The Crisis of Extreme Capitalism
Our current incarnation of capitalism — variously referred to as savage capitalism, extreme capitalism or euphemistically as the “free market” (free of any constraints) — is in one of its periodic...
View ArticleDetroit Bankruptcy Sets Stage for National Assault on Public-sector Pensions
Last week’s bankruptcy filing by the city of Detroit is being used as a test case for a much wider assault on the pensions and health benefits of millions of state and municipal employees around the...
View ArticleAmerica’s “Secret Fukushima”:
Uranium Mining is Poisoning the Bread Basket of the WorldEarly in the morning of July 16, 1979, a 20-foot section of the earthen dam blocking the waste pool for the Church Rock Uranium Mill caved in...
View ArticleU.S. Arctic Ambitions and the Militarization of the High North
Canada recently took over the leadership of the Arctic Council and will be succeeded by the U.S. in 2015. With back-to-back chairmanships, it gives both countries an opportunity to increase cooperation...
View ArticleCanada Aids and Abets the Spectre of Nuclear Terrorism
Earlier this year, Michael Walli made a blunt confession in a Tennessee court. "I was employed as a terrorist for the United States Government," he told the judge hearing his case. And sure enough,...
View ArticleHaiti “Reconstruction”:
Luxury Hotels, Sweat Shops and Deregulation for the Foreign Corporate Elite“The international community is so screwed up they’re letting Haitians run Haiti.” –Luigi R. Einaudi, US career diplomat,...
View ArticleAvaricious Brilliance for Economic Disaster
The widening circle applauding megamillionaire Larry Summers –of Harvard University, Washington, D.C. and Wall Street – agrees on one word to describe the colossal failure – Brilliant! That circle...
View ArticleU.S. Economic Hegemony:
Consolidation and Deepening of the Pacific Alliance Trade BlocIn a short period of time, the Pacific Alliance has emerged as one of the leading economic integration projects in Latin America. It aims...
View ArticleFound at last!
After searching for 10 years, the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction have finally been found – in Syria!Secretary of State John Kerry: “There is no doubt that Saddam al-Assad has crossed the red line. …...
View ArticleStopping Barry O’Bomber’s Rush to War
Dear President Obama:Little did your school boy chums in Hawaii, watching you race up and down the basketball court, know how prescient they were when they nicknamed you “Barry O’Bomber”.Little did...
View ArticleThe Economy, Labour And The 2015 Election
With the formation Unifor, a “new kind of union” and the country’s largest private sector union, there is at least a chance that the long slumber o the labour movement is over. An organization that...
View ArticleClassified U.S. Military Document:
Al Qaeda Rebels in Syria DO Have Chemical WeaponsWe’ve extensively documented that the Syrian rebels do have access to chemical weapons.It turns out that a classified U.S. military document says the...
View ArticleThe REAL Fukushima Danger
The Real Problem …The fact that the Fukushima reactors have been leaking huge amounts of radioactive water ever since the 2011 earthquake is certainly newsworthy. As are the facts that:Tepco doesn’t...
View ArticleHumankind’s Most Dangerous Moment:
Fukushima Fuel Pool at Unit 4. “This is an Issue of Human Survival.”We are now within two months of what may be humankind’s most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis.There is no excuse for...
View ArticleThe Entire Economy Is a Ponzi Scheme
The Global Financial System is InsolventPonzinomicsBill Gross, Nouriel Roubini, Laurence Kotlikoff, Steve Keen, Michel Chossudovsky, the Wall Street Journal and many others say that our entire economy...
View ArticleTruth Is Offensive
In America truth is offensive. If you tell the truth, you are offensive. I am offensive. Michael Hudson is offensive. Gerald Celente is offensive. Herman Daly is offensive. Nomi Prins is offensive. Pam...
View ArticleThe War on Terrorism … or whatever.
“U.S. hopes of winning more influence over Syria’s divided rebel movement faded Wednesday after 11 of the biggest armed factions repudiated the Western-backed political opposition coalition and...
View ArticleMartial Law and the Economy:
Is Homeland Security Preparing for the Next Wall Street Collapse?Reports are that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is engaged in a massive, covert military buildup.An article in the Associated...
View ArticleIncreasing Data Collection and Surveillance in the North American Homeland
Some of the corporate interests that are steering the U.S.-Canada Beyond the Border integration agenda are not quite satisfied with its progress so far and they would like the implementation process to...
View ArticleRadioactive Debris in Pacific Ocean:
Fukushima Radiation is Tearing up the West Coast of the US and CanadaAs cleanup crews gear themselves up to begin the treacherous task of removing 400 tons of spent fuel from the Fukushima Daiichi...
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