Sunday, 28 August 2011


By El Universal

Russia and Venezuela are considering the possibility to create a new international financial institution, similar to the World Bank but on a more modest scale. Continue



By RT

Al-Qaeda asset is leading the rebels? Who are the beneficiaries of the fall of Gaddafi? What will the blowback be for those in Libya and across the globe? Continue


By Mark Follman


Details of the story don't add up. Footage of the raid either exists or doesn't. The tale of that night in Abbottabad keeps getting more muddled. Continue



By Mark LeVine


As the US security state grows and civil rights and liberties erode, Osama bin Laden gets the last laugh. Continue



By Mike Whitney


Isn't Obama one of those men who has based his economic policy "on highly abstract theories... on assumptions which are contrary to the facts…" If not, then how do we explain why he's put "deficit reduction" above unemployment? Continue



By BBC News Night


Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Author of "The Black Swan" Continue



By Noam Chomsky


In the past 30 years, the "masters of mankind," as Smith called them, have abandoned any sentimental concern for the welfare of their own society, concentrating instead on short-term gain and huge bonuses, the country be damned -- as long as the powerful nanny state remains intact to serve their interests. Continue


3 Things That Must Happen for Us To


By Bruce E. Levine,


Most Americans oppose rule by the corporatocracy but don't have the tools to fight back. Here are three things we need to create a real people's movement. Continue