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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 22, 2011

  The good and the not so good news for Latin America

By David Roberts     First the good news for Latin America. After much dillydallying, and what for a long time seemed a distant prospect, the US congress finally approved free trade deals with Panama and Colombia. Along with a similar agreement with...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 9, 2011

  Republican presidential candidate says 'blacks are brainwashed'

By Wellington C. Ramos Last week, the only black person who is running for the Republican Party to represent them in next year’s presidential election, Herman Cain from Georgia, said that black people in the United States are brainwashed and this is why a majority of them...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Aug 15, 2011

  Does America need a new social contract?

By Rebecca Theodore If liberal democratic theory and practice in America thrives under the classical social contract tradition of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau, then it would be sacrilegious of me to suggest something different. Why fix it if it is not broken? On the other hand,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jul 14, 2011

  President Obama and the debt ceiling: Payment by default?

By Rebecca Theodore: The deadline is August 2. Democrats and Republicans must come to a resolution to raise the $14.3 trillion limit or the federal government could risk default. While it seems the fitting close of a strong sales presentation, Obama on the other hand is...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 10, 2010

  US prepares permanent Iraq occupation

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates signaled Tuesday that the US is preparing to scrap a 2011 deadline for withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq, setting the stage for a permanent military occupation of the oil-rich country. “We’ll stand by,” Gates told reporters. “We’re ready to have...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 5, 2010

  Midterm shellacking of Obama and his Democrats

By Anthony L. Hall The ignorance of (far too many) American voters never ceases to amaze me. Only this explains the (Tea-Party) anger against President Obama that has now misled them into voting out Democrats -- who did more for them than any Congress in recent history, in favor of...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 3, 2010

  Republicans win sweeping victory in US congressional election

By Patrick Martin With many results still being counted or too close to call, the US congressional elections have produced a sweeping victory for the Republican Party, which regained control of the House of Representatives, gaining as many as 60 seats, and cut into the Democratic margin...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 29, 2010

  The 2010 elections, the working class and the Democratic Party

With only a few days remaining in the 2010 election campaign, one thing is certain: the Obama administration and the Democratic Party are preparing a further lurch to the right. Four years after a massive turnout at the polls to repudiate the Republican-controlled Congress and give the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Sep 12, 2010

  Obama press conference on the economy: An exercise in demagogy and lies

By Barry Grey: President Barack Obama used his White House press conference Friday to continue his pre-election efforts to portray his pro-Wall Street economic policies as a boon to ordinary Americans and a radical departure from the policies of the Bush administration. The news...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Aug 16, 2010

  Obama’s covert wars

A lengthy article in the New York Times on Sunday entitled “A Secret Assault on Terrorism Widens on Two Continents” has provided a glimpse into the extent of the Obama administration’s covert wars. Obama has not only continued, he has expanded the murderous operations that were waged...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Aug 15, 2010

  The politics of race in America

Claude Robinson NEW YORK — The election of Barack Obama as president of the United States was hailed by some as a signal that America was about to begin an era of post-race politics. It doesn't look so now. Indeed, as politicians and pundits go through the dog days of summer in...... [view]

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