| Noam Chomsky | Who Owns the Earth? Noam Chomsky, Truthout: The blurring of borders and challenges to the legitimacy of states bring to the fore serious questions about who owns the Earth. Or, to adopt the phrase used by indigenous people throughout much of the world, "Who will defend the Earth?" Read the Article Forcing Down the Bolivian President's Plane Was an Act of Piracy John Pilger, Truthout: The forcing down of Bolivian President Evo Morales's plane - to "inspect" his aircraft for the "fugitive" Edward Snowden - was an act of air piracy and state terrorism, argues John Pilger. Read the Article Outsourcing, Union Busting, Murder: Who Could Ask for More in a Novel? Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout: Dream summer reading for leftists: a murder mystery, in the midst of a union decertification battle, in the medical care delivery sector, that provides generous doses of labor militancy and worker solidarity. Read the Review Migrant Workers' Bitter Fruit Dennis J. Bernstein, Consortium News: The battle to overhaul US immigration policy has now moved from the Senate to the House, where its future is at best uncertain. The debate continues even as the Obama administration presses forward with the most stringent deportation policies in modern history. Read the Interview Global Power Project, Part 4: Banking on Influence With JPMorgan Chase Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy.com: To refer to JPMorgan Chase simply as "a bank" is like referring to the US as just "a country." A conglomerate embedded within a transnational network of elite institutions and individuals, JPMorgan Chase goes beyond the financial indicators. Read the Article Reclaiming Public Control Over Public Assets and Destructive Outsourcing Brendan Fischer, PRWatch: Short-term privatization efforts to close budget gaps can have a disastrous long-term impact. A bipartisan group of legislators is now promoting an agenda to put taxpayers in the driver's seat and avoid future privatization disasters. Read the Article The "Edward Snowden Aviation Club" and Other Ways to Beat US Persecution Mark Weisbrot, The Guardian: Some countries have offered asylum, but the NSA whistleblower will need transport. How about concerned citizens raising money for a private plane? Read the Article Egyptians Defend Military as Morsi Remains in Custody, Top Brotherhood Officer Seized Nancy A. Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers: For many, the dramatic shift in Egypt's leadership was a culmination of a maelstrom that took months to develop as an increasingly disgruntled public, the nation's military and former president Mohammed Morsi's incompetent leadership collided. Read the Article From the Arab Spring to a Global Summer Reid Mukai, Community Action for Global Justice: Neoliberals would like us to believe their philosophy promotes political freedom and prosperity - and it does - for a small percentage of the population. It's no surprise that in June of this year a new wave of uprisings has emerged. Read the Article Want to Reduce the National Debt? Find More Workers James Kwak, Baseline Scenario: More immigration is what our society and our economy need. If people want to oppose immigration reform because they don't want to sanction past rule-breaking, that's up to them, but they can't oppose it on fiscal grounds. Read the Article Independence From Terror Subhankar Banerjee, Climate Story Tellers: Environmental journalism is far from dead; it is vibrant, about to flood climate change activism with new energy and ideas. We need it because climate change is here and a lot of people are beginning to die from its devastation. Read the Article | 
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