Posted by seumasach on November 28, 2008
Michel Chossudovsky
5th April, 2004
Since the US led invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, the Golden Crescent opium trade has soared. According to the US media, this lucrative contraband is protected by Osama, the Taliban, not to mention, of course, the regional warlords, in defiance of the “international community”.
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Posted by smeddum on November 28, 2008
Detroit: Coming In On A Wing and A Prayer
Jerry Flint, 11.27.08, Forbes.com
As bad as this year has been for the auto industry, next year could be worse–perhaps much worse. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on November 27, 2008
Ralph Nadar
21st November, 2008
While the liberal intelligentsia was swooning over Barack Obama during his presidential campaign, I counseled “prepare to be disappointed.” His record as a Illinois state and U.S. Senator, together with the many progressive and long overdue courses of action he opposed during his campaign, rendered such a prediction unfortunate but obvious.
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Posted by smeddum on November 27, 2008
Woolworths Stores Enter Administration, Risking U.K. Jobs
By Howard Mustoe and Louisa Nesbitt
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) — Woolworths Group Plc appointed administrators for its chain of stores and MFI Retail Ltd. collapsed, putting almost 30,000 U.K. jobs at risk, as the economy’s slide caused consumer spending to slump.
Woolworths, which opened its first shop in 1909, had Deloitte appointed as administrators today after an attempt to sell the stores ended. MFI appointed administrators yesterday.
Retailers are under pressure as a spending slump hits the U.K. The government pledged 20 billion pounds ($30 billion) of loans and tax cuts this week to spur the economy. Home- improvement retailer Kingfisher Plc today said consumer confidence was “shaken,” while DSG International Plc, the largest consumer-electronics retailer in the country, scrapped its dividend. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on November 27, 2008
While Some of Us Are Hoping for Change, Others Are Literally Starving for It
By Chris Hedges, Truthdig. Alternet
Posted November 27, 2008.
Elba Figueroa worked as a nurse’s aide until she got Parkinson’s disease. She lost her job. She lost her health care. She receives $703 a month in government assistance. Her rent alone costs $750. And so she borrows money from friends and neighbors every month to stay in her apartment. She laboriously negotiates her wheelchair up and down steps and along the frigid sidewalks of Trenton, N.J., to get to soup kitchens and food pantries to eat. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on November 27, 2008
Britons blame U.S. for the credit crisis
Tue Nov 25,
LONDON (Reuters) – More than a third of Britons blame the U.S. for the financial crisis and economic downturn, according to a survey, and three-quarters say they have little or no faith in banks.
The research, by advertising agency McCann Erickson, found almost 40 percent of people blamed the U.S. for the credit crisis, with 27 percent saying U.S. banks were responsible and 10 percent pointing the finger at the outgoing U.S. government. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on November 26, 2008
26th november, 2008
There is a highly sensible article in today’s Times by Patrick Mercer MP about the possible death of Rashid Rauf (whose family are denying his demise).
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5233272.ece
New Labour remains so bent on its simple minded pursuit of a foreign policy based on brute violence, that questions of legality are simply ignored. The Conservatives – in this case Mr Mercer – must again be congratulated for resisting simple populism and standing up for the fabric of legality that must underpin freedom.
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Posted by smeddum on November 26, 2008
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Posted by smeddum on November 25, 2008
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Posted by seumasach on November 25, 2008
Les officiels US entretiennent la rumeur de la loi martiale
L’éventualité de l’imposition de la loi martiale aux États-Unis est désormais publiquement évoquée par de nombreux responsables politiques, aussi bien états-uniens que britanniques. Selon les intervenants, cette décision pourrait être justifiée soit par la crise économique, soit par un nouvel attentat majeur comparable à celui du 11 septembre 2001.
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Posted by seumasach on November 25, 2008
24th November, 2008
Former Cuban president Fidel Castro says al-Qaeda terrorists have been engineered in order to advance the Bush administration’s agenda.
In an essay published on Sunday, Castro said the terrorist group “was born from the empire’s own entrails”, using the term “empire” to refer to the United States.
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