Why is Venezuela Demonized? Thousands of people are in Washington DC to stop the US invasion of Venezuela to privatize and steal their oil, the largest oil fields in the world. The sanctions and pending military attack are proudly supported by Republican Trump and Democrat Nancy Pelosi. We, the workers of the world, are proud that Americans stood up and said NO TO WAR!...
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 11:33AM
House Hearing Reviews Financial Transparency Legislation The House of Representatives is holding hearings on legislative initiatives to deter corruption and secrecy in the global financial system. The Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy convenes a March 13th hearing on "Promoting Corporate Transparency: Examining Legislative Proposals to Detect and Deter Financial Crime."...
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:33AM
Puerto Rico Debt Advisors Subject to Conflict Disclosure After an investigation into potential conflicts of interest in Puerto Rico's debt restructuring, the island's oversight board notes it will increase disclosure requirements for advisors. The investigation began in response to a debt consultant whose affiliate company holds Puerto Rico debt....
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 9:05AM
S.F. Labor Council Says Hands Off Venezuela The following resolution was adopted by the Delegates Meeting of the San Francisco Labor Council (AFL-CIO) on Monday, February 11, 2019....
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 8:34PM
U.S. Military Invasion of Venezuela is Escalating With the support of Democrats and Republicans, e.g. Pelosi & Trump, the pending invasion of oil-rich Venezuela is escalating, all at taxpayer expense. There are forces opposing it. See https://www.globalresearch.ca/hands-off-venezuela-historic-stance-at-the-united-nations-against-us-imperialism/5668780. Cuba has provided a detailed description below....
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 2:39AM
An Open Letter to the People of the U.S. from President Nicolas Maduro “Disinformation by Omission”: Not a single Western mainstream media has published, quoted or commented on President Nicolas Maduro’s Open Letter to the People of the United States (see Google search). Please forward this text far and wide....
Posted: Sat Feb 9, 2019 8:22PM
Corporate Media Abets U.S. Intervention in Venezuela After more than a year of hyping the so-called Russian meddling in U.S. politics(including dozens of articles screaming with sensational headlines followed by little more than mere allegations by US spy agencies), the mainstream corporate media has hypocritically switched to cheerleading the brazenly Imperialist bullying of Venezuela by Washington and its coalition of sycophantic Latin American regimes....
Posted: Fri Feb 1, 2019 3:52AM
Trump's, Pompeo's, Bolton's, The CIA's and Pentagon's Heinous Violence Toward Venezuela Trump continues the illegal violence directed by the CIA and White House against Venezuela as the CIA has violated Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Chile, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua etc since 1947, as our government has violated S and Central America since they achieved independence from Spain....
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 6:07AM
Dr Jay L. Zagorsky: "In a cashless economy, the poor tend to suffer" As the push towards the abolition of cash grows stronger, Doctor Jay Zagorsky, Professor and researcher at Ohio State University and Boston University, reminds policy-makers that the poorer segments of the population are also the ones who tend to rely the most on cash, and hints at the threat they are under, as banks push for cash to be eliminated....
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 8:32AM
Defense of Gov't of Venezuela: Litmus Test for Pres Candidates Oil-rich Venezuela is now preparing to defend itself against an American imperialist coup, supported by the Democratic and Republican Parties together. One of these twin parties of war and fascism, the Democrats, now has a thundering herd announcing their candidacy for president, 2 years before the November 2020 election, obviously in an attempt to make sure Americans do not vote socialist (Peace & Freedom) or Green. The biggest star of them all is 77 year old Bernie Sanders, the Democrats’...
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 5:45PM
The Shortwave Report 01/25/19 Listen Globally! A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. NHK Japan, Radio Havana Cuba, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Sputnik Radio....
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 5:05PM
Video: Chris Hedges in Eugene, 1 hr 24 min Weapons that don't work against enemies that don't exist with money we don't have (J. Stiglitz)...
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 2:50AM
Taxes - The Great Bluff A tax-cutting lobby exploits our unease over taxes for their purposes. Tax flight and an increasingly unjust tax system are connected with inequality, trifling chances of advancement and the decay of social cohesion....
Posted: Sun Jan 6, 2019 3:57PM
Failing Capitalism brought Flailing Trumpistan The latest desperate flailings by the T-rump regime are symptoms of the collapsing U.S. NeoLiberal political economy....
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2018 4:37AM
Right-Wing #YellowVests in California Yellow vest groups are popping up in California, but many of them share a common right-wing ideology....
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2018 8:40PM
Right-Wing Security Risk and "Game Over" Security is their favorite theme because they can divert the masses from the fact that their economic and social policy is directed against their material interests. The collapse of the global casino is comparable to an avalanche. We are now in the first stage. The message of the global financial sector is clear. The casino closes its doors. The game is over....
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 3:23AM
Statement from the Yellow Vests of Commercy calling for Popular Assemblies A statement from the Yellow Vests shows the political sophistication we must develop as similar social struggles emerge in the declining United States....
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 7:06AM
Driven to Consumption and Money out of Nothing Growth originally created a material prosperity about which earlier generations could only dream. However, more economic growth does not lead to people being happier anymore. We are prisoners of a system that forces us to permanent growth. Banks create credits at the touch of a button, wages stagnate, schools decay and Goldman Sachs is in the government. Who benefits from this?...
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:48AM
Julia Vinograd a.k.a. the Bubble Lady passed away on December 6, 2018 Below are a few poems that Julia Vinograd has published with Street Spirit....
Posted: Fri Dec 7, 2018 4:31PM