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The Causes Of The Auto Crisis
By Kevin Zeese
www.countercurrents.org/zeese251108.htm
Corporate-government created the three major causes of the auto industry crisis: health care, the credit crunch and low efficiency cars

U.S. Would Control Profits From Iraqi Oil Exports Under Agreement
By Jeremy R. Hammond
www.countercurrents.org/hammond251108.htm
The terms of the Status of Forces Agreement effectively allow the U.S. to continue to control billions of dollars of proceeds from the sale of exported Iraqi oil held in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. It also contains numerous loopholes that could allow the continuing long-term presence of U.S. military forces and would effectively maintain U.S. jurisdiction over crimes committed by American soldiers

Lurching Toward Gomorrah: More Signs Of An Unstoppable Economic Meltdown
By Stephen Lendman
www.countercurrents.org/lendman251108.htm
Crisis denialists are still around but are slowly and grudgingly giving way to the reality that global capitalism is in serious crisis as recession lurches toward depression in a continuing downward spiral. Nearly every new data release confirm it

Obama And The Great Depression
By Mickey Z.
www.countercurrents.org/mickeyz251108.htm
The carefully calculated speeches—which have always been filled with empty, hollow phrases—will no longer soothe a battered and desperate populace and the Obamabots will suddenly recognize that the Pope of Hope has never been anything more than a human marketing strategy, a product. This year’s iPhone

Dear Security: Secure This!
By Eileen Fleming
www.countercurrents.org/fleming251108.htm
First person account of the harrowing experience that Eileen Fleming, a citizen journalist from Florida, had at Ben Gurion Airport

America, Islam And Prejudice
By Timothy V. Gatto
www.countercurrents.org/gatto251108.htm
American must not believe the fear and hate mongers. Americans must realize that there should be a separation of church and state, not only in domestic matters but in our foreign policy. We cannot exterminate the entire Islamic culture in order to serve the right wing reactionary government in Israel and their minions that run AIPAC. Our politicians should put America first, not Christianity, not the bible, not Israel

The Rights Of Women As Casualties Of War
By Ramzy Baroud
www.countercurrents.org/baroud251108.htm
Qurban-Bibi and Nahil Abu-Rada are two women, one Afghan and the other Palestinian, who made news with similar tragedies. But their losses also helped further delineate the plight of millions of women in war zones and poor countries

The Parable Of The G-20:
Blind To The Elephant
By Devinder Sharma
www.countercurrents.org/sharma251108.htm
The leaders of the G-20 Group of countries are like the blind men who failed to see the elephant – which in this case is the crisis-stricken international financial system. We have been too busy partying, and the hangover is too strong for us to see the silver lining, says Devinder Sharma

An Open Letter To L K Advani
By George Menezes
www.countercurrents.org/menezes251108.htm
You have always had a strong commitment to fighting terrorism from Pakistan. I appreciate that. I urge that you extend that commitment to the terrorism that is home grown and used against brothers and sisters who are Indian first and Christians, Muslims and Dalits later

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