Wednesday, 5 September 2012





By George Monbiot

Blair will now find himself shut out of places where he was once welcome. One day he may find himself shut in. 


‘Managing’ the Plaza:
America’s Secret Deal with Mexican Drug Cartels


By Tom Burghardt

As the global financial crisis deepens, - they have inflated their balance sheets with a veritable tsunami of hot cash generated by the Narco-Industrial Complex. Continue

EU funding 'Orwellian' artificial intelligence plan to monitor public for "abnormal behaviour": The European Union is spending millions of pounds developing "Orwellian" technologies designed to scour the internet and CCTV images for "abnormal behaviour".
Barclays makes £500m betting on food crisis: Outrage as bank revealed to be major speculator while millions face starvation
Depression, Suicides Rise as Euro Debt Crisis Intensifies: Europe is approaching a crisis as the region’s debt crisis and austerity measures increase the rates of depression, suicide and psychological problems – just as governments cut healthcare spending by up to 50 percent
Fears Rising, Spaniards Pull Out Their Cash and Get Out of Spain: In July, Spaniards withdrew a record 75 billion euros, or $94 billion, from their banks — an amount equal to 7 percent of the country’s overall economic output — as doubts grew about the durability of Spain’s financial system,
US: June Foodstamp Recipients Hit All Time High : Three Times As Many Americans Enter Poverty As Find Jobs
Majority of New Jobs Pay Low Wages, Study Finds: While a majority of jobs lost during the downturn were in the middle range of wages, a majority of those added during the recovery have been low paying, according to a new report from the National Employment Law Project.