1. Beyond the triple crisis: a green new deal
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...debated) seen by some complacent Europeans as being confined to the United States soon came to force European governments too into emergency responses; after Iceland's desperate situation was expo...

2. Competition for Main Street
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...bailout proposal smells an awful lot like yet another corporatist lovefest between Washington's one-party government and the Sell Side investment banks." A kindred critic, Josh Rosner of Gra...

3. Anti-Democratic Nature of US Capitalism is Being Exposed
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... markets as much as possible from government regulation. These steps ...

4. Wall street government
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...se than broke, they are discouraged. The bailout sent a clear message that no matter how hard you work, the government can plunge you into deeper debt with the stroke of the pen or the vote of a co...

5. How corrupt is Democracy? Mr. Schneider Goes to Washington to find out.
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Frustrated by his government and his apathy towards it, Mr. Schneider Goes to Washington to find out if things are as corrupt as he thinks they are. This youtube documentary is becoming a hit, and we

6. Bolivian Political Crisis
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...residents declared their strong support for Morales, denounced the Pando massacre and violent attacks against government facilities, called for dialog to resolve the crisis and established a committee...

7. Saakashvili?s Statement on Russia? Action
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...re international community, which has reaffirmed its support for Georgia’s territorial integrity. The Government of Georgia is grateful for the world’s support. The regions of ...

8. "Obama - Biden - Laden" or "Osama Bin Laden"?
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...ecent citizens. What's going to be the next Obama move? To invite Osama Bin Laden to take part in the government? ...

9. China and Tibet: the true path
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... these recurrent events is a painful dilemma that lives inside the minds of Tibetan monks. When the Chinese government demands that they denounce their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, monks are f...

10. Debtonation: how globalisation dies
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...ot;, 13 August 2007). It is the deregulated finance sector that has undermined the power and effectiveness of governments, and forced open capital and trade markets. It is deregulated finance that has...

11. The politics of protection: Bush Strategy?
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...ns to lie down like lambs, and destroy al-Qaida in Iraq. US ambassador Ryan Crocker has begged that the Iraqi government not be held accountable for meeting political benchmarks, none of which have be...

12. Venezuela: is Hugo Chávez in control?
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... against poor.   Condemnations of creeping dictatorship, meanwhile, rain down both from abroad (foreign governments, international bodies) and at home (the new student movement). Even two months...

13. Sudanese adrift in Israel
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...dered his parents (as well as raping his 10-year-old sister), then held captive before being rescued by a non-governmental organisation and eventually helped to leave Sudan for Egypt. By 2005, aft...

14. Racism and Democracy: 50 years since Little Rock integration
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...urning point in history because it said that, when push comes to shove, two of the three branches of American government will respond on behalf of integration as part of the fundamental American herit...