Capitalism Kills #3: Case Studies In An Immoral System- Merck and Vioxx, plus the new bankruptcy law
The free enterprise system, aka the free market,aka capitalism, is an economic system, as we all know, that is dedicated to maximizing profits at any cost. Neither ethics, morality, honor, environmental concerns, nor human life itself will be spared by this system and its quest to put profits before people (and everything else).
UK Antiwar Conference Attracts Global Participants
Andrew Murray the Chair of the Stop the War Coalition opened a conference in London on December 10th describing it as an “historic event” that brings together peace activists from around the world. Indeed, the conference included delegates from the United States, Britain, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, India, the Philippines, Canada, Poland, Greece, Italy, Spain and many other European countries.
Robert Fisk Tells All
On a U.S. tour, award-winning journalist Robert Fisk spoke about his life work as a veteran journalist reporting about the Middle East. Fisk is the Middle East correspondent for the British newspaper, The Independent.
Rebuilding the International Labor Movement
We respect the history of WFTU as well as its course during the 60 years since its foundation. Relying on this rich 60-year route, it is now necessary to move on. To correspond to contemporary demands. To open ways for the coming decade.
Exposing the Lies of Whiteness: Thank You, Richard Pryor
As a high school student, I began listening to the brilliant comedian Richard Pryor. His recent passing reminds me of how he shaped my political consciousness.
Bush’s Monty Python View of History
It's one thing to say the emperor has no clothes. It is another thing to say that the emperor has no mind or thinks that we have no mind. George Bush is on the hustings defending the occupation of Iraq. And George Bush is determined to prove that George Santayana was wrong when he said (a paraphrase) that those who learn nothing from history are condemned to repeat it.
Cuba: The Road to Heaven is Also Paved with Good Intentions
Washington’s traditional complicity with the Miami extreme right wing is widely known. There, anything linked with anti Cuban terrorism has always been done with the top US authorities’ consent.
Sneering at Redemption: Why Arnold Killed Tookie
In the end, we can only assume the decision wasn't so 'agonizing' after all. Last night Stan Tookie Williams was legally lynched by the state of California, at the behest of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger who denied Williams' appeal for clemency.
Movie Review: Paradise Now
The political thriller Paradise Now is about a suicide operation in Tel Aviv. From a humanistic perspective Director Hany Abu-Assad presents sensitive subject matter through the lens of Palestinian life under military occupation in the West Bank.
US CAN And Others CAN’T: The Story of ICANN
THE recently concluded World Information Summit in Tunisia last month was supposed to address the yawning digital divide: both between nations and within nations. Instead, most of the public focus was in who would control the Internet, not only the information highway of today but also a major channel for global commerce.
