BLACK HISTORY MONTH: IF YOU ONLY READ ONE BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY. Anti-war activist Ron Jacobs recommends Joshua Bloom and Waldo Martin’s Blacks Against Empire as that book. Jacobs notes how the BPP was demonized in the press and persecuted by Cointelpro operations against groups suspected of “domestic violence” [...]
WHITE HOUSE TO MAKE PUSH FOR “COMPREHENSIVE” IMMIGRATION REFORM. Even while publicly engaged with the rancorous and seemingly endless squabbles over fiscal negotiations that have paralyzed Congress, the New York Times reports that the White House has been privately working on a “comprehensive” plan to deal with the nation’s immigration laws. President Obama will [...]
OBAMA’S DIGESTION: DOES HE “HAVE THE STOMACH TO CARRY ON ANOTHER WAR?” Apparently so, says Jason Hirthler, as he notes the bi-partisan “imperial lockstep” between the two major parties as, for example, Defense Secretary Panetta places cruise missiles in Turkey for its conflict with Syria, and State Secretary Clinton jiggles the nerves by talking of [...]
IN UK, THEY DON’T LAY OFF ARMY SOLDIERS: THEY JUST GIVE THEM “REDUNDANCY NOTICES.” Rumors abound of effort to overcome massive budget deficit by reducing the force to 80,000, the lowest number of Britons in uniform “since the 1770s.” With these “notices” slated to occur in December, officials are worrying about how to issue [...]
AUSTERITY-PROTESTING CHAOS IN STREETS OF SPAIN, PORTUGAL AND GREECE—AND NEW YORK TIMES CHOOSES MOSTLY THE FACT THAT MARKETS “FALTER” IN THESE COUNTRIES AS THE NEWS “THAT’S FIT TO PRINT.” As European central bank demands austerity measures cutting benefits to people as condition of buying up their bad debts, riots occur across southern Europe and [...]
Pundits and political experts contend that the nation’s growing number of Hispanic voters may decide many of this November’s crucial election battles, including the race for the White House. But unprecedented restrictions on voting access for minorities could leave nearly half of the 23 million registered Latino voters in the United States unable to cast [...]
IS PRESIDENT OBAMA PLAYING ELECTION YEAR POLITICS WITH YOUNG AND AMBITIOUS “ILLEGAL” IMMIGRANTS? In the razor-thin margins that will likely decide this year’s presidential election, both sides are going after every last possible vote in a bid to seize the White House. Due to their booming population and heavy concentrations in so-called “swing states” [...]
“ITS BEHAVIOR RISKS FUELING A SPECULATIVE BUBBLE AND CONTRIBUTING TO HUNGER AND POVERTY FOR MILLIONS OF THE WORLD’S POOREST PEOPLE.” Some of the world’s largest and most influential banks and financial institutions have set their sites on the global food supply as the latest target of their ruthless quest for profits, turning the basic [...]
WHAT COUNTRY IS REALLY THE “DE-STABILIZING” COUNTRY IN THE HORN OF AFRICA? One might think this would be the tiny country of Eritrea, since it has been singled out for “sanctions” for its supposed support of “terrorist” elements in Somalia. Actually, says Glen Ford, even UN monitors have found no such support, and those [...]
“WE’RE LOSING THE COUNTRY. WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW IS (GREECE’S) LARGEST INVASION EVER.” This utterance by a member of a fascist party in Greece underscores the siege mentality behind the government’s recent rampage of the country seeking to expel “foreign-looking” people, using tactics of denial of due process for any who would seek refugee [...]
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