a Wall Street insider now slated to rescue Wall Street from its own logic, and capitalism from its own dynamic. By Corey D. B. Walker | [print_link] “The West is living through an economic and social crisis so unprecedented in its tempo, so complex in [...]
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