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Bloice: Austerity Meets Resistance and the Democratic Will
Znet Article, May, 21 2012
Carl Bloice
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The economic elites on both sides of the Atlantic have suddenly seen their plans for the future run into a volatile foe: democracy
Bloice: Amid Europe's Crisis - A Surge from the Left
Znet Article, May, 08 2012
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
What is happening in France is not a unique turning point but one of many indicating that winds of change are blowing fiercely from Prague to Athens
Bloice: The "Hot Potato" of the Summit of the Americas: Cuba's Absence
Znet Article, April, 18 2012
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
There are 43 nations participating in the Summit of the Americas; only two – the U.S. and Canada – oppose Cuba’s participation
Bloice: On Both Sides of the Pond: Bad News for Young Black Workers
Znet Article, March, 23 2012
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
The jobless rate for young black male jobseekers in Britain rose from 28.8 percent in 2008 to 55.9 percent at the end of last year
Bloice: Obama's Ominous Arming of Despots in the Gulf
Znet Article, January, 07 2012
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
The invasion and occupation of Iraq was all about oil, and the current effort to militarily shore up some of the most reactionary regimes in the Middle East is all about oil
Bloice: A Pall Over the Holidays - the Joblessness Crisis Intensifies
Znet Article, December, 19 2011
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
"Over 20 per cent of companies say that employment in their firms will never return to pre-recession levels"
Bloice: "Bipartisan" Plotters Still at Work - Target Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid
Znet Article, November, 17 2011
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
"In Washington, `shared sacrifice' and `balanced approach' have become code for expecting everyday Americans to compound their sacrifice"
Bloice: When We All Are Doing Better
Znet Article, October, 24 2011
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
"We all do better when we all are doing better"
Bloice: Obama Job Plan: the Promise and the Drawbacks
Znet Article, September, 19 2011
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
Obama seems to have figured out that the public is more concerned with unemployment than deficit reduction
Bloice: The Jobs Crisis is About People's Lives - Not the Next Election
Znet Article, July, 17 2011
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
The jobs crisis should be considered a national emergency
Bloice: The Reality Behind the Jobless Stats and Politics of Inaction
Znet Article, June, 13 2011
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
The unemployment rate for black males went from 17 percent in April to 17.5 percent in May - the highest for any group
Bloice: His Home is Not My Home
Znet Article, May, 30 2011
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
Right now the lives of millions of people are being rendered increasingly precarious
Bloice: Does Official Washington Care about the Jobless, Really?
Znet Article, May, 20 2011
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
Neither major party can escape responsibility for a lack of alarm and action.
Bloice: Intergenerational Demagoguery about Social Security
Znet Article, April, 03 2011
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
Thomas Friedman was on a roll last week, putting forward one sweeping declaration after another - as he is wont to do.
Bloice: The Attack on Libya - A Bad Idea and Not What it Seems to Be
Znet Article, March, 27 2011
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
On Sunday, the British Observer newspaper remarked editorially, "Without calls to action by the Arab League, it is doubtful President Obama would have shifted his initial stance of wary caution. But that consensus might not hold in the event of pr...
Bloice: Will Protests Prompt Obama to Focus on Economic Development and Human Rights in Africa?
Znet Article, February, 27 2011
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
Shortly after this year got underway, two military leaders from Gabon visited air bases in Germany for a three day sojourn with some of their U.S. counterparts.
Bloice: Saving Social Security & the Poisonous Chalice
Znet Article, January, 17 2011
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
Returning from the sunny climes of Hawaii to the nation's still frigid capital, President Obama will, over the next couple of months, face the greatest challenges of his time in office.
Bloice: An Historical View from the "Sanctimonious" Left
Znet Article, December, 20 2010
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
Smarting from the complaints within his own party about the tax deal he and the Republican leadership had hatched, an increasingly defensive President Obama said," this is the public option debate all over again."
Bloice: Yeah, It's the Economy, Sherlock
Znet Article, November, 07 2010
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
The bloggers were right, "it was about the jobs, jobs, jobs," Dave Johnson wrote on the Campaign for America's Future webpage election day.
Bloice: The Centrists Still Just Don't Get It
Znet Article, October, 13 2010
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
Thomas Friedman joins a growing list of pundits, across the political spectrum who sound, Jeremiah-like, describing our times in apocalyptic terms.
Bloice: Illusion, Reality & Courage in Iran
Znet Article, June, 26 2009
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
In the movie "The Year of Living Dangerously" the little guy Billy Kwan, brilliantly played by Linda Lee, gives a news reporter Guy Hamilton, played by Mel Gibson, a talk about Indonesian puppets - the kind on sticks, which you can now sometime fi...
Bloice: New Jobless Stats: Still "Less Terrible"? Not for Some
Znet Article, June, 18 2009
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
Over the course of last month the average work week declined to its lowest point since 1960s and the numbers of people out of work for over six months rose to 3.9 million.
Bloice: African Americans and the Economic Crisis
Znet Article, April, 22 2009
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
Biden was quite out front about it. On the same day the newspapers were trumpeting the news that President Obama had felt a "glimmer of hope" in the economic situation, the Vice-President was telling CNN that we can expect unemployment to increase...
Bloice: States' Budget Crises: Share the Pain and Share the Dough
Znet Article, December, 21 2008
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
It's probable that by the time this is read, officials in San Jose, Ca. will have eliminated athletic programs from all 11 of the city's high schools. It might not seem like much to some, given the declining economic situation in the country and t...
Bloice: Holiday Gloom in Silicon Valley
Znet Article, December, 07 2008
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
A couple of days before Thanksgiving one of my downstairs neighbors matter of factly told me he had lost his job. He'd been abruptly laid off by a local information technology startup company. 'They let go so many people I don't know how they are ...
Bloice: Prescription for an 'Ailing' Industry: Take it Over.
Znet Article, November, 20 2008
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
It is hemorrhaging fast and no end to the bloodletting seems to be insight. No question something has to be done about the auto industry. But what? As usual, the preferred answer depends your vantage point. As usual, when courses of action are pro...
Bloice: Who Woulda Thought?
Znet Article, November, 08 2008
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
Just a small group of brothers sitting around at my place watching the Oakland Raiders lose again. During a commercial break, the subject of the next week's election came up. "Seriously, would you have ever thought, in your wildest imagination, th...
Bloice: Halloween 2008 - The Horror of Foreclosures
Znet Article, October, 19 2008
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
As Halloween neared in 2006, the looming mortgage crisis was already apparent and now two years later the horror of it all hasn't gone away. It keeps getting worse. We've spent the last few months talking about the possibility that two million peo...
Bloice: Capitalism Reaches a Crossroads
Znet Article, October, 03 2008
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
'Even now, someone somewhere is penning a book with a snappy title The End of Capitalism,' columnist Philip Stephens, associate editor of the Financial Times wrote recently. Not to worry, he continued, that's not about to happen. However, eight da...
Bloice: More of Bush? It Could be Worse
Znet Article, September, 21 2008
Carl Bloice
Bloice's ZSpace page
It's not clear whether or how long the Republicans can maintain this pretense. Stretching this stage-managed ABC-TV 'interview' over four episodes will not hide the fact that the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate is best kept away from microp...
