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Bello: Primer on Wall Street Meltdown
Znet Article, October, 09 2008
Walden Bello
Bello's ZSpace page
The Wall Street meltdown is not only due to greed and to the lack of government regulation of a hyperactive sector. It stems from the crisis of overproduction that has plagued global capitalism since the mid-seventies, argues Walden Bello.
Schechter: The Bush Bullydozer Strategy To Preempt His Successor
Commentary, October, 08 2008
Danny Schechter
Schechter's ZSpace page
One of the tactics of high pressure selling is to set a deadline, and make it clear if you don't chose the offer by the date set, you lose it. The strategy fuels a sense of urgency to get buyers to make decisions without seeking advice or doing to...
Abu-jamal: A Time for Union Power!
Blog Post, October, 07 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
Abu-jamal's ZSpace page
It's been over a year since two members of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU), Local 10, were harassed, beaten and busted while trying to call their union rep on a cell phone.
Abu-jamal: From Deregulation to National Guarantor: in a Blink!
Commentary, October, 07 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
Abu-jamal's ZSpace page
What we are seeing in the midst of America's financial crisis, is a crisis not so much of confidence as it is of ideology, for the crisis has its origins in an economic outlook that has been ascendant for generations.
Ehrenreich: Communist Manifesto Turns 160
Znet Article, October, 05 2008
Barbara Ehrenreich
Ehrenreich's ZSpace page
This year marks the 160th anniversary of The Communist Manifesto and capitalism -- a k a "free enterprise" -- seems willing to observe the occasion by dropping dead...
Halimi: Us Presidential Election Special Dossier
Znet Article, October, 05 2008
Serge Halimi
Halimi's ZSpace page
How could the Republicans boast about their liberal values and their record in government when public funds are currently being used to fill the black hole created by US banks? Most Americans are in sour mood, as rising energy prices reduce their ...
Albert: On the death of capitalism
Znet Article, October, 04 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Interview with Ceasefire Magazine...
Schechter: Bailout Debate
Commentary, October, 04 2008
Danny Schechter
Schechter's ZSpace page
The Queston That Should Be At The Heart Of The Bailout Debate: Will The Paulson Plan Work Or Potentially Make Things Worse?
Zinn: From Empire to Democracy
Commentary, October, 03 2008
Howard Zinn
Zinn's ZSpace page
This current financial crisis is a major way-station on the way to the collapse of the American empire. The first important sign was 9/11, with the most heavily-armed nation in the world shown to be vulnerable to a handful of hijackers.
Wilson: Study: CRA Falsely Blamed for Financial Crisis by Right
Blog Post, October, 02 2008
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
A recent study found that the Community Reinvestment Act may have helped somewhat in averting the financial crisis, in contrast to the claims of Republicans seeking to dodge responsibility for the failure of deregulation.
Cronan jr: Build Don't Bail: Stimulating an Equitable Green Economy
Znet Article, October, 01 2008
John Cronan jr
Cronan jr's ZSpace page
A proposed Green Economic Stimulus.
Weisbrot: The United States and the World
Znet Article, October, 01 2008
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
The United States appears to be embarking on a transition on two major fronts: its own economy, both financial and real; and its relations with the rest of the world. There is some relation between these two transitions. Some of these changes will...
Monbiot: Congress Confronts Its Contradictions
Commentary, October, 01 2008
George Monbiot
Monbiot's ZSpace page
They baled out of the bail-out, but the money will still have to come from us. It always has.
Panitch: The Current Crisis
Znet Article, September, 30 2008
Leo Panitch
Panitch's ZSpace page
'They say they won't intervene. But they will.' This is how Robert Rubin, Bill Clinton's Treasury Secretary, responded to Paul O'Neill, the first Treasury Secretary under George W. Bush, who openly criticized his predecessor's interventions in the...
Lynch: On regulation
Blog Post, September, 30 2008
Damon Lynch
Lynch's ZSpace page
Who makes the rules, and for whose benefit, is more important that a meaningless debate over regulation vs. no regulation.
Albert: Parecon & Movement Building
Znet Article, September, 27 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Wanting parecon for the economy implies a commitment to justice consistent with wanting revolutionary transformation of other spheres of life as well. To overcome cynicism, guide practice, deepen support, avoid hypocrisy, and learn as we go, we ne...
Albert: Some Crisis Inspired Observations
Blog Post, September, 27 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Situating the market mess...
Schechter: Our Financial 9/11: Can They Save The System?
Commentary, September, 26 2008
Danny Schechter
Schechter's ZSpace page
Many know and the rest of us are just finding out that in this turbulent month of September, the US is experiencing a financial 9/11, probably worse than the one in 2001, as a series of cataclysmic developments rock our economic system which is, i...
Street: Profiles in Cowardice and Corruption: Why McCain and Obama are United in Weakness on the Financial Crisis
Znet Article, September, 25 2008
Paul Street
Street's ZSpace page
The nation’s financial system is in the middle of a colossal crisis caused by massive fraud, idiocy, and greed at the upper reaches of the banking, insurance, and real estate industries. The arch-plutocratic Bush administration and Federal Reserv...
Rink: Democracy, Communism, Anarchism, and Taxes: Undermining the "Libertarian" Lie
Blog Post, September, 25 2008
Andy Rink
Rink's ZSpace page
Democracy, Communism, Anarchism, and Taxes: Undermining the "Libertarian" Lie
