The Elections and the Responsibility of the Intellectual to Speak Truth to Power
Twelve Reasons to Reject Obama and Support Nader-McKinney James Petras The presidential elections in the US, once again, provide an acid test of the integrity and consequential conduct of US intellectuals. If it is the duty and responsibility of the… more »
Putting Eye Shadow on a Reptile
Les Visible I’ve been thinking about this for awhile but a comment from one of the Smoking Mirrors readers made it even more clear in my mind. I’m going to try to sketch this out in my limited fashion and hope that you will give me your… more »
True Vote Summarizes Problems in U.S. Election Thus Far
Kevin Zeese “Unacceptable long lines, machine problems, registration and voter challenges and deception of voters” The election integrity organization True Vote released a summary of the election-related problems that have been seen thus far in the 2008… more »
The End of Prosperity
Stephen Lendman From too much of a good thing. From the 1980s and 1990s excesses. From the longest ever US bull market. Heavily manipulated to keep it levitating. From August 1982 to January 2000. An illusory reprieve from October 2002 to October 2007.… more »
The Triumph of Ignorance: How Morons Succeed in U.S. Politics
George Monbiot Obama has a lot to offer, but until our education system is fixed or religious fundamentalism withers, anti-intellectuals will flaunt their ignorance. How was it allowed to happen? How did politics in the United States come to be… more »
Palestinian Kristallnacht
Jonathan Cook Mohammed Arabi, 84, a survivor of the Kafr Qassem massacre, stands by the graves of the 47 villagers killed by Israeli police in 1956. Message of Kafr Qassem massacre lives on for Palestinians. In a conflict that has produced more than its… more »
Beware the twin towers of electronic election theft
Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman Obama supporters are exuding a potentially fatal air of confidence and expectation. Intoxicated by favorable polls and a gusher of campaign spending, many are, in John McCain’s phrase, “measuring the drapes in… more »
The diplomacy of lying
John Pilger [+] Obama’s job is to present a benign, even progressive face that will revive America’s democratic pretensions, internationally and domestically, while ensuring nothing of substance changes. In 1992, Mark Higson, the Foreign… more »
Workers, Unite! Demand that you be paid in Gold Bullion!
Len Hart Put 'supply side' nonsense to the test! Demand that you be paid in gold bullion. If right wing ideology and theories were correct, your bosses should not have a problem with it. They will not accede to your demands because they know that right… more »
YOUR NEW PRESIDENT, ZBIG BROTHER
Alan Stang As I write, little more than a week remains before E-Day, on which most Americans will vote. Nerves are being fearfully wracked. Even people who are usually somnolent say they can’t take the stress. There is a real danger that,… more »
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