Understanding America's Economic Meltdown

Understanding America’s Economic Meltdown         The current economic crisis facing America is the outcome of two discontinuous methods of governing the country, the American...

Scahill: Blackwater now in the private intelligence business

In another example of the continuing fascist merger between corporations and the State, no-bid government contracts favorite Blackwater is getting into intelligence work for corporations"Jeremy Scahill, author of ...

Canada's New Democratic Party Leader Layton unveils $51-billion Platform

Barry Artiste Op/Ed Wow, I am speechless, surely the NDP have the Election in the Bag, I salute Mr. Layton in his 51 Billion dollar plan for helping out all ordinary Canadians. Jack Layton told his plan to an glowing...

Berlin's Electronics Trade Fair stormed by Customs officials

"220 German customs agents swarmed through the IFA consumer-electronics fair, hunting for non-payers of royalties, shortly after the expo opened Friday in the German capital of Berlin.   German customs agents swarmed through the IFA consumer-electronics fair shortly...

Republican lawmakers kill California budget proposal

The California state assembley had a rare Sunday night session last night, with the state's republicans rejecting a Democratic plan to fix the state's budget shortfall by raising taxes on wealthy citizens and corporations."Assembly Republicans on Sunday blocked a proposed...

MONEYTALK: Update Aug 4th 2008 SEC, $2 bn bribes to secure Siemens orders

Update Aug 4th 2008New York stock exchange SEC visits Siemens (electronics) in Germany for corruption case. SEC may fine Siemens with $1.5 bn, for not respecting listed NY stock market rulings Siemens has...

Whats Wrong with Selling Ghana Telecom?

"Is there really anything wrong with Ghana selling a majority share of its state owned telecom company, Ghana Telecom to a British concern?  After all governments are supposed to be in the business of taxing businesses not running them, right?  Here is an alternate...

Weekly Radio Spin: Who's Nevada's Sugar Daddy?

Listen to this week's edition of the "Weekly Radio Spin," the Center for Media and Democracy's audio report on the stories behind the news. This week, we look at the nuclear industry's largesse, Merck's marketing and...

Comcast Blocking: First the Internet — Now the Public

"Comcast Blocking: First the Internet — Now the Public February 25th, 2008 by jstearns There was huge turnout at today’s public hearing in Boston on the future of the Internet. Hundreds of...

Underreported Struggles for May 2008

A land reclamation in Colombia, an historic gathering Brazil, and two massive lawsuits filed by Indigenous Nations in Canada highlight this month’s roundup of Underreported Struggles. The Permanent People’s...

Landowners say they're getting trampled by corporations rushing to secure gas...

"Unsuspecting property owners around the country are getting trampled in an old-fashioned land rush by natural gas companies and speculators trying to lock up long-ignored drilling rights quickly and...

New GMO Con: Climate Genes

Get ready for a new wave of hyperbolic unsubstantiated spin from the biotech industry.  This time they will claim they can save the food supply from climate change."First the biotech industry promised that its...

Weekly Radio Spin: Better Living Through Chemical Warfare?

Listen to this week's edition of the "Weekly Radio Spin," the Center for Media and Democracy's audio report on the stories behind the news. This week, we look at radio shows on drugs, when U.S. think tanks meddle...

NSA & Spy Free VOIP Soon Available

With paranoid uncontrolled Western governments willfully spying on their own citizens in violation of their constitutional rights, it is timely that companies like GNU will soon be deploying free, easily accessible...

British Columbia: New TOP COP "Teatless"

By Barry Artiste, Now Public ContributorMeet the Honourable John van Dongen, once again another "Former Dairy Farmer " and British Columbia's New Solicitor General and Minister of Public Safety and TOP COP for Police...

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