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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:  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 3, 2010

  The rising danger of US-China trade war

The overwhelming vote on Wednesday in the US House of Representatives for a bill opening the door for punitive tariffs against China over its currency marks a dangerous step toward trade war. The legislation, directed against any country whose currency is assessed as “fundamentally...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Sep 14, 2010

  Poverty in America: 2010

The Obama administration has responded to reports of an epidemic growth of poverty in America to levels not seen since the 1960s by categorically ruling out any anti-poverty programs like those initiated under the administration of Lyndon B. Johnson. In the midst of a week-long campaign of...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jul 11, 2010

  Venezuelan Inventiveness, Marxism, and Vernacular Revolutionary Traditions

By John Bellamy Foster - Monthly Review: I’m certain that this process is irreversible. This movement of change, of restructuring, of revolution, will not be stopped. —Hugo Chávez, 2002[1] El Caracazo In the eyes of much of the world, the year 1989 has come to stand for...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 22, 2008

  How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth

By Herve Kempf , Chelsea Green Publishing There is an emergency. In less than a decade we will have to change course, but there are a few major obstacles blocking the way. The following is reprinted from the new book How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth by Herve Kempf and...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 13, 2008

  Obama, expectations, realities and ‘those’ Muslims

By MUHAMMED ÇETİN: All around the world people rejoiced when Barack Obama was elected US president. Some perceive his election as a victory against "aggressive and unilateral neocon interests across the world." However, there are exaggerated expectations about the course of action...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 24, 2008

  Reflections by President Fidel Castro: The Republican Candidate - (Part Five and Last)

THE articles introduced in yesterday’s reflection, on February 14, were written in the last two or three days. More than two weeks ago, on January 27, 2008, the digital publication Tom Dispatch reproduced an article translated for Rebelión by Germán Leyens: "Why the Debt Crisis is Now the...... [view]

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