Poor and working class people are always the first to pay the price for ideology. Every day, as the abstractions of war are debated by policy wonks and high-priced desk-jockeys, we sit on the frontlines shooting and being shot at … Continue reading
NAMING CAPITALISM: Capitalizing and using adjectives to Define “Capitalism”…Because “Democracy should rule Capitalism, but Capitalism should NOT rule Democracy” By THOM PRENTICE For far more than a century the word “capitalism” and “capitalist” (lower case “c’s”) have been part of … Continue reading
Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks website, has said that he will ignore a request by the police to give himself up because he fears that the US has secret plans to extradite him to Washington. He said he … Continue reading
Shale gas fracking should be allowed to go ahead in the UK, but with closer monitoring of companies engaged in the controversial activity, a committee of high-level academics and engineers has advised. The Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal … Continue reading
A man has died after being swept away by floodwater as heavy rain and thunderstorms continued to batter much of England, Scotland and Ireland. West Mercia police said the man was overcome by the water in a stream at Bitterley, … Continue reading
Today a majority of the Court upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare in recognition of its importance as a key initiative of the Obama administration. The big surprise, for many, was the vote by … Continue reading
Posters have appeared in a few spots in Rome portraying the German Chancellor Angela Merkel wearing an SS-style uniform, with a Euro-currency emblem on the arm patch in lieu of the Nazi (National Socialist Movement of Germany) swastika. The posters … Continue reading
A team of researchers working in China, including an Israeli professor, have found evidence that humans used earthenware pottery some 20,000 years ago – 2,000 years earlier than previously thought.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said that he rejects the British police’s request to hand himself in and will remain in the Ecuadorean embassy and continue his appeal for asylum on grounds of political persecution. Earlier on Thursday, police issued … Continue reading
“There was a period of remorse and apology for banks, and I think that period needs to be over,” Barclays’ boss Bob Diamond declared last year. Not if Wednesday’s news is anything to go by, Mr Diamond, not by a … Continue reading
Losses on JPMorgan Chase’s bungled trade could total as much as $9 billion, far exceeding earlier public estimates, according to people who have been briefed on the situation. When Jamie Dimon, the bank’s chief executive, announced in May that the … Continue reading
In a must see 25 minute speech, Senator Bernie Sanders took to the Senate floor and challenged Congress to break free of its billionaire masters and work for the American people. Sanders said, “The American people are angry. They are … Continue reading
WASHINGTON — The Congressional Black Caucus will walk out of the House chamber during Thursday’s vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. Caucus leaders circulated a letter to Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday night urging them to … Continue reading
Okay, so the Associated Press (AP) just reported that “Barclays and its subsidiaries have agreed to pay more than $450 million to settle charges that it tried to manipulate key global interest rates.” That might seem like a lot of … Continue reading
Prosecutors Ordered to Explain Misleading Statements to Court By the Bradley Manning Support Network. June 26, 2012. PFC Bradley Manning at Ft. Meade, MD. FORT MEADE, Maryland — Judge Denise Lind ordered military prosecutors to provide a detailed account of … Continue reading
Laboring in the blackberry fields of central Arkansas, the 18-year-old Mexican immigrant suddenly turned ill. Her nose began to bleed, her skin developed a rash, and she vomited. The doctor told her it was most likely flu or bacterial infection, … Continue reading
Since the dawn of the Great Recession, Americans have been eating less meat, including pork. Meanwhile, prices of corn and soy—the main components of US livestock feed—have been high. Lower demand, high feed costs: Basic economics tells us that US … Continue reading
On the eve of the Supreme Court’s much anticipated ruling on Obamacare, here is a simple test for detecting the politics behind a decision: When reading the rulings, look for the double standards and answers to questions not posed by … Continue reading
James Simon is a professor and dean emeritus at New York Law School. His new book, “FDR and Chief Justice Hughes,” tracks the battle between Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the chief justice of a Supreme Court that seemed, at the … Continue reading
Much has been written about the future of Occupy: the movement is dead, it is not dead, it evolved into something else, it will experience a resurgence in the fall etc. But what has received less air time are all … Continue reading
Lawrence Anthony’s family tells of two solemn processions of Elephants that defies human explanation For 12 hours, two herds of wild South African elephants slowly made their way through the Zululand bush until they reached the house of late author … Continue reading
The Assassination of Dan Rather By THOM PRENTICE Dan Rather, the current HDNet correspondent and former CBS anchor and Authentic Journalist covered the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963. In this book, he covers … Continue reading
The United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights. Revelations that top officials are targeting people to be assassinated abroad, including American citizens, are only the most recent, disturbing proof of how far our nation’s … Continue reading
The cold financial climate of the last three years has made little impact on public attitudes towards global warming, according to a new Guardian/ICM poll. As the world assembled for the Rio+20 UN sustainable development conference at the end of … Continue reading
The failed effort by Democrats to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker prompted much speculation about the tenuous future of American unions, but the real future of American labor is being determined right now not in a high-profile electoral fight but … Continue reading