Editors' Blog
The Obvious in Pakistan and Capitalism Still Going Mad with BP
92,000 documents concerning the war in Afghanistan have been leaked to The New York Times, Der Spiegel(popular German magazine) and the Manchester Guardian by Wikileaks.
Juxtaposing Crises
A potentially useful juxtaposition of reports and a sign of the times: by Gary Tedman 23 July 2010 Last updated at 01:30 GMT Health gap 'wider than in Great Depression' By Nick Triggle Health reporter, BBC News "...The health inequality gap in Britain is greater than it was during the post-World War I slump and the Great Depression, a study suggests.
CP of China Puts Marxist Theory Online
From People's Daily
The U.S. Government as A Beacon of Progress?
I haven't written much for the blog recently because I have been overwhelmed with teaching and union work. But a story caught my eye today that I think is importan. In the U.S., many on the left and those who listen to the left are frustrated with what they see as the failings of the Obama administration and the Republican right is literally licking its chops in anticipation of something like a Reagan Bush restoration. Some unfortunately are sitting on their hands and making criticism of the administration substitute for action to either move it in a more militant direction and challenge the Republican Right, who of course are its main enemies. But the administration, operating in our very complicated state federal system with separation of powers as a further bloc,(compared to many other countries) is pursuing a broad counter-cyclical Keynesian policy to avoid a major depression. It has passed a hugely flawed but very significant health care reorganization which is the first important piece of social legislation in the interests of the people passed in the U.S. since the Civil Rights Act of 1968. It has succeeded also in financial re regulation which, although it also is greatly limited, represents the first challenge to policies of "deregulation" which began at the end of the Carter administration, were accelerated by Reagan, largely unchallenged by Clinton, and expanded in a disastrous way by W Bush.
Spies for Hire
Spies for Hire The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing by Tim Shorrock [reposted from the Progressive Book Club] Summary A stunning exposé of a business the government wants to keep under wraps.
White House sends fourth bill to BP for $99 million
WASHINGTON - The Obama Administration today sent a fourth bill for $99.7 million to BP and other responsible parties for response and recovery operations relating to the BP/Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
What the labor movement is all about
UAW President King helps launch rally for jobs, justice and peaceLouis AguilarThe Detroit News
Celebration of Venezuela's Independence
More than 600 People Celebrate Venezuela’s Independence in Washington, D.C. The Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the U.S. and the Venezuelan mission to the Organization of American States (OAS) yesterday celebrated the 199th anniversary of the signing of Venezuela’s Declaration of Independence.More than 600 people, amongst them diplomats, journalists, academics, leaders of social movements, U.S. government officials, and Hollywood stars like Danny Glover attended the event.
Meanwhile in France [the program as in the USA]
from L'Humanite (Never forget Gaza!)
