China’s 'Frankenstein' Meets the U.S. 'Wolfman'
When I was a child, I remember watching a Hollywood B horror movie, “Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman” which frightened me. I was reminded of it when while reading chapter three of Gerald Horne’s Blows Against Empire, “China’s Peaceful Rise/U.S Imperialism’s Inexorable Decline.”
Coming Ecological Collapse: Failing Ecosystems the Mother of All Bubbles
Within the current sub-prime mortgage and financial bubbles, and food and energy price increases, we are witnessing the logical and inevitable economic consequences of over-population, resource scarcity, inequitable and unreasonable consumption, and unsustainable economic growth.
Hemisphere-wide Anti-FTA Conference Begins in Havana
Leaders and social activists from a number of countries are taking part in the 7th Hemisphere-wide Conference of Struggle against Free Trade Agreements, which begins today in the Cuban capital’s International Conference Center.
Where Your Tax Dollar Will and Will Not Go
During an endless airplane trip from hell yesterday that included an extended stay in Chicago's scenic O'Hare airport, I had the misfortune to read one book about where our tax dollars go and another book that was, indirectly, about where they do not go.
Murder in an Alaskan Forest
No one—at least no human—knows his name, or even if he had a name. We don't know where or when he was born. We know nothing about his life. But we know a lot about his death.
The Business of War
“War,” the progressive activist Randolph Bourne wrote during WWI, “is the health of the state.” It is also the “health” of military contractors, and the huge corporate side of the military industrial complex.
Free Trade: A Myth Starts Falling
Havana, Apr 9 (Prensa Latina) Despite rhetoric about their alleged benefits, the results of free trade agreements in Latin America are far from expected, experts attending the 7th Hemispheric Meeting of the Struggle against FTAs and for Integration of the Peoples said.
Change for Peace: an Interview with Rev. Osagyefo Sekou
In a recent essay on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s advocacy for peace, titled 'Vocation of Agony: A Personal Meditation on Dr. King's Legacy,' Rev. Osagyefo Sekou elaborated a stirring call for deep moral change in America.
Book Review: Blows Against the Empire
Historian and contributing editor of Political Affairs, Gerald Horne has a new book titled Blows Against Empire, a series of nine powerful essays on contemporary crisis of U.S. imperialism as it confronts the world.
Corporate Mergers not Likely to Benefit Consumers
It is doubtful the merger of corporate giants enhances their creativity or benefits consumers, a distinguished authority on business regulation writes.
