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The Two Documents Everyone Should Read to Better Understand the Crisis
By William K. Black As a white-collar criminologist and former financial regulator much of my research studies what causes financial markets to become profoundly dysfunctional. The FBI has been warning of an “epidemic” of
Read More »EU tells U.S.A: Don’t create new Guantanamo
By Ingrid Melander The United States must not allow its Bagram military base in Afghanistan to become a new Guantanamo Bay if it wants European Union help to close the prison on Cuba,
Read More »Would You Go to Jail to Protest Torture?
By Sherwood Ross Are you ready to go to jail for what you believe? Would you stand up to the Pentagon by engaging in non-violent civil disobedience to protest torture? Two men of faith
Read More »Britain admits terror suspects given to US
By LOUISE NOUSRATPOUR DEFENCE Secretary John Hutton admitted on Thursday that British forces in Iraq handed over two terror suspects to the US who were then rendered to Afghanistan for interrogation and possible torture.
Read More »20,000 banking staff to pay for bosses’ errors
By PAUL HASTE MILLIONAIRE Royal Bank of Scotland bosses put the jobs of thousands of low-paid finance workers on the line on Thursday in a last-ditch bid to avoid full-scale nationalisation. Admitting the largest-ever
Read More »Pentagon moves to impose secrecy on budget talks
AFP – Senior Pentagon officials have had to promise they will keep the details of the US military budget secret as the Defense Department prepares to make tough cuts on weapons programs, a spokesman
Read More »US Combat Missions in Iraq Will Continue After ‘Pullout’
By Jason Ditz Just one day after reports came out regarding the Obama Administration’s 19 month withdrawal plan from Iraq, the Pentagon was detailing the enormous number of troops that would remain on the
Read More »Prisoners tortured to death
By Stephen C. Webster The American Civil Liberties Union has released previously classified excerpts of a government report on harsh interrogation techniques used in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. These previously unreported pages detail
Read More »Jack Straw blocks release of cabinet minutes on Iraq
By Ann Talbot The UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw has vetoed a ruling made under the Freedom of Information Act instructing the government to release the minutes of two key cabinet meetings on March
Read More »How Credit Unions Survived the Crash – Casino Capitalism
CounterPunch While the reckless giant banks are shattering like an over-heated glacier day by day, the nation’s credit unions are a relative island of calm largely apart from the vortex of casino capitalism. Eighty
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