Drones, the drug war and income inequality are important. But a vote against Obama only makes other issues worse President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks at a campaign event at George Mason University, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, in Fairfax,READ ON
Day: November 5, 2012
The progressive case against Obama
Bottom line: The president is complicit in creating an increasingly unequal — and unjust — society BY MATT STOLLER SATURDAY, OCT 27, 2012 08:00 AM EDT President Barack Obama (Credit: Reuters/Yuri Gripas) A few days ago, I participated in aREAD ON
There’s the stinking corporate media and then there’s Fox News and coprophilic Bill O’Reilly
At almost 6ft 5-in, Bill O’Reilly could easily elicit Full Metal Jacket‘s DI’s quip, “I didn’t know shit could be stacked that high.” Come to think of it, to call this blight on American communications a pile of excrement isREAD ON
Public Banking Works
By Stephen Lendman Publicly-owned banks work as intended. Colonial America had them for 25 years. Tax and inflation-free prosperity followed. Money created produced economic growth. It ended when Bank of England scoundrels regained control. Public banks aren’t predatory profiteers. They’re notREAD ON
When will the Killing War in Iran Begin? It Already Has
“Economic sanctions are, at their core, a war against public health.” –The New England Journal of Medicine [1] By Stephen Gowans, What’s Left While campaigns are organized to deter the United States and Israel from acting on threats to launchREAD ON
Rebel or Perish
By Stephen Lendman A previous article discussed what perhaps is the most perilous time in world history. American-led Western societies are waging war on humanity. Imperial war is a way of life. Social democracies are being eliminated. Freedom is onREAD ON
The death and life of James Connolly
POSTED BY SEAN LENIHAN What many people forget is that Connolly was an important and brave union activist in America, prior to his return to his homeland. BY 21ST CENTURY SOCIALISM.COM In Dublin’s Kilmainham Jail on 12th May 1916, aREAD ON