ISSUE: Carriage ponies in old Manila »
Torment without end Many instances of tremendous animal suffering are protected by established custom and reinforced by poverty. The solution sometimes may involve a struggle with both factors, not exactly easy in most parts of the...
February 6 2010 / 3 comments / Read More »
HOWARD ZINN: “Je ne suis pas Marxiste” »
Crosspost with http://invereskstreet.blogspot.com/2006/09/howard-zinns-je-ne-suis-pas-marxiste.html The late Howard Zinn gives Marx his humanity back, warts and all. The following is reprinted from The Zinn Reader (1997, Seven Stories Press, pp 574-578) and with the permission of the author. FOR A...
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Freedom Rider: Useless Aid »
S P E C I A L By Margaret Kimberley Created 01/27/2010 By BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley “The time has come for a new paradigm: No donation without...
January 28 2010 / No comment / Read More »GUI ROCHAT: Catch as catch can »
The salesmanship of hope we can trust in and change we can hope for, has resulted in a deep distrust of the executive amongst...
Feb 8 2010 / No comment / Read More »THE PARTY’S OVER: There’s a Ford in the DLC’s Future »
The opportunistic, unabashedly right-wing nature of the DLC has sunk the fortunes of the Democratic party as even a mildly reformist instrument in American...
Feb 8 2010 / No comment / Read More »There are no suitable epithets to describe the filth in the DNC »
Editor’s Note: << Ben Nelson made his name and money in the insurance industry. After graduating from law school, Nelson landed a job as assistant...
Feb 2 2010 / No comment / Read More »This corruption in Washington is smothering America’s future »
How do you regulate banks effectively, if the Senate is owned by Wall Street? Obama now faces two paths – the Clinton road, or...
Jan 31 2010 / No comment / Read More »The Annotated Obama »
Dateline: January 29 – 31, 2010 Amen, Pass the Scotch …. By JOE BAGEANT /span> Jocotepec, Mexico. I’VE MANAGED TO SIT STILL THROUGH still through a few state...
Jan 31 2010 / No comment / Read More »The Oldest Game in Washington »
January 29 – 31, 2010 CounterPunch Diary By ALEXANDER COCKBURN You can see how seriously Obama is taking the hot populist temper of the American people...
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