How the empire changed its face, but not its nature By NICK TURSE Tomdispatch.com They looked like a gang of geriatric giants. Clad in smart casual attire — dress shirts, sweaters, and jeans — and incongruous blue hospital booties, they strode around “the world,” stopping to stroke their chins and ponder this or that potential…
Day: October 28, 2012
Money Talks in Many Ways: Election-season reflections on how the ruling class rules
By PAUL STREET Z Communications | News Analysis Truthout.com A solid majority of Americans has long told pollsters that the wealthy few and their giant corporations and financial institutions exercise too much power in “the world’s most celebrated democracy”[1] the United States. The sentiment is understandable given the nation’s dollar-soaked political system, usefully described by…
Indignation mounts over massacre of anti-mining family
Indignation mounts over massacre of anti-mining family (Text and photos by JHUN DANTES / Bulatlat.com)