Perspectives
The fall of the Berlin Wall
By Peter Schwarz, November 9, 2009
The contradiction between the official celebrations and the lack of public enthusiasm over the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall speaks volumes about the real significance of the events ...
Mass shooting at Fort Hood: collateral damage from Iraq and Afghanistan wars
By David Walsh, November 7, 2009
The mayhem at Fort Hood in Texas, which has left 13 individuals dead and 30 injured, is a byproduct of the brutal wars in the Middle East and Central Asia. It is a form of “collateral damage.”
The political-financial scandals in France
By Alex Lantier, November 6, 2009
With the indictment of ex-President Jacques Chirac, investigations of France’s political-financial scandals have developed into a full-blown governmental crisis.
Hillary Clinton gives Obama’s Middle East game away
By Chris Marsden, November 5, 2009
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has spent the past days trying to limit the damage from her praise of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for making “unprecedented” concessions to the Pal...
One year since the election of Barack Obama
By Patrick Martin, November 4, 2009
One year ago today, on November 4, 2008, Barack Obama won the US presidential election in what was, for all practical purposes, a political rout.
The meaning of Europe’s “step change” in Afghanistan
By Chris Marsden, November 3, 2009
The European Union has endorsed an action plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan in support of the US-led neo-colonial war.
The “No” vote at Ford
By Joe Kishore, November 2, 2009
The decisive vote by Ford workers against contract concessions backed by the UAW is a major advance for the working class internationally.
Obama’s banker-friendly financial overhaul
By Barry Grey, October 31, 2009
In the wake of a financial meltdown that precipitated the deepest recession since the 1930s, the Obama administration and Democratic congressional leaders are working to institute regulatory changes t...
The swine flu pandemic and the market
By Tom Eley, October 30, 2009
The Obama administration entrusted preparations for the H1N1 pandemic to pharmaceutical corporations and stood by as state and local governments laid off public health workers. The result is an acute ...
What are US troops dying for in Afghanistan?
By Bill Van Auken, October 29, 2009
After several days in which US troops suffered their worst casualties in the eight-year-old war in Afghanistan, it was revealed Wednesday that President Hamid Karzai’s brother, reputedly a key figur...
Israel, the United States and international law
By Jean Shaoul, October 28, 2009
Israel has responded to accusations of war crimes during its assault on Gaza by denouncing the United Nations and seeking to overturn existing international law.
The reality behind the US “success” in Iraq
By James Cogan, October 27, 2009
The massive explosions in central Baghdad on Sunday are a particularly bloody reminder of the sectarian, ethnic and political conflicts that have been generated in Iraq by six-and-a-half years of US o...
