By Ellen Brown: “What for a poor man is a crust, for a rich man is a securitized asset class.” -Futures trader Ann Berg, quoted in the UK Guardian Underlying the sudden, volatile uprising in…
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By David Swanson: Andrew Kolin’s new book “State Power and Democracy: Before and During the Presidency of George W. Bush” actually begins with the war for independence and continues into the Obama years. A 231-page…
Obama adopted a more centrist tone during his State of the Union, avoiding any mention of climate change but embracing the promise of clean technology. President Obama’s commitment to lessening the nation’s carbon footprint hasn’t…
World economies in the past few months could be said to have reached the stage of recovery from the global recession. But what do we really consider recovery? What criteria of a recovery from a…
President Hu Jintao was welcomed to the White House on Wednesday with full honors that included a 21-gun salute and red-carpet greeting as he and his US counterpart Barack Obama seek to open a new…
President Hu Jintao on Monday praised China-US relations, highlighted recent progress in ties and called for both sides to “abandon the zero-sum Cold War mentality” for a better future. “We both stand to gain from…
China is spending 1/6th as much as the US on its military and investing twice as much on clean energy technology. While China is already boasting “All aboard!” on a network of sleek passenger trains…
Experts hail growing culture of cooperation between China and the US, but warn that closer ties do not rule out possible strains in the relationship. A survey, which was conducted by China Daily and Horizon…
When death threats are made even to scientists researching esoteric aspects of global warming, it’s clear there’s a toxic strand to political debate. But is it dangerous? The violent rhetoric and hate campaigns being proposed…
Iraq will buy weapons worth $13 billion from the United States by 2013 and will spend another $13 billion on weapons later, a Baghdad newspaper reported citing an Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman, according to RIA…