Wednesday, 3 February 2010


By George Galloway and Tony Benn



By DAVID E. SANGER

In a federal budget filled with mind-boggling statistics, two numbers stand out as particularly stunning, for the way they may change American politics and American power. Continue



By Prof. Anthony J. Hall

All over the world, citizens are mobilizing to take action to demand accountability from those who have been committing with impunity the highest order of international crime. Continue


As Millions Lose Their Homes, Jobs, Families and the American Dream?

By Harriet Fraad

Society-wide depression has struck America. Why it's happened and what we can do about it.Continue



Clare Short at Iraq inquiry: Claire Short, the former International Development Secretary, certainly did not pull any punches. She told the Iraq Inquiry today that: Tony Blair lied in the build up to war - He deceived her about his commitment to UN involvement - The Cabinet never had meaningful debates about Iraq (or, indeed, anything else)

UK: Half of new jobs are created by the state: NEARLY three-fifths of the growth in jobs under Labour during a decade in power was directly or indirectly created by the state, new research shows.

Roubini Sees ‘Dismal’ Growth as Summers Rues ‘Human Recession’: Nouriel Roubini, the New York University professor who anticipated the financial crisis, said the U.S. growth outlook remains “very dismal” and White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers said the economy is still mired in a “human recession.”

Judicial Watch posts documents in ‘Pelosi Air Force Scandal’; travel tops $2 million: The Speaker’s military travel cost the United States Air Force $2,100,744.59 over a two-year period — $101,429.14 of which was for in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol.