The history of single-payer packs some interesting revelations

July 24 2009 by tom rigbert in IDEOLOGICAL COMBAT, U.S. POLITICIANS |7 Comments

SINGLE-PAYER JUST WON’T GO AWAY Bait and switch: How the “public option” was sold by Kip Sullivan | Monday, Jul 20, 2009  [print_link] Editor’s Note: These materials are part of an ongoing discussion on this critical topic at PNHP (Physicians for a National Health Program). The editors at Cyrano’s Journal may not agree with all the [...]

Stoking the fires of a new Korean war

July 24 2009 by tom rigbert in IDEOLOGICAL COMBAT, IMPERIALISM, RIGHTWING & BIZ PROPAGANDA, U.S. POLITICIANS |No Comments

SPECIAL FROM MEDIALENS.ORG, A FRATERNAL SITE WHEN IT COMES TO DISINFORMATION, AND BALD-FACED HYPOCRISY, THE BRITS HAVE NOTHING TO LEARN FROM THE AMERICANS.  IN FACT, THE ANGLO-AMERICAN MEDIA LEAD THE WORLD IN THE WILES OF SMOOTH DISINFORMATION JUNE 8, 2009 CARTOON KOREA – FILTERED TO FIT How The Media Keep Us Angry, Ignorant And Afraid How [...]

Privilege and reaction move to support Honduras' coup

July 24 2009 by tom rigbert in IMPERIALISM, U.S. POLITICIANS |No Comments

From the Los Angeles Times / July 23, 2009 Opinion The high-powered hidden support for Honduras’ coup The country’s rightful president was ousted by a military leadership that takes many of its cues from Washington insiders. By Mark Weisbrot Powerful special interests have flexed their muscles and confronted President Obama on the most important legislative [...]

US Escalates War Plans In Latin America

July 24 2009 by tom rigbert in CAPITALISM & SOCIALISM, IMPERIALISM, U.S. POLITICIANS |No Comments

PLOTTING THE MOTHER OF ALL VIETNAMS— US Military: After Iraq, Latin America By Rick Rozoff Many observers have noted that, with the empire’s troops relatively overextended, the Iraq and Afghan Wars have given Latin America’s social change activists and leaders a respite from Washington’s customary reactionary interventions.  But with the possible winding down of conflict in [...]

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