‘Open Letter’ to Obama Speaks Volumes

By Bob McCarty at BobMcCarty.com Look at the statements below, then try to guess the identity of the person Lou Pritchett was describing as someone who “scares” him in a letter published May 19 at...

A Smart Girl's Take on America's Potential move to Socialism

Here is a concerned citizens take on America's  potential move from Capitalism to Socialism.  By Kathryn Milliron, Staff Writer, Politisite.com and Iron Mill News. NowPublic Contributor PhotoGirl I’ve...

Caught on film: India ‘not shining’

Arundhati Roy, India's celebrated writer of the novel 'The God of Small Things', that received a Booker Prize in 1997, is also India's very vocal social activist. Below is her piece on Slumdog Millionaire, which...

Can Tech Start-Ups Survive the Current Financial Crisis?

Revenue. Monetization. Cash money.Lots of web 2.0 companies have acquired it (in the former of start-up venture capital), but very few are actually earning it (in the form of any revenue whatsoever).Unless more...

95 Democrats Help To Keep USA Non-Socialist

Of the 228 Nay votes (with 205 Yea) to end the passage of the $700 Billion Financial Market Intervention Plan, 95 were Democrats that went against their party leadership and Nancy Pelosi. It is a good...

Whats Wrong with Selling Ghana Telecom?

"Is there really anything wrong with Ghana selling a majority share of its state owned telecom company, Ghana Telecom to a British concern?  After all governments are supposed to be in the business of taxing businesses not running them, right?  Here is an alternate...

Guevara children denounce Che branding

Che Guevara is an icon of the 20th century whose brand has turned into a worldwide marketing phenomenon. The fact that Guevara was a communist guerrilla and Marxist ideologue is an irony of little interest to his...

The History of Politcal Correctness

For the first time in our history, Americans have to be fearful of what they say, of what they write, and of what they think. They have to be afraid of using the wrong word, a word denounced as offensive or...

The Far-Right Just Cannot Live Without Che Guevara

"I have no idea what it is about this Death-Cult that has been built around the Cuban Revolution that rightly freed itself from American imperial domination. While we hear much of the zealousness in Cuba under Dr....

China’s “mad” stock market spiralling out of control

Excerpt: The last collapse of the Chinese stock market in 2001 affected a relatively small layer of better off investors. This time, however, the social consequences could be on a far bigger scale, as the number...

Craig Chirinda on Him Helping to Inject 4 Billion USD into African Economies

"On Craig Chirinda: What Would You do with 4 Billion USD… Posted by beninmwangi on May 5th, 2007 eafrica.jpgWhat would you do if you had 4 billion USD in your Rolodex (if through your personal and professional contacts you had access to it)? That’s a really tough...

Stop the US war drive against Iran!

"By the Editorial Board 14 February 2007 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author The World Socialist Web Site condemns the military and political provocations with which the Bush administration is laying the foundations for an attack on Iran. We...

Why the U.S. and South Korea Don't See Eye to Eye

"Rather than help the U.S., the APEC summit showed how Pyongyang has driven a wedge between Washington and its traditional ally South Korea. Five years ago, the Presidents and prime ministers of the 21 countries that make up the forum for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation...

Why the U.S. and South Korea Don't See Eye to Eye

" Rather than help the U.S., the APEC summit showed how Pyongyang has driven a wedge between Washington and its usual ally, South Korea. Five years ago, the Presidents and prime ministers of the 21 countries that comprise the forum for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)...

Las Vegas in the Arabian Desert

"Dubai has sold its soul to globalization like few cities have. A glittering capitalist fantasyland has taken shape at the heart of the Arab world. It's a center of international trade, a holiday paradise and a...

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