Trans-Pacific Partnership – Is It Really that Bad?
By Tracy Turner If you read the statement of SIFMA on Japan negotiations in the TPP, then look at exactly what (not who, but what) SIFMA represents – it gives you a feel for TPP expanding the ‘rights’ of securities firms, banks and asset managers. In… more »
The Maple Spring and the Mafiocracy: Struggling Students versus “Entitled Elites”
By: Andrew Gavin Marshall It says a great deal about our society when hundreds of thousands of students – already largely indebted, a significant portion of whom live well below the poverty line, who already work what few jobs exist for a generation… more »
Latin America: Growth, Stability and Inequalities: Lessons for the US and EU
James Petras Introduction: Images of the Past The image of Latin America portrayed by the mass media and held by the educated public is a region of frequent coups, periodical revolutions, perpetual military dictatorships, alternating boom and bust… more »
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"An Amero For Your Thoughts" (OpEdNews 404 – Repost)
By Robert Singer Click here to read why “this article is not currently available” at OpEdNews. October 13, 2008 An Amero For Your Thoughts The dollar has been poised to collapse since 1980. Turns out Iraq had no nuclear weapons but, by rejecting the… more »
Mexico's July 4 Election - Has the Narco State Arrived?
Michael Collins Nearly 50 candidates and public figures have been assassinated in the run up to Mexico's 2010 state elections. Former presidential candidate Diego Fernández de Cevallos, major leader of the ruling PAN party, was kidnapped on May 16 and… more »
Judge Rakoff Nails JP Morgan
Michael Collins Federal district court Judge Jed S. Rakoff called off a J.P. Morgan deal in an order that revealed the inside track on how the financial giant does business. The ruling of January 28 prevents Morgan from selling or participating the $225… more »
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