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APPEAL OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF VICTIMS OF AGENT ORANGE/DIOXINE

2011-08-31T17:13:34Z

Hanoi, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 9th August, 2011
The Second International Conference of Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin, held in Hanoi from August 8th to 9th, 2011 included participants from around the world: Agent Orange victims, victims of other toxic chemicals, scientists, lawyers and social activists. The conference is a significant and important historic event, marking the 50th anniversary of the first spraying of the toxic chemical Agent Orange (1961-1971) by the U.S. forces (…)

- contributions / Edito, Meeting-Debates, Wars and conflicts, Justice, International, Health, USA

It Is No Longer Safe To Invest In US

2011-08-17T12:43:53Z

The head of state-owned Chinese rating agency Dagong, Guan Jianzhong, 57, speaks to SPIEGEL about China's economic model, why he believes the rating system used by the Big Three is a threat to the world and the twilight of Western dominance.
SPIEGEL: You recently said that it would be a “catastrophe” if an American rating agency downgraded the United States' credit rating. Now that Standard and Poor's has taken that step, is the situation as bad as you imagined?
Guan: This rating on the (…)

- contributions / Economy-budget, USA

Economic Hubris - Fixing the economy: We got it wrong

2011-08-17T10:23:34Z

In early January 2009 two White House-bound economists — Christina Romer and Jared Bernstein — predicted that if the stimulus bill were passed, unemployment would peak at 8% by midyear and then start coming down. If there were no stimulus, they said, joblessness might hit 9% and not peak until 2010.
Romer and Bernstein had the risky job of hyping policy, but they weren't alone in their optimistic views. Forecasters at the Congressional Budget Office, the Federal Reserve and most private (…)

- contributions / Economy-budget, USA

INEQUALITY: Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%

2011-08-15T21:14:20Z

INEQUALITY: Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%
By Joseph E. Stiglitz
Americans have been watching protests against oppressive regimes that concentrate massive wealth in the hands of an elite few. Yet in our own democracy, 1 percent of the people take nearly a quarter of the nation's income—an inequality even the wealthy will come to regret.
It's no use pretending that what has obviously happened has not in fact happened. The upper 1 percent of Americans are now taking in nearly a quarter (…)

- contributions / Economy-budget, USA

The Evils of Unregulated Capitalism: Remedy for the US economy: end the wars

2011-08-15T18:21:20Z

The Evils of Unregulated Capitalism Remedy for the US economy: end the wars, rein in military and drug costs, and raise taxes – at least on the very rich
ef. In June 2009, the then President of the UN General Assembly Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, and former chief World Bank economist and Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz had called together a “conference at the highest level” on the issue of the world financial and economic crisis and its impact.
This was the urgent attempt, not only not (…)

- contributions / Economy-budget, USA

Iran: A Bridge too Far? The weapon that could defeat the US in the Gulf

2011-08-14T21:14:01Z

A word to the reader: The following paper is so shocking that, after preparing the initial draft, I didn't want to believe it myself, and resolved to disprove it with more research. However, I only succeeded in turning up more evidence in support of my thesis. And I repeated this cycle of discovery and denial several more times before finally deciding to go with the article. I believe that a serious writer must follow the trail of evidence, no matter where it leads, and report back. So here (…)

- contributions / Wars and conflicts, International, USA

Our Long National Nightmare Isn't Over, It's Just Beginning

2011-08-07T18:49:20Z

In the 1930s, the only thing we had to fear was fear, itself.
Today, the main thing we have to fear is us, ourselves.
Looking out over the horizon, I'm starting to wonder just how many shades of dark there are on the pallette. Lately, I get the feeling that we're about to find out.
I wish I could say that this society did our best to fight our demons, but that the odds were simply insurmountable. You know. Like we were just sitting there by ourselves on our remote little Pacific (…)

- contributions / Economy-budget, Governments, USA

America's Fiscal Collapse

2011-08-04T11:16:59Z

America's Fiscal Collapse
by Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, March 2, 2009
“We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger" ( President Barack Obama, State of the Union Address 24 Feb 2009)
"Those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account—to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day—because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government." President Barack (…)

- contributions / Economy-budget, USA

USA - We've Had The Debtbacle, And Everything Nasty Before it, So Now What Do We

2011-08-04T10:26:51Z

The first thing that we need to do as a people is stop abdicating the most basic office of our government - the Precinct Representative - and take back control of the local party organizations.
People think "I just can't do any more, I'm too tired and stressed-out." Or they think that all politics is a dirty game full of slimy people. That's because good people have abdicated their responsibility in our democracy by letting the most basic party office go mostly unfilled.
Simply-put, if (…)

- contributions / Parties, USA

Putin says US acting as 'parasite' on world economy

2011-08-01T15:43:12Z

Putin says US acting as 'parasite' on world economy
SELIGER, Russia — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday accused the United States of acting as a "parasite" on the world economy by accumulating massive debts that threatened to shake global finance.
"The country is living in debt. It is not living within its means, shifting the weight of responsibility on other countries, and in a way acting as a parasite," Putin told a group of pro-Kremlin youth in central Russia. (…)

- contributions / Economy-budget, International, USA