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Beyond Capitalism: Problems and Solutions
Essayist Charles Sullivan describes how a plutocracy has spoiled the promise of Roosevelt's New Deal and he suggests what can be done now to put the government back in the hands of the people....
Posted: Mon, Apr 10, 2006 7:35pm PDT
Capital Needs a Counterveiling Power
Functionless profits do not lead to more investments, growith and employment.. The market, competition and profit are not ends in them-selves. The economy exists for people, not vice versa.. Capital needs a counterveiling power through an equal worker participation in all economic affairs....
Posted: Mon, Apr 10, 2006 8:14am PDT
Stop Target in Davis
Target wants to take its pro-sweatshop, capitalist stores to Davis. Help us stop them!...
Posted: Sun, Apr 9, 2006 8:27pm PDT
Shopping in Eden
A New Yorker goes to Trader Joe's for the first time and feels oddly safe....
Posted: Sun, Apr 9, 2006 7:47pm PDT
Depleted Uranium a tool to depopulate the world
War, Epidemics, Depopulation - Rough Times Ahead
Having read this article of Justin Raimondo yesterday, I caught a glimpse of a vision of destruction. Something that might await us just around the bend, like starting in less than two-weeks' time, when Iran is scheduled to open their new oil bourse where black gold will be traded in Euro, not in Dollars....
Posted: Sun, Apr 9, 2006 1:32pm PDT
THE RACE TO THE BOTTOM HAS COME HOME TO ROOST
THE FRENCH WORKERS AND STUDENTS ARE LEADING THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE FRENCH VERSION OF THE TWO-TIER WAGE SYSTEM ALL TOO FAMILAR TO US HERE. SUPPORT THEM....
Posted: Sat, Apr 8, 2006 1:11pm PDT
The Year of Catastrophes
All the shock over hunger catastrophes remains without consequence if it does not go along with a radical change of course in local and environ-mental policy. Changes of the dominant destructive mode of production could prevent hunger catastrophes from becoming the normal state....
Posted: Fri, Apr 7, 2006 5:19am PDT
Judge Denies Motion To Quash Grand Jury
On April 5, 2006, Judge James delivered her order denying my motion to quash the subpoena. I am still consulting with my lawyers as to what our next steps will be. A PDF file of the Judge's ruling is attached....
Posted: Thu, Apr 6, 2006 7:14pm PDT
The NAFTA Corridors: Offshoring U.S. Transportation Jobs to Mexico
By Richard D. Vogel - Monthly Review, February 2006....
Posted: Thu, Apr 6, 2006 2:21pm PDT
Europe’s energy crisis sharpens antagonisms with Russia
The year began with an energy crisis in Europe. On January 1, the national Russian energy company Gazprom temporarily cut off gas supplies to Ukraine in order to enforce a five-fold price increase....
Posted: Thu, Apr 6, 2006 8:44am PDT
Horowitz vs. Ward Churchill webcast
It's the World Wrestling Federation Championship... no, it's a Ward Churchill initiated, conservative sponsored, debate with hack writer David Horowitz. This can't miss event will be held at George Washington University and will be webcast . Horowitz's group plans to use the event as a platform for an affirmative action law for conservatives in academia. No statement has been offered regarding the equal access of pro-military recruiters with anti-military recruiters to high school students (s...
Posted: Wed, Apr 5, 2006 7:23pm PDT
FCC Chair calls delay in media ownership rule changes "not our fault alone."
Speaking before the Newspaper Association of America's annual convention, Federal Communications Commission Chair Kevin Martin said that the "public has not been convinced of the need" for lifting the FCC's ban on TV/newspaper cross-ownership....
Posted: Wed, Apr 5, 2006 6:26pm PDT
Hugo Chavez declares a new oil order
Venezuela officially demands OPEC recognize his nation's reserves as
largest....
Posted: Wed, Apr 5, 2006 5:00am PDT
CPE : GAFFE OU ACTE DELIBERE ?
En constante dégradation, le marché de l’emploi n’avait pas besoin du Contrat Première Embauche (CPE) pour continuer son « petit bonhomme de chemin » et finir par une précarisation généralisée....
Posted: Tue, Apr 4, 2006 10:30pm PDT
Student Debt, Agressive Collectors
Collection Agencies are getting aggressive and ruining opportunities, health and viability for many. Who are they? How do they get their government contracts?...
Posted: Tue, Apr 4, 2006 6:35pm PDT
Bashing Hugo Chavez
Independent journalist Dave Lindorff defends Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez....
Posted: Tue, Apr 4, 2006 5:46pm PDT
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor Before War Crimes Tribunal In Sierra Leone
Taylor appeared before the war tribunal on Monday a week after he was apprehended. This marks the first time a former African leader will be tried on African soil for crimes against humanity. We speak to Corinne Dufka of Human Rights Watch....
Posted: Tue, Apr 4, 2006 5:20pm PDT
Kevin Phillips speaking Tuesday noon in SF
Kevin Phillips
12:30 pm
Stacey's Bookstore
San Francisco
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006...
Posted: Tue, Apr 4, 2006 9:52am PDT