Dissent in the Age of Obama (Cindy Sheehan)

Peace activists had high hopes of an Obama presidency only to face the harsh realities of FBI raids and intimidation “The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and ...

War (on drugs) is over (John Sinclair)

Sept. 29, 2010 -- AMSTERDAM (Detroit Metro Times) -- Highest greetings from Amsterdam. My name is John Sinclair and I've been a marijuana legalization activist ever since I founded Detroit LEMAR (LEg ...

Noam Chomsky: “President Obama is Involved in War Crimes Right Now” (Alyssa McDonald)

Sept. 15, 2010 -- The New Statesman Interviews: Noam Chomsky Do you consider yourself to be primarily a scientist or a political activist? If the world would go away, I would be happy to keep to the ...

Do Not Pity the Democrats (Chris Hedges)

Sept. 13, 2010 (TruthDig) -- There are no longer any major institutions in American society, including the press, the educational system, the financial sector, labor unions, the arts, religious insti ...

U.S. Government Prepares for 'Crisis' (Jeff Nielson)

Aug. 30, 2010 (The Street) -- Most market reporters, commentators and politicians continue to rely upon nothing but the same short-term "snapshots" which have caused them to be "surprised" by everyth ...

Bill Gross Takes Backseat to Real Big Money (William Pesek)

Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Mohammed El-Erian, chief executive officer and co-chief investment officer at Pacific Investment Management Co., discusses Federal Reserve monetary policy. El-Erian, speaking w ...

U.S. Is Bankrupt and We Don't Even Know (Laurence Kotlikoff)

Aug. 10, 2010 (Bloomberg) -- Let’s get real. The U.S. is bankrupt. Neither spending more nor taxing less will help the country pay its bills. What it can and must do is radically simplify its tax, he ...

Four Deformations of the Apocalypse (David Stockman)

July 31, 2010 (New York Times) -- If there were such a thing as Chapter 11 for politicians, the Republican push to extend the unaffordable Bush tax cuts would amount to a bankruptcy filing. The natio ...

A critical examination of Matt Simmons’ claims on the Deepwater spill (Robert Rapier)

Matt Simmons July 29, 2010 (The Oil Drum) -- Matt Simmons, author of Twilight in the Desert, has long been one of the most famous and influential voices on the subject of peak oil. After the release ...

Protofascism Comes to America: The Rise of the Tea Party (Ted Rall)

July 22, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Is the Tea Party racist? Democrats who play liberals on TV say it isn't. Vice President Joe Biden says the Tea Party "is not a racist organization" per s ...

Rethinking Iran-Contra (Robert Parry)

July 1, 2010 (Consortium News) -- The conventional view of the Iran-Contra scandal is that it covered the period 1985-86, when President Ronald Reagan became concerned about the fate of American host ...