Category Archives: Global Issues
Over 2,000 Visitors to Venezuelan Embassy for ‘Passport DC’ – World News
Women wearing the traditional dresses of the Venezuelan plains region – a skirt with stripes of yellow, blue and red like the national flag and a white off-the-shoulder blouse – greeted the more than 2,000 visitors to the Residence of
Québec Students Challenge Dogma – Canada
No wonder those Quebec student protestors have been spooking the English Canadian establishment. If they get their way, the same ideas could catch on here, leaving the best-laid plans for austerity in tatters. What seems to particularly gall some En...
Venezuelan Embassy Presents Lecture on Indigenous Participation in Media – World News
Tomorrow, May 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Bolivarian Hall in Washington, DC, the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela hosts a lecture by the Wayuu activist and filmmaker David Hernández Palmar entitled, “Indigenous participation in the...
US Jobless Toll—a Failure of Capitalism – Workers & Labor
7 May 2012 Friday’s US jobless report, the most dismal so far this year, demonstrates the complete failure of the capitalist system to provide jobs for the unemployed. Nearly five years after the official beginning of the recession, and nearly
Unmasked: Meet The FBI’s Bridge Bomb Plot Snitch – World News
The paid informant who helped orchestrate the FBI sting that resulted in the arrest of five anarchists for allegedly plotting to blow up an Ohio bridge is a convicted felon who was arrested on bad check and theft charges in
Financial Markets Reeling After France And Greece Elections – World News
Election of anti-austerity François Hollande in France and hung parliament in Greece create uncertainty about eurozone debt crisis Asian stock markets have been pummelled by election results in France and Greece that have heightened uncertainty a...
Socialists Oust Sarkozy in French Election – World News
Socialist Francois Hollande swept to victory in France’s presidential election on Sunday in a swing to the left at the heart of Europe and promised to start a pushback against German-led austerity policies. Hollande led conservative incumbent Nico...
ABC This Week – S3 | E19 – Sun, May 6, 2012
David Axelrod Interview; Sen. John McCain Interview Add this to your queueAdded: Sun May 06 20:35:21 UTC 2012Air date: Sun May 06 00:00:00 UTC 2012Duration: 46:16Closed captions available.
The People Behind the Lawmakers Out to Destroy Public Education: A Primer What You Need To Know About ALEC – Education
Since the 2010 elections, when Republicans took control of many states, there has been an explosion of legislation advancing privatization of public schools and stripping teachers of job protections and collective bargaining rights. Even some Democr...
"We Do Not Want to Die in the Rubble of Neoliberalism!" – Economy
Editor's Comment: We thank Siv O'Neall for translating Pierre Larrouturou's article below. It serves as an example of the theme that dominates the liberal response to the collapsing capitalist system and all that follows in its wake. The author's "so...