By Henry A. Giroux.. Article cross-published with TruthOut [Photo:Protesters march in the Loop March 27, 2013 during a rally to protest the proposed closing of 54 Chicago public schools. (Photo: WBEZ/Robin Amer)] Across the globe, predatory capitalism spreads its gospel of power, greed, commodification, gentrification and inequality. Through the combined forces of a market driven [...]
By Tom Burghardt – Antifascist Calling… While Barack Obama’s “favorite banker” continues to receive the royal treatment in Washington, new sleaze allegations threaten to further tarnish the golden boy image of “teflon don” Jamie Dimon, the CEO and Chairman of JPMorgan Chase. Wearing multiple hats, Dimon is the Chairman of The Business Council, a long-time [...]
By Stephen Lendman Obama’s already waging multiple direct and proxy wars. He’s heading America for more. Media scoundrels support it. They back all US aggression. They’re beating the drums again now. They’re manipulating public sentiment for support. Russia, China and most other nations want peace. May 8 commemorates Victory in Europe Day (VE Day). Russia’s [...]
By Henry Giroux. Republished with author’s permission from TruthOut [Photo: Crumbling school room in Trenton Central High School - Trenton, NJ 2011. Photo by Cia Stroud, NJ.com.] At a time when higher education is under siege all over the globe by market mentalities and moralities, there is an urgent necessity on the part of the [...]
By William Blum This is not to put George W. Bush down. That’s too easy, and I’ve done it many times. No, this is to counter the current trend to rehabilitate the man and his Iraqi horror show, which partly coincides with the opening of his presidential library in Texas. At the dedication ceremony, President [...]
By Henry A. Giroux. A tragedy of errors: nobody knows any more who is who. The smoke of the explosions forms part of the much larger curtain of smoke that prevents all of us from seeing clearly. From revenge to revenge, terrorism obliges us to walk to our graves. I saw a photo, recently published, [...]
By Tom Burghardt of Antifascist Calling… Paraguay’s April 21 election of Horacio Cartes, a dodgy “tobacco magnate,” rancher and banker, whose Banco Amambay has been accused of laundering drug money, tax evasion and other crimes, raises the specter of “state capture” by powerful drug cartels linked to US intelligence agencies. Did you like this? Share [...]
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