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For The Earth To Live, Capitalism Must Die
By Juan Santos
www.countercurrents.org/santos141008.htm
This is the Day of Reckoning. This is the Time of Purification. This is the end of the “world”, the end of the city-state, the end of city life, of “Civilization.” The early Christians called it the “apocalypse,” the unveiling. Now, at last, the truth of what we have been presents itself unclothed. There is nowhere to hide. It is upon us. Like a cancer, capitalism, industrialism- truly the most advanced stage of civilization – “advanced” the way that a cancer is called “advanced” – has ravaged the body of the Earth. Life on Earth is disappearing. Nothing that can be done- or that will be done – under the system of global death called capitalism will save Life on Earth

Economic Crisis Is Beyond The Reach Of Traditional Solutions
By Paul Craig Roberts
www.countercurrents.org/roberts141108.htm
By most accounts the US economy is in serious trouble. Robert Reich, an adviser to President-elect Obama, calls it a “mini-depression,” and that designation might be optimistic. The Russian economist, Mikhail Khazin says that the “U.S. will soon face a second ‘Great Depression.’” It is possible that even Khazin is optimistic

How Iraq War Sucked Billions Out Of Rhode Island Economy
By Sherwood Ross
www.countercurrents.org/ross141108.htm
Rhode Island taxpayers will be parted from $622 million this year to finance the war, according to the National Priorities Project of Northampton, Mass., which tracks the impact of federal spending on states and localities. The total bill just to Rhode Island since Bush invaded Iraq is $2.1 billion

A Song For Obama
By Mickey Z.
www.countercurrents.org/mickeyz141108.htm
The Obamatrons are not pushing their hero to end any of the following either: the bogus war on a tactic, corporate welfare, homelessness, sweatshops, factory farming, strip mining, deforestation, or giving away control of public airwaves, public land, and public pensions. Ninety percent of the ocean’s large fish are gone but somehow these are “jubilant” times for those deluded denizens of the Left ready to “stop bitching.”

A New Political Party Is Needed
By Joel S. Hirschhorn
www.countercurrents.org/hirschhorn141108.htm
Set aside any Obama euphoria you feel. The other important news is that third-party presidential candidates had a miserable showing this year, totaling just over one percent of the grand total with 1.5 million votes nationwide, compared to some 123 million votes for Barack Obama and John McCain

Could Obama Transcend The Iron Cage Of The White House?
By Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi
www.countercurrents.org/tabrizi141108.htm
My hope is that an Obama Administration would augment the spark of November 4th into a flame that will guide us on a path towards sustainable change. We dared to hope. Obama must now have the courage to deliver. There are many taboos in American political culture that he must break. Many call people who talk about social democracy, peace, justice, equality, and respect for the dignity of others “crazies.” But this is a crazy time, a black man rules over the White House

Open Letter To Barack Obama, President Elect
By James A. Lucas
www.countercurrents.org/lucas141108.htm
Many of us want to join with you in working to solve the challenges that you, our nation and the world face. One of them is the decision you will make about Iran

Targeting Hugo Chavez
By Stephen Lendman
www.countercurrents.org/lendman141108.htm
Since taking office in February 1999, America’s dominant media have relentlessly attacked Chavez because of the good example he represents and threat it might spread in spite of scant chance it will in today’s climate. Yet some of his fiercest critics maintain pressure and show up often on the Wall Street Journal’s op-ed page. Most recently on November 10 by its America’s columnist, Mary O’Grady

Cheat Teachers
By Havovi Wadia
www.countercurrents.org/wadia141108.htm
Even as ‘Teach India’ becomes ‘Teach for India’ and says that education is the ‘biggest leveller’, and that education for all children should be a reality in a country as large and as ‘developing’ as ours, there appear to me some contradictions in the professed aim of the campaign and the methods it employs

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