Harsh Labor For Little Money: Hershey Exchange Student Warnings Were Ignored October 17, 2011 Print Version Source: NyT Godwin Efobi at a protest this summer at the Hershey’s store in Times Square. The college student from Moldova was in the United States on a cultural exchange program run for half a century by the federal [...]
US Supreme Court to hear Nigeria-Shell rights case October 17, 2011 Print Version Source: AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider a lawsuit accusing Royal Dutch Shell of human rights abuses, a case that could make US firms liable for torture or genocide committed overseas. The plaintiffs — relatives of [...]
U.S. and Ethiopia Kill Somalis With Food Weapon Global Research, July 21, 2011 The drought that threatens more than ten million lives in the Horn of Africa has been made vastly more deadly by U.S. and Ethiopian use of food as a weapon of war. The Americans last year forced the collapse of cooperation between [...]
How Goldman Sachs Created the Food Crisis May 5th, 2011 I covered this back in 2008: If I buy a wheat contract, I should have to take delivery of the physical wheat on the specified date. If I sell a wheat contract, I should have to deliver the physical wheat on the specified date. [...]
America’s Middle Class Crisis May 5th, 2011 Via: Yahoo Finance: Schwenninger’s recent report “The American Middle Class Under Stress” has some stunning facts that highlight the struggles the average American is having getting a decent-paying job and keeping up with rising cost of living. Here are just some of the sobering facts: – There [...]
UN Food Advisor says let them eat insects Share | May 2, 2011 Print Version Source: UK Telegraph “Most of the world’s population will live in urban areas. Trying to feed the whole planet enough protein from cows won’t work,” Mr Verniau said last week. Insects are eaten from the wild in Laos, but are [...]
Wal-Mart: Our shoppers are ‘running out of money’ Share | April 28, 2011 Print Version Source: CNN Money NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Wal-Mart’s core shoppers are running out of money much faster than a year ago due to rising gasoline prices, and the retail giant is worried, CEO Mike Duke said Wednesday. “We’re seeing core [...]
Soaring Costs Force Some Renters To Choose Between Shelter And Food April 27th, 2011 Via: Huffington Post: Around 10 million American households — or one in every four families that rent their homes — could have to choose between paying rent, buying groceries or keeping current with bills, according to a report released Tuesday. [...]
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Why Poverty Spreads Across America Global Research, November 27, 2010 by Sherwood Ross Pockets of poverty, like the sores of some malignant disease, are spreading across America, as its states and cities go broke and bankrupt. “Camden, New Jersey, stands as a warning of what huge pockets of America could turn into,” The Nation magazine [...]
Israeli government documents show deliberate policy to keep Gazans at near-starvation levels Saed Bannoura IMEMC, November 6, 2010 Documents whose existence were denied by the Israeli government for over a year have been released after a legal battle led by Israeli human rights group Gisha. The documents reveal a deliberate policy by the Israeli government [...]
Obama, Republicans Prepare for Joint Assault on American Workers World Socialist Web Site by Patrick Martin In back-to-back press conferences Wednesday, the day after sweeping Republican gains in the 2010 midterm election, victorious Republican Party leaders and Democratic President Barack Obama took their first tentative steps towards an open political partnership directed against the American [...]
Poverty In Suburbs Increasing Rapidly During Economic Downturn Published on 10-17-2010 Email To Friend Print Version Share | Source: Associated Press WASHINGTON — The American suburb is no longer a refuge from poverty in cities. A pair of analyses by the nonprofit Brookings Institution paints a bleak economic picture for the 100 largest metropolitan areas over [...]
Mullen: National Debt is a Security Threat Published on 08-27-2010 Email To Friend Print Version Share | Source: Executive Gov. The national debt is the single biggest threat to national security, according to Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Tax payers will be paying around $600 billion in interest on the national [...]
Labor Fights Back for Living Wages and Jobs For All by Shamus Cooke If the U.S. economy eventually recovers and current trends continue, U.S. workers won’t be celebrating in the streets. The corporate establishment has made it clear that a “strong recovery” depends on U.S. workers making “great sacrifices” in the areas of wages, health care, [...]
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The Food Bubble: How Wall Street Starved Millions and Got Away With It Democracy Now! – July 16, 2010 While Goldman Sachs agreed to pay $550 million to resolve a civil fraud lawsuit filed by the SEC, Goldman has not been held accountable for many of its other questionable investment practices. A new article in [...]
