Debts are not a problem (tags)
The Democrats have learned from their mistakes. This time they want a big stimulus package to invest in infrastructure and climate protection. This change in sentiment is partly thanks to Keynesians like Paul Krugman, who have always called for government investment when the economy is paralyzed.
Israeli Banks Profiteering from Occupation (tags)
Israel banks operate like Wall Street
All God's Children Are Psychic (tags)
all psychic matters have been repressed viciously and deemed "evil" or "sinful" by those who sought to maintain control over their "brothers." Such persecution led to secrecy
Brazil: CONLUTAS congress (tags)
A new setback for the Brazilian and Latin American workers at the hands of the ex-Trotskyist left of the World Social Forum
The discovery of the Texas cyanide bomb (tags)
If it wasn't for a fluke, we might well have found ourselves facing another Oklahoma City-type atrocity.
On the Ground, Straight From the Top (tags)
U.S. military commanders throughout Iraq have been saying for months -- almost unequivocally -- that they are winning the war against Iraqi insurgents, religious extremists and foreign terrorists in their sectors. This, even as attacks against U.S. forces increased across the country and a series of high-profile bombings and helicopter shoot-downs helped create the impression in the world media that the insurgents were gaining ground. Vernon Loeb, defense correspondent for The Post, asked commanders from the four major U.S. Army divisions in Iraq why they thought they were winning, and what they used as measures of success. Responding via e-mail, they had plenty to say. Excerpts:
Can any good come of it?
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT (tags)
This neither-confirm-nor-deny posture has evolved since the late 1960s, primarily as an Israeli hedge against the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Peasant struggles and the Landless Workers' Movement (MST) in Brazil. (tags)
Short Historical Notes on the Landless Movement - Brève note historique du Mouvement des Sans-terre The authors of the following text have been active members of the landless movement of the Brazilian rural proletariat.