The energy that drove Jubilee 2000 needs to be summoned again by Johann Hari September 18, 2009 Would you ever march up to a destitute African who is shivering with Aids and demand he “pay back” tens of thousands of pounds he didn’t borrow – with interest? I only ask because this is in effect happening, here, in [...]

by Ray McGovern September 19, 2009 For the CIA supervisors and operatives responsible for torture, the chickens are coming home to roost; that is, if President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder mean it when they say no one is above the law – and if they don’t fall victim to brazen intimidation. Unable to prevent Holder [...]

por Cynthia Cisneros 20 de septiembre, 2009 …cuando los criollos blancos quisieron transar con la corona española, no los aceptaron porque los consideraron desde siempre ciudadanos de segunda clase … hay que saber apropiarse de lo suyo, la reafirmación es solo si hay decisión política de ser libres” (Dussel)…. Algunos estudiosos afirman que Descolonizar significa revisar la historia no [...]

by Maqbool Malik September 15, 2009 Islamabad – US private security outfit Blackwater has begun to expand its presence in Karachi port city in the backdrop of the Peshawar debacle last month when Craig Davis a suspected operative of the US company was caught red handed involved in objectionable activities. Well-placed sources told The Nation on Monday that [...]

Lawmakers tell Defense Secretary Gates they ‘are appalled by the Pentagon’s failure to pursue answers’ in death of Adam Hermanson. by Jeremy Scahill September 18, 2009 Congressional pressure is increasing on the Department of Defense to investigate the apparent electrocution death of Adam Hermanson, a 25 year old DoD contractor who died September 1 in a shower at [...]

por Stephen Lendman 14 de septiembre, 2009 A principios de septiembre, la Oficina del Censo de EE.UU. publicó su nuevo informe intitulado: “Ingresos, Pobreza y Cobertura de Seguro de Salud en EE.UU.: 2008 (pdf) que muestra datos inquietantes que presagian otros muchos peores bajo un presidente y un Congreso que no hacen nada por encarar la situación. En [...]

A Scorecard for the Future of American Politics by Andy Kroll September 15, 2009 At the end of this summer of discontent, of death panels and unplugging poor Grandma, of birthers and astroturfers and rifle-toting picketers, the halcyon early days of the Obama administration feel increasingly like hazy, gilt-edged memories. The president’s sprawling legislative agenda — a health-care [...]

by Russell Blinch September 18, 2009 WASHINGTON – The American way of eating is under attack, which could expose the food industry to new junk food taxes, but it’s unlikely major reforms are in the offing to quickly alter U.S. food policies. The increasingly unhealthy American diet has contributed to epidemics of obesity and diabetes. The government and [...]

by Tom H. Hastings September 16, 2009 We see the spectacle of the US Congress unable to manage decent health care reform that will actually enable the American citizenry to join the rest of the industrialized world in having health care for all. The problems, it is clear, come from those who are lying. Death panels? That’s true [...]

US war on crime has nothing to do with crime One in 35 Americans are caught up in the corrections system and incarceration is on the rise. Why is this when the US crime rate has dropped so remarkably? by Andrew Oxford September 2009 The United States incarcerates more of its own citizens than any other nation. It has [...]