Trade Unions Demand Effective Responses to Worsening Financial and Food Crises
With the spreading financial crisis likely to take center stage at the upcoming annual meetings of the World Bank and IMF in Washington on 11-13 October, the global trade union movement is urging the international financial institutions (IFIs) not to overlook the millions of low-income workers whose buying power has declined drastically because of food and fuel price hikes.
RECESSION
In what hidey-hole is economic growth going to take refuge, amid this unprecedented financial crisis? France is now in a recession according to the latest figures from the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies.
McCain Mortgages Presidential Ambitions on Faulty Housing Plan
John McCain's late arrival to the economy debate this week with another plan to address the housing crisis is meeting with derision, across the political board. It has been seen more as a political stunt to cover for months of pretending the 'fundamentals of the economy are strong.'
Is Gov. Sarah Palin Short-changing Alaska's National Guard?
Should Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin do less campaigning and more governing? Some veterans of the Alaska National Guard returning home from the war zone may think so.
Veterans Hammer McCain, Dole in New Ads
The political action fund of VoteVets.org, a veterans advocacy organization that helps elect politicians that will support US troops and veterans' issues, released three new ads this week targeting Republican candidates for failing to side with veterans on several key issues.
Inscrutable Elections
In his book, The Opinion Makers, David W. Moore devotes his entire 4th chapter, title Inscrutable Elections, to showing how the 'polls often present a highly misleading if not outright false picture of how the candidates are faring and what voters are thinking.'
Financial Crisis in Europe: Alternatives Demanded
At a news conference in Luxembourg, the communist parties from Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg this week called for a new financial institution that will serve the interests of the people, not maximum profits.
True Colors of the India-US Nuclear Deal
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill (H R 7081) that approves the 123 agreement, but which is contradictory to the assurance given by the prime minister to the nation. An identical version is before the US Senate for voting.
McCain's Health Plan: Costs More, Covers Less
John McCain is losing the health care debate. It is not just that his plan is a boondoggle for insurance companies or that it aims to demolish the employment-based health insurance system and force tens of millions of working families onto the individual insurance market.
Opinion: What This Election is About
Many readers of this publication have already decided to vote for Barack Obama. Indeed, there are several good reasons to vote for Obama, reasons resonating with leftist values.
