The Foreign Policy of an Obama Administration
President-elect Barack Obama is a nice guy and a fresh political face. His election on November 4 (2008), as president of the United States, is a great personal achievement. At the very least, he deserves the benefit of the doubt.
State Funding Cuts Hit Planned Parenthood
ATLANTA - Funding cuts by the State of Georgia and the redirection of funds have left Planned Parenthood of Georgia (PPGA) scrambling to make up for a lost family planning contract worth $420,000 with Fulton County.
Murdoch’s Failed Vision
This year, media mogul and former Australian citizen Rupert Murdoch has begun a series called The Golden Age of Freedom which, while they expose some the corporate agenda for the near future, have so far sounded more like a last hurrah for the champions of capitalist globalization.
Japan: Putting Forces in Afghanistan is Unconstitutional
Sending GSDF helicopters to war zones in Afghanistan means directly supporting the war, which is in violation of the Japanese Constitution. Such an act will give a helping hand to causing civilian casualties.
Another World Depression? Finance Capital and Neo-Deflationism
The capitalist world is in turmoil, with widespread financial crisis, bankruptcy of the largest investment and insurance corporations, massive injection of state funds to avert banking collapse, stock market declines world wide, capital flight, and the onset of economic recession in the US and the Euro-zone.
Americans Dissatisfied with Gov’t. Job Performance on Basic Needs
The US government has failed to live up to the expectations of its citizens regarding the provision of basic needs, a new international poll released this week showed.
Bush Admin. Fines Companies for Violating Cuba Blockade
Three US companies were recently fined more than US $43,000 by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department for violating the US economic, trade and financial blockade of Cuba.
How More Socialism Could Fix the Economy
The market mechanism is an effective control device for a myriad of unimportant decisions, and as an arbiter of the economic value of a commodity. But it fails important equity, efficiency, and stability tests.
G20 'must stand by aid pledges'
Leaders of the top 20 industrial and big emerging-market countries will be asked to reaffirm their commitments to development assistance at the emergency summit on 15 November convened by President George W Bush to address the global financial crisis.
A Crazy Night in Richmond
It was just after 11 p.m. Tuesday evening, in the Black ghetto of Jackson Ward, in Richmond, Virginia. CNN had just projected an image of Barack Obama as certain to be elected President of the United States.
