November 12, 2008

November 12, 2008

Howard Zinn on Barack Obama

His campaign slogan was, “Yes we can.” Now the question is “Will he?”. President-elect Barack Obama faces a daunting list of challenges on the political, social and economic horizons.Now that the celebrations in the United States, and around the world, have quietened down, reality has set in. America is involved in two ongoing wars and Continue reading

USA

Barack Obama, democratic party, United States
November 12, 2008

Under Obama, Web Would Be the Way

Armed with millions of e-mail addresses and a political operation that harnessed the Internet like no campaign before it, Barack Obama will enter the White House with the opportunity to create the first truly “wired” presidency. Continue reading

Media

Internet
November 12, 2008

Freedom Rider: Told You So

12 November, 2008 It’s not as if we at BAR didn’t warn you. Barack Obama’s first major act as president-elect was to select as his chief of staff Rep. Rahm Emanuel, whose ‘role as Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee was to insure that anti-war and other progressive candidates stayed out of the running.’ Continue reading

USA

Barack Obama, Rahm Emmanuel
November 12, 2008

Stephen Lendman: Targeting Aristide In Exile

Aristide is now in South Africa where he remains larger than life. Haiti’s symbolic leader. A man of the people. Dedicated to their welfare. Steadfast in his principles. Beloved and wanted back. Yet he’s vilified in the press because of the good example he represents Continue reading

Haiti

Aristide, disinformation campaign, Haiti, Haiti Democracy Project, neoliberalism

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The richest 1% owns more than TWICE as much wealth as 6.9 billion people and the super-rich one percent of the world’s population has accumulated twice as much wealth as the remaining 90 percent, global charity Oxfam said in a newly-released report. The world’s richest 1% emit double the carbon of the poorest 50%, the 2020 Oxfam study found.

Pat Robinson

A Revolutionary Black Molecule

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