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Tax Solution to Wretched Greed

Joel S. Hirschhorn February 11, 2009 Joel S. Hirschhorn

By now most Americans have experienced extreme disgust upon hearing about the nearly $20 billion in bonuses given to people in New York City's financial sector at the end of 2008. After sending the nation into the current economic black hole there is no way of comprehending the audacity of financial company executives in giving themselves and their colleagues shameful rewards for abysmal and disgraceful performance. Other than screaming and moaning about all this dishonorable behavior what should the Obama administration and Congress do?

Disarmament is the Key to Peaceful Coexistence in Europe

Arn Specter February 10, 2009 Arn Specter

People in Europe, Russia and some in America are resting easier after the Kremlin's announcement, Wednesday, January 28 that they are withdrawing their threat against Poland and the United States. That threat was about placing their missiles on the northern border of Poland in response to any further building of the U.S. Missile Defense System in Poland and the Czech Republic. Russia felt threatened by the placement of 10 Interceptor Missiles in Poland, only a few hundred miles from Russian territory to the East.

Bolivia: Morales Enacts New Constitution in El Alto

Benjamin Dangl February 7, 2009 Benjamin Dangl

Fog covered El Alto, Bolivia on Saturday morning as social movements from around the country marched into the city to mark the official passage of Bolivia's new constitution. "This is the second independence, the true liberation of Bolivia," Bolivian President Evo Morales said as he signed the new constitution.

France: Workers Protest Neoliberal Response to Economic Crisis

Sammy Loren February 5, 2009 Sammy Loren

Black Thursday Protesters

Facing rising living costs, stagnant wages, and proposed reforms meant to liberalize labor and cut public spending, an estimated 1.4 million marchers came out in France on January 29th to state that they should not take the fall for a crisis that many blame on greedy bankers.

Congo: Laurent Nkunda to the International Criminal Court?

Rene Wadlow February 4, 2009 Rene Wadlow

Laurent Nkunda

The Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on November 28, 2008 was the beginning of the end for self-proclaimed General Laurent Nkunda and his Congress for the Defense of the People (CNPD).

Latin America Breaks Free

Benjamin Dangl February 3, 2009 Benjamin Dangl

UNASUR Meeting in Chile (Photo: ABI)

Five years ago, when Evo Morales was a rising political star as a congressman and coca farmer, I met him in his office in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He was drinking orange juice and sifting through the morning newspapers when I asked him about a meeting he just had with Brazilian President Lula. "The main issue that we spoke about was how we can construct a political instrument of liberation and unity for Latin America," Morales told me.