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28 July 2011
Don't Nuke the Budget!
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Harvey Wasserman
America's budget crisis has the world economy at the brink. Social Security, Medicare, aid for needy children, environmental protection and much more are being chopped.

Yet Congress and the White House may still want to use...
04 July 2011
Thailand's first female Premier reverses 2006 coup
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Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Voters gave a strong mandate to elect Thailand's first female prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, on Sunday (July 3) so she can reverse a devastating 2006 coup by the U.S.-trained military and bring her toppled...
04 July 2011
John Kasich: The New York Times smooth operator
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Bob Fitrakis
You would never know it after reading the July 2, 2011 puff piece “In Ohio, a new Governor is off to a smooth start,” but Governor John Kasich is already on the ropes. In the Times’ analysis, the passage of Kasich’s controversial budget “…...
25 June 2011
Thailand election may result in trials against politicians & military
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Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- If she becomes Thailand's first female prime minister after a nationwide election on July 3, Yingluck Shinawatra may start tribunals against the current government and military for their role in the deaths of 91 people...
24 June 2011
Economy alone fails to explain Turkey’s success
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Ramzy Baroud
Many commentators today are basing the success of Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the June 12 elections largely on its ability to guide the country through a decade of remarkable growth.

Economic indicators are...
15 June 2011
Spain's "Indignant Ones"
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Pablo Ouziel
While "Europe's slow-motion financial collapse" – as Mother Jones magazine described it in a June 6th article – continues to unravel, Spain, like other European states continues to implement anti-social-neo-liberal policies with strong...

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