Global
Currents 12
GLOBAL
FINANCIAL MELTDOWN
U.S.
ELECTIONS
Pundits
have said that the election of Barack Obama to the presidency
of the United States will not change the nation's world image
overnight. But in Latin America , it already has.
By
Laura Carlsen | November 7, 2008
Americas Policy Program, Center for International Policy (CIP)
GLOBAL FINANCIAL
MELTDOWN
THE
SIMULTANEOUS unfolding of the U.S. presidential campaign and unraveling
of the financial markets presents one of those occasions where
the political and economic systems starkly reveal their nature.
It
was a discreet, almost hush-hush affair, but after almost three
years of stalling and endless delays it finally happened. Now
more than ever, it may also signal a geo-economic earthquake,
a potentially shattering blow to US dollar hegemony.
Halloween
2008 - the horror of foreclosures
By Carl Bloice
BlackCommentator.com
October 16, 2008
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.
Paulson's
swindle revealed
By William Greider
The Nation
October 29, 2008
The swindle of American taxpayers is proceeding more or less in
broad daylight, as the unwitting voters are preoccupied with the
national election. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson agreed to invest
$125 billion in the nine largest banks, including $10 billion
for Goldman Sachs, his old firm.
It's
now official. In January 2008, the American Dialect Society selected
'subprime' as 2007's Word of the Year. 'Everyone is talking about
subprime,' said Wayne Glowka, a society spokesman. 'It's affecting
all kinds of people in all kinds of places.'
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THE
OBAMA PRESIDENCY
The
Power of AIPAC - Who Runs America?
Barack
Obama's Kettle of Hawks
 Full
Remarks of Obama's Stimulus Speech
Remarks of President-Elect Barack Obama American Recovery and Reinvestment
January 8, 2009
Military
sees Obama as key to victory in Afghanistan
DOUG SAUNDERS
From
Tuesday's Globe and Mail
LONDON
— In normally hawkish military and diplomatic circles, it is
being called an "Obama boost": a widespread belief that
the war in Afghanistan may be winnable only if Barack Obama is elected
president tonight.
The
Election, Economy, War, and Peace
By Noam Chomsky
Seven
reasons for healthy skepticism
Jim VandeHei, John F. Harris Jim Vandehei, John F.
Harris
Jan 21, 2009
Next
Administration Shows Signs It Will Seek Middle Ground With Business
on Thorny Issues By
ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON
WASHINGTON -- The weak economy, congressional races that empowered
moderates and President-elect Barack Obama's choice of business-friendly
advisers suggest Democrats will go slow on controversial labor and
regulatory issues.
The
Israeli Offensive in Gaza
Why
Palestinians need our solidarity
By
Roland G. Simbulan
(Lecture
given by the author at a Forum at the Natatanging Bulwaga Gusali
ng Katipunan, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila-PLM or University
of the City of Manila on January 13, 2009)
U.S.
Weaponry Facilitates Killings in Gaza
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 8 (IPS) - The devastating Israeli firepower, unleashed
largely on Palestinian civilians in Gaza during two weeks of fighting,
is the product of advanced U.S. military technology.
Gaza:
The endless cycle of trauma
By Sandy Tolan, Middle East analyst
Virtually
the Entire Dem-Controlled Congress Supports Israel's War Crimes in
Gaza
By
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