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Lakeside Diner

Posted by on October 5, 2012 Comments Off

Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. Cree Nation Tribal Prophecy

Everywhere ya look it’s debate analysis. Screw that.

  • “An influential group of international banks and insurers has attacked political leaders in Europe over their handling of the Greek crisis, arguing that the singleminded pursuit of austerity has made the situation worse.” No shit, Sherlock.
  • Glenzilla: The US presidential debates’ illusion of political choice
  • Truthout: Florida Farmworkers Win Chipotle’s Support in Bid for Improved Conditions

Marx in the Morning. Next Tuesday about 12:30 at MyFDL, Session 3 of Prof Wolff’s Marxian Class Analysis Theory and Practice. He focuses on the USSR and the PRC.

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Lakeside Diner

Posted by on October 4, 2012 Comments Off

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  • “The International Monetary Fund’s chief economist has warned that the global economy will take a decade to recover from the financial crisis as the latest snapshot of the UK economy suggested that growth in the third quarter will be at best anaemic.”
  • TRNN: Will the Russian Left Respond to Deepening Economic Crisis? Aleksandr Buzgalin: The Russian left shows signs of growth in spite of being shut out of mass media
  • “Julian Assange’s supporters have pleaded in court to keep £140,000 in bail money that is in jeopardy because of the WikiLeaks founder’s decision to seek political asylum in the Ecuadorean embassy in London.”
  • TRNN: US Elections: Pick Your Poison. Chris Hedges: The system has not been able to respond in a rational way, the way the Roosevelt administration responded rationally through the New Deal. And because of that, we’re in deep, deep trouble. So I think all of our hope now has to be invested in acts of civil disobedience
  • “France has decided to reimburse women 100 percent of abortion costs under its new 2013 Social Security budget—while at the same time allowing clinics to charge more for the procedure.”
  • “Some of the world’s largest defence companies have failed to provide enough evidence about how they are tackling corruption in the arms trade – a problem that costs $20bn a year globally, a report suggests today.”
  • Truthout: Dueling California Measures Set to Tax Rich, Gut Unions
  • “It took 50 years for scientists to recognize the newest species of dinosaur. By looking at its porcupine-like quills, upright stature, beak and fangs, you might understand why.”

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Lakeside Diner

Posted by on October 2, 2012 Comments Off

Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. Cree Nation Tribal Prophecy

  • “The world needs to do more to prepare for the impact of a rapidly ageing population, the UN has warned – particularly in developing countries. Within 10 years the number of people aged over 60 will pass one billion, a report by the UN Population Fund said.”
  • “The retreat of western forces from Afghanistan could come sooner than expected, the head of Nato has said as he conceded that the recent Taliban strategy of ‘green on blue’ killings had been successful in sapping morale.”
  • TRNN: Faced with Police Violence, Thousands return to Spanish Parliament. In response to the police violence throughout last week and in reaction to the 2013 budget cuts, thousands converged outside the Spanish parliament on Saturday.
  • Glenzilla: Sweden detains Pirate Bay founder in oppressive conditions without charges
  • TRNN: Venezuelan Barrios Vote for Chavez and Participatory Democracy. Are Venezuela’s Communal Councils an extension of central power or an explosion of popular power?
  • TRNN: Shadow Banking Still an Unregulated Threat. Jennifer Taub: Before the crisis, the top five financial institutions had assets equivalent to 50 percent of GDP. Now let’s fast-forward to 2011, three years after the crisis, if you look at the top five institutions that survived, and their assets are equal to 58 percent of GDP
  • Truthout: Five Biggest Lies About America’s Public Schools, Debunked
  • Economic Update: Wolff will focus on wages, jobs, taxes, and debts – and on interest rates, prices, and profits. We aim to explain why certain economic changes are happening and other changes get postponed or blocked and we will explore alternative ways to organize enterprises, markets, and government policies

Marx in the Morning today at MyFDL about 12:30.

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Lakeside Diner

Posted by on October 1, 2012 Comments Off

Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. Cree Nation Tribal Prophecy

  • “It took just over four months for the tide of public opinion to turn against François Hollande: at the start of September a poll revealed that 68% of French people were pessimistic about their country’s future under their new president. And that was the common line before Friday’s announcement of the 2013 budget, which will find him even fewer friends in the country.”
  • “Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Paris on Sunday to protest against the spread of economic ‘austerity’ in France and Europe.Chanting ‘resistance, resistance’, the crowds had been rallied by around 60 organisations, including the leftwing Front de Gauche and the French Communist party, which oppose the European budget treaty.”
  • TRNN: Financialization and the World Economy. Gerry Epstein: Financialization of the economy has been developing since the late 19th century and is now at historic Levels
  • TRNN: Black Financial and Fraud Report. London and Wall St. in a dangerous competition to create a more unregulated environment for finance
  • TRNN: Assange Speaks to UN. Michael Ratner (US attorney for Julian Assange): Assange called for release of Bradley Manning and attacked President Obama’s call for free speech while suppressing whistle blowers
  • TRNN: Judges to Review Constitutionality of NDAA Military Detention Legislation. Chris Hedges: We filed our lawsuit because this legislation threatens basic democratic rights allowing for indefinite military detention to repress domestic protest
  • Truthout: All Charges From Occupy Chicago Mass Arrests at “The Horse” Dismissed
  • Truthout: Will Students Vote in November? Perspectives on Elections at the National Student Power Convergence
  • Truthout: Poll: California Voters Overwhelmingly Support Ballot Initiative to Label GMO Foods

Marx in the Morning tomorrow afternoon around 12:30. Session 2 of Marxian Class Analysis Theory and Practice.

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Lakeside Diner

Posted by on September 28, 2012 Comments Off

Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. Cree Nation Tribal Prophecy

  • “Riot police fired tear gas at an angry mob throwing gasoline bombs during a general strike in Athens today, a day after Spanish police shot rubber bullets at leftist protesters attempting to storm parliament, where lawmakers were mulling more austerity.”
  • “By the time Bradley Manning goes to trial next February for the alleged transmission of state secrets to WikiLeaks he will has spent as much time in military custody as it would take to build the Empire State building twice over, his lawyer has protested.”
  • TRNN: The ANC and the South African Deal with Monopoly Capitalism. Vishwas Satgar: At the heart of the bargain with monopoly capital was we will globalize, we will embrace neoliberal globalized economics, while you de-racialize the structures of the South African economy which led to black economic empowerment and the creation of a class of super-rich blacks
  • Mother Jones: NEW ROMNEY VIDEO: In 1985, He Said Bain Would “Harvest” Companies for Profits
  • Truthout: Strikes at Walmart Warehouses Expose Threats in Supply Chain
  • Truthout: After Nearly A Decade Of Declines, Manufacturing Jobs Begin Rebound
  • Truthout: Veterans First … and Their Dogs, Too

O.M.G. I want one.

Marx in the Morning. Next Tuesday we’ll be discussing Session 2 of Prof Wolff’s Marxian Class Analysis Theory and Practice. The video is 1 hour, 40 minutes.

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Lakeside Diner

Posted by on September 27, 2012 Comments Off

Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. Cree Nation Tribal Prophecy

  • TRNN: UK’s Poorest Families hit Hardest by Recession and Austerity. A leading British charity warns that 3.5 million children in the United Kingdom are growing up below the poverty line, while the divide between rich and poor continues to accelerate faster than anywhere else in the developed world.
  • “The University of California is preparing to pay about $1m to settle a lawsuit filed by demonstrators who were pepper-sprayed during an Occupy protest at UC Davis last autumn.”
  • “Prominent Egyptian-American writer and activist Mona Eltahawy has been released from police custody after being arrested in New York on Tuesday for spray painting a subway poster that equates Muslims with ‘savages’.”
  • “In his 2009 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, President Obama cast war as a necessary evil. Referring to just war theory, a classical underpinning of military ethics, Obama said, ‘War is justified only when certain conditions were met; if it is waged as a last resort or in self-defense; if the force used is proportional; and if, whenever possible, civilians are spared from violence.’”
  • Truthout: The Israel Lobby and How It Operates
  • WMNF airs debate between Dinish D’Sousa and Chris Hedges from Uprising Radio on the film Obama 2016. Click in the Archives box then click on 25 Sep in the pop-up calendar. This program eliminates the first, unrelated, portion of the Uprising show.
  • Truthout: Boehner May Have to Let the Fiscal Cliff Happen to Stay Speaker
  • Richard Wolff: Global Capitalism – A Monthly Update & Discussion: September 2012

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Lakeside Diner

Posted by on September 26, 2012 Comments Off

Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. Cree Nation Tribal Prophecy

  • “US car giant Ford has said that it will cut several hundred jobs in Europe because of declining demand, including in the UK. Jobs will also go in Germany and in other parts of Europe.”
  • “The organisation that sets the Libor inter-bank rate has said it could give up that responsibility, if required. The head of the UK’s regulator, Martin Wheatley, is to publish a report into how to reform Libor later this week.”
  • TRNN: Quadrillion Dollar Derivatives Market 20 Times Global GDP. Markus Stanley: Derivative bets not a zero sum game, have far reaching real world consequences
  • TRNN: The Crisis and Who Has Power. Leo Panitch and Sam GIndin PT2: Major structural change or effective short term reforms requires addressing democratic decision making starting with making banks a public utility
  • “It’s a common lament, the kind of rant that rolls off the tongue in an election year: American workers can’t compete globally. They no longer produce stuff that the world wants. And that’s why our economy is sluggish. The problem is, it just isn’t true.”
  • Mother Jones: Utah Set to Send Glenn Beck-Approved End Times Novelist to Congress
  • Truthout: What Do We Know About Independent Voters?

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Lakeside Diner

Posted by on September 25, 2012 Comments Off

Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. Cree Nation Tribal Prophecy

  • TRNN: Iran and the “Red Line” Debate. Jonathan Schell: Netanyahu’s real objective is to influence the outcome of the US elections
  • “The global market for drones is booming. But what does the coming arms race mean for US national security interests — and the future of warfare? GlobalPost correspondents report from critical locations around the world, from Israel to Iran to Yemen to Brazil — where unmanned aerial vehicles are radically transforming combat and surveillance.”
  • TRNN: New Quebec Government Cancels Tuition Hike. Richard Fidler: CLASSE student organization sets its sights on free university tuition
  • Truthout: Debt Worries: Economists Fail Arithmetic, Again
  • TRNN: Will Obama, the Fed’s QE3 or Romney’s “Smaller Government” Create Jobs? Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin: As long as effective demand remains low and banks demand austerity to protect their assets, the crisis will deepen
  • Truthout: Election Countdown 2012: Occupy Demands an Expansion of the Commons, and More
  • Prof Wolff’s Economic Update: Updates on economic decline in rest of 2012 and 2013; European resistance to austerity politics; private banks’ many costly misdeeds. Detailed discussions of Ireland’s economic crisis and Romney’s attack on recipients of government support. Critical comment on my reference to “working 9-5.

Regarding the Panitch and Gindin interview, towards the end of the clip is the best argument I’ve heard in a long time for a resurgence of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). One union that represents every member of the working class regardless of their trade or skill level.

Marx in the Morning about 12:30ET today over at MyFDL.

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Lakeside Diner

Posted by on September 21, 2012 Comments Off

Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. Cree Nation Tribal Prophecy

  • “Opposition parties and trade unions in India have staged a day-long strike over plans to open the country’s retail sector to global supermarket chains.”
  • TRNN: Colombian GM Workers Back on Hunger Strike After Negotiations Break Down. TRNN exclusive interview with Jorge Parra, president of the Association of Injured Ex-Workers of GM Colombia. Some members have re-sewn their lips shut as they resume their hunger strike to the death.
  • Glenzilla: Obama officials’ spin on Benghazi attack mirrors Bin Laden raid untruths
  • TRNN: Netanyahu Inserts Himself in US Elections as Adelson Stands to Reap Millions if Romney Wins. Danny Schechter: Israel’s PM Goes on US TV and GOP Financier will reap massive tax savings if Romney wins election
  • “The political TV advertisement featuring Binyamin Netanyahu and the slogan ‘The world needs American strength, not apologies’ is likely to fuel claims that the Israeli prime minister is interfering in the US presidential election in support of Republican candidate Mitt Romney.”
  • Truthout: A Law So Awful It Literally Makes Judges Cry
  • “A conservative rally billed as an opportunity to ‘stand up to Occupy Wall Street extremists’ fell flat on Thursday when it was co-opted by members of Occupy Wall Street.”
  • Truthout: Election Countdown 2012: Privatization in Chicago Schools Still Threatens Teachers and More
  • Truthout: The Taxing Terms of the GOP Plan Invite Class Carnage
  • Truthout: A Direct Stake in Economic Life

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Lakeside Diner

Posted by on September 21, 2012 Comments Off

Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. Cree Nation Tribal Prophecy

  • “Opposition parties and trade unions in India have staged a day-long strike over plans to open the country’s retail sector to global supermarket chains.”
  • TRNN: Colombian GM Workers Back on Hunger Strike After Negotiations Break Down. TRNN exclusive interview with Jorge Parra, president of the Association of Injured Ex-Workers of GM Colombia. Some members have re-sewn their lips shut as they resume their hunger strike to the death.
  • Glenzilla: Obama officials’ spin on Benghazi attack mirrors Bin Laden raid untruths
  • TRNN: Netanyahu Inserts Himself in US Elections as Adelson Stands to Reap Millions if Romney Wins. Danny Schechter: Israel’s PM Goes on US TV and GOP Financier will reap massive tax savings if Romney wins election
  • “The political TV advertisement featuring Binyamin Netanyahu and the slogan ‘The world needs American strength, not apologies’ is likely to fuel claims that the Israeli prime minister is interfering in the US presidential election in support of Republican candidate Mitt Romney.”
  • Truthout: A Law So Awful It Literally Makes Judges Cry
  • “A conservative rally billed as an opportunity to ‘stand up to Occupy Wall Street extremists’ fell flat on Thursday when it was co-opted by members of Occupy Wall Street.”
  • Truthout: Election Countdown 2012: Privatization in Chicago Schools Still Threatens Teachers and More
  • Truthout: The Taxing Terms of the GOP Plan Invite Class Carnage
  • Truthout: A Direct Stake in Economic Life

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Lakeside Diner

Posted by on September 20, 2012 Comments Off

Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. Cree Nation Tribal Prophecy

(photo: grenade / flickr)

  • “Republicans have voted down legislation that would have established a $1bn jobs programme to put unemployed veterans back to work as firefighters and police officers and in public work projects.”
  • Truthout: How Romney’s Economic Plan Redistributes Wealth to the Wealthy
  • “In natural terms, our economy is a giant sequoia. Unfortunately, our present corporate and governmental leadership can’t seem to grasp one of the basic laws of nature: You can’t keep a mighty tree alive (much less have it thrive) by only spritzing the fine leaves at the tippy-top. The fate of the whole tree depends on nurturing the roots.”
  • “This isn’t from a secret video, it’s from the untranscribed portion of Ryan’s 2005 speech at the Atlas Society’s ‘Celebration of Ayn Rand.’ It fits well with the Romney video because it makes clear that middle class entitlements, “so called defined benefit programs” such as Social Security and Medicare ARE an explicit strategic target because they are collectivistic, socialistic and foster dependency.” (h/t OmAli)
  • “Well-funded advocates of privatizing the nation’s education system are employing a new strategy this fall to enlist support for the cause. The emotionally engaging Hollywood film “Won’t Back Down” — set for release September 28 — portrays so-called “Parent Trigger” laws as an effective mechanism for transforming underperforming public schools.”
  • “The US military caught London and other Nato allies by surprise when it rushed into halting on-the-ground operations with Afghan security forces, after four Americans and two British soldiers were killed by local policemen at the weekend.”
  • “Among the information gleaned from the leaked Mitt Romney fundraiser videos, one of the least remarked-upon tidbits, in which he touts his staff, raised a few Israeli eyebrows.”
  • “The Palestinian economy is in a deepening crisis because of a shortfall in donor funding and Israeli obstacles to Palestinian investment in the most fertile parts of the occupied West Bank, the World Bank warned yesterday.”
  • “Harvard divinity professor Karen King unveiled the 4th-Century Coptic script at a conference in Rome. She said researchers had identified the words “Jesus said to them, ‘my wife’”, which might refer to Mary Magdalene.”

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Lakeside Diner

Posted by on September 19, 2012 Comments Off

Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. Cree Nation Tribal Prophecy

Aung San Suu Kyi (photo: DFID / flickr)

With the Rmoney video, the anti-Islam video or the goat race there’s not a lot worthy of reading out there. I mean, Kate’s boob story on the front page everywhere? Gimme a break.

  • “The Chicago teachers’ strike has ended after union activists accepted a negotiated agreement, bringing to a close more than a week of school-closures and allowing students in the nation’s third largest school district to return to class.”
  • Truthout: Striking Neoliberalism in Chicago
  • “A key regional party has pulled out of India’s ruling coalition over its plan to open the retail sector to global supermarket chains and other reforms.”
  • TRNN: Chavez Leads Polls as Opposition Fractures. October 7th election to decide future of Venezuela’s 21st Century Socialism
  • “Burma’s pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is in the US this week to receive America’s highest honour, the Congressional Gold Medal, for enduring more than 20 years of personal suffering and 15 years under house arrest.”
  • “The decision announced yesterday to cut back on joint operations undertaken by international and Afghan forces raises crucial questions about the key plank of the exit strategy from the 11-year war which has proved costly in lives and money.”
  • “At a political rally attended by hundreds of people in Kabul earlier this summer, a cry went up in support of one of this country’s most notorious insurgents.”

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Lakeside Diner

Posted by on September 18, 2012 Comments Off

Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. Cree Nation Tribal Prophecy

  • “The founder of US futures broker Peregrine Financial Group has pleaded guilty to a fraud involving 24,000 customers in the US state of Iowa.”
  • Truthout: GOP Farm Bill Obstruction Could Defund 90 Percent of Department of Agriculture
  • “The forest of towering, dead mangrove trees stretches along the beach as far as the eye can see. As the crashing waves rise and fall, short stumps emerge and vanish beneath the Pacific Ocean. Climate change has come early to the Bajo Lempa region of western El Salvador.”
  • TRNN: Immigrant workers and Occupy fight for labor rights at Hot and Crusty. As the world is watching to see what will happen during Occupy Wall Street’s one year anniversary, a group of immigrant workers at a Hot & Crusty Café organize against labor abuses and wage theft with the support of Occupy Wall Street.
  • TRNN: American Autumn: An Occudoc. Filmmaker Dennis Trainor Jr. on his new film and the challenges facing the Occupy Movement
  • Economic Update, 15 Sep. When I scheduled this post Update wasn’t yet up on Wolff’s site so I have to link to WBAI’s archive. Scroll down to Saturday, 12pm and click play.

Marx in the Morning will return next Tuesday around 12:30pm ET with a discussion of Class 1 of Prof Wolff’s Marxian Class Analysis Theory and Practice online course. All 5 class videos are on the same page, just scroll down.

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Lakeside Diner

Posted by on September 17, 2012 Comments Off

Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. Cree Nation Tribal Prophecy

  • “Tens of thousands of people have rallied in Spain and Portugal in protest at spending cuts and tax rises in the debt-hit countries. In Madrid, public sector workers from all over Spain blocked the capital’s Plaza de Colon square and nearby roads. Protests were held in Lisbon and across Portugal, with one person reportedly attempting to set himself on fire.”
  • TRNN: Anti-Austerity Protests Sweep West Bank. Palestinians take to the streets of the West Bank against neoliberalism and economic dependency agreements with Israel
  • “Union delegates representing striking teachers in Chicago decided on Sunday to extend their week-long strike until at least Wednesday to give them time to consult with rank-and-file members before voting to suspend the walkout.”
  • TRNN: The US War on Drug Cartels in Mexico is a Deadly Failure. Mark Karlin: Approximately 50,000 or more Mexicans have been killed since Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched a so-called war on drug cartels
  • Glenzilla: Conservatives, Democrats and the convenience of denouncing free speech
  • Truthout: Occupy Wall Street Begins “Year II” With Call to Debt Resistance
  • “Police in New York have made ‘multiple’ arrests during marches and protests ushering in the first anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement.”
  • TRNN: Obama vs Romney on Human Rights. Michael Ratner: President Obama’s record on human rights is no better than George Bush
  • TRNN: PT2 The Fed and the Crisis. Second part of Jane D’Arista commentary on the role of the US Federal Reserve in managing the crisis of global capitalism
  • Letters and Politics, KPFA 94.1 San Francisco. Prof Richard Wolff and Dr Harriet Fraad. A very interesting interview. Well worth listening to. 1 hr.

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Lakeside Diner

Posted by on September 14, 2012 Comments Off

Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. Cree Nation Tribal Prophecy

  • “Voters in the Netherlands have backed two pro-European centrist parties, while the anti-immigrant Geert Wilders’ Eurosceptic party took heavy losses.”
  • “A group of workers at a warehouse that supplies Walmart stores have gone on strike to protest what they say are dangerous labour conditions and retaliation by management against employees who complain about them.”
  • Amy Goodman: Teachers strike in Chicago for larger vision of public education
  • Truthout: Occupy the TPP: Civil Disobedience Actions Blockade Entrance to Site of TPP Negotiations in VA
  • “US campaign finance rules, which have allowed wealthy individuals to pour millions of dollars into the 2012 presidential election, have shaken public confidence in the political process, according to a report by the Global Commission on Elections, Democracy and Security.
  • TRNN: Pressure Put on Manning to Implicate Assange. Michael Ratner: As Wikileaks Founder Nears 100 Days in Ecuadorian Embassy Sweden’s refusal to interview Assange in London suggests they are working with US towards extradition
  • TRNN: The Fed and the Crisis. A commentary by Jane D’Arista assessing the actions of the Federal Reserve in managing the economic crisis
  • “Did an inflammatory anti-Muslim film trailer that appeared spontaneously on YouTube prompt the attack that left four US diplomats dead, including US ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens? American officials have suggested that the assault was pre-planned, allegedly by of one of the Jihadist groups that emerged since the Nato-led overthrow of Libya’s Gaddafi regime.”
  • “As it struggled to respond to the spasm of violence outside its embassies in several Arab states, the US yesterday denied ownership of the film that helped to spark it and said President Barack Obama had personally reached out to the leaders of Libya and Egypt to help investigate its cause and restore calm.”

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