Guns, Butter, and Obama
President-elect Obama faces some serious obstacles to restructuring the Pentagon if in fact he intends to do so.
Roger (Cohen) and Me
The ‘liberal’ U.S. media continues to take pleasure in describing how the dreams of the Cuban revolution have faded into decay.
Arts Stimulus Plan
Here’s a detailed call for the stimulus plan to include a program that will support artists and writers.
No More Axes
The U.S. economy has been crumbling for some time, and the backlog of necessary repairs is long. The same can be said for many other economies around the world, so it’s no wonder that everyone is readying their own fiscal cures.
Rivals, Partners in Asia
With the Six Party Talks to denuclearise North Korea once again on the ropes and the world reeling from a deepening financial crisis, the United States is looking to China for help.
Financial Crisis Hits Overseas Workers
As financial crisis looms, the Philippines look to overseas Filipinos to keep the country together.
Excerpt: ‘The War Comes Home’
Gerald J. “G. J.” Cassidy’s death illustrates how the problem of medical negligence goes beyond the deplorable conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Review: ‘Joschka Fischer and the Making of the Berlin Republic’
This absorbing alternative history of postwar Germany by Paul Hockenos chronicles the speedy transformation of a rock-throwing Marxist into a powerful foreign minister.
Economic Meltdown Funnies
IPS and Jobs With Justice provide a lighter rundown of the economic crisis—in a comic book.
Ecuador’s Debt Default: Exposing a Gap in the Global Financial Architecture
The South American country’s refusal to make ‘immoral and illegitimate’ payments exposes an international financial architecture glitch.
A Few Bad Apples…Or a Rotten System?
David Bacon’s book ‘Illegal People’ illustrates how U.S. employers deal with undocumented workers as part of a strategy for competition and profits in the age of globalization.
Film Review: ‘Football Under Cover’
Public diplomacy takes on new meaning as the German and Iranian Women’s soccer teams take to the field.
Mumbai Wake-up Call
The Obama administration should ditch Washington’s policies of military support and arms exports to India and Pakistan.
One China, 2.0?
The new Taiwanese president could substantially alter the cross-strait dynamic.
Post-Racial Racism at the Post
Claims of a post-racial society are undermined by racism in mainstream media.
Economic Woes? Look to Kerala
The Indian state of Kerala’s alternative development model offers valuable lessons as the global economic crisis unfolds.
Review: Illegal People
Reading this book as merely a condemnation of bad corporations misses the real insights the book has to offer.
War, Environmental Destruction, Recession: It’s Time for a Revolution
You know you are in a perilous time when the optimist and pessimist agree.
Towards a Global Climate Fund
Over 160 citizen groups call for the establishment of a major new Global Climate Fund.
Green Paper Gold
Here’s an innovative way to tackle the economic crisis and global warming in one sweeping proposal.
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