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House And Global Investors Vote”No” On Paulson Bailout
By Mike Whitney
www.countercurrents.org/whitney300908.htm
The US House rejected Treasury Secretary Paulson’s $700 billion Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 . Paulson said he has the votes, but Paulson was wrong. The House bucked the Paulson’s claim that buying up the illiquid mortgage-backed assets from the nation’s banks would be enough to save the financial system from an impending meltdown
Bailout Round II: A New Shade Of Lipstick
By David Swanson
www.countercurrents.org/swanson300908.htm
The House of Representatives voted down Paulson’s Plunder on Monday, 225 to 208. We demanded a No vote and for the first time in recent memory we were listened to. Thank you! Three cheers for the American people!
A Shattering Moment In America’s Fall From Power
By John Gray
www.countercurrents.org/gray300908.htm
The global financial crisis will see the US falter in the same way the Soviet Union did when the Berlin Wall came down. The era of American dominance is over
The Creation Of The Second Great Depression
By Ron Paul
www.countercurrents.org/ronpaul300908.htm
The issue boils down to this: do we care about freedom? Do we care about responsibility and accountability? Do we care that our government and media have been bought and paid for? Do we care that average Americans are about to be looted in order to subsidize the fattest of cats on Wall Street and in government? Do we care?
The Current Crisis: A Socialist Perspective
By Leo Panitch & Sam Gindin
www.countercurrents.org/gindin300908.htm
The type of facile analysis that focuses on ‘it’s all over’ – whether in terms of the end of neoliberalism, the decline of the American empire, or even the next great crisis of capitalism – is not much use here insofar as it is offered without any clear socialist strategic implications. It ain’t over till it’s made over
Israel’s Breeding Ground For Jewish Terrorism
By Jonathan Cook
www.countercurrents.org/cook300908.htm
The words “Jewish” and “terrorist” are not easily uttered together by Israelis. But just occasionally, such as last week when one of the country’s leading intellectuals was injured by a pipe bomb placed at the front door of his home, they find themselves with little choice
As Rome Burns, Hopes For A Wedding In White
By John Chuckman
www.countercurrents.org/chuckman300908.htm
It is reliably reported (The Times, London) that the McCain camp is expecting a miracle, its expectations rather resembling those of a millenarianist group camping on a hillside awaiting The Second Coming
If We Will Only Listen
By Mike Palecek
www.countercurrents.org/palacek300908.htm
Review of “No Innocent Bystanders,” by Mickey Z
Nanavati Report On Godhra Tragedy: Erasing The Obvious Truths
By Ram Puniyani
www.countercurrents.org/puniyani300908.htm
Recently Justice Nanavati-Mehta (N-M) submitted their report to Govt. (Sept 2008). What it has done must be very close to the desire of the ruling establishment which reaped a rich harvest due to the Godhra train burning and the anti Muslim pogrom in the aftermath of the same
Who After Geelani
By Syed Ali Safvi
www.countercurrents.org/safvi300908.htm
A question has been haunting and disturbing me for long now: who after Geelani? What will happen to Kashmir after him? Is there anyone who can step into his shoes?
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