Afghanistan: A Dark and Fragile Future Richard Sale, Truthout: What will happen after next year's drawdown of US and allied forces and investment in Afghanistan? In interviews with Truthout, US experts and former governmental officials are skeptical that the war's purported objectives in the corruption-ridden country will have been achieved. Read the Article Monsanto's Death Patents Randall Amster, Counterpunch: Monsanto has another case pending before the Supreme Court on the exclusivity of its genetically modified seed patents. Monsanto's control over the food supply is creating a world in which people have to pay the corporation in order to grow food and/or consume it. Read the Article "NATO 3" Oral Argument Unfolds on Illinois Terrorism Statute's Constitutionality Steve Horn and Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: On the 10-year anniversary of the Iraq War's launch, another tentacle of the post-9/11 national security state unfolded in a lively Chicago courtroom in the form of a domestic terrorism case. Read the Article Could New York Be the Next Chicago? James Cersonsky, In These Times: Last September's Chicago teachers strike gave hope to laborites across the country that there could be a functional American labor movement. Now, a caucus of unionists seeks to remake New York's United Federation of Teachers in the Chicago Teachers Union's mold. Read the Article Struggling to Keep Hope Alive in Cairo's City of the Dead Sarah Lazare, Truthout: A report from Cairo's City of the Dead, an ancient cemetery inhabited by people too poor to pay rent, on the impact of the Egyptian revolution two years later. Read the Article Beware the New Corporate Tax-Cut Scam: LIFT Is a Big Lie Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future: There's a new "LIFT America coalition" pushing for massive, massive corporate tax cuts, without bothering about cutting benefits. LIFT stands for "Let's Invest for Tomorrow," but it really ought to be called LIE, for "Let's Invest Elsewhere." Read the Article A Safe and a Shotgun or Public Sector Banks? The Battle of Cyprus Ellen Brown, Web of Debt: The push to confiscate the savings of Cypriot citizens is a hit against every working person in the world, a wake-up call to the perils of a system in which tiny cadres of elites call the shots and the rest of us pay the price. Read the Article Privatization Limits Access to Public Information Louisa Abada, In the Public Interest: The more we privatize, the less we know and the less control we have over our public services. Read the Article For Thriving Public Spaces, Just Add Seating Jonathan Rowe, YES! Magazine: Experimenting with public seating and planting, Rowe discovered that beautifying the commons brings a community closer together. Read the Article Dying Iraq War Veteran Tomas Young Explains Decision to End His Life Juan Gonzalez and Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW!: Citing his overwhelming physical pain from wounds that left him paralyzed in Iraq, war veteran Tomas Young announced he has decided to end his life by discontinuing his medicine and nourishment. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript |
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