10/10/08

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THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF U.S. CAPITALISM
William K. Tabb
David Harvey called attention to one of the modest proposals for reform in The Communist Manifesto: the centralization of credit in the hands of the state.

ISRAELI BESTSELLER BREAKS NATIONAL TABOO:
Idea of a Jewish People Invented, Says Historian
Jonathan Cook
Shlomo Sand's book will be launched in the US by Verso next year.

THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS HAS A SOCIAL CAUSE, TOO:
the World of Low Wages:
An Interview with Emiliano Brancaccio
Waldemar Bolze

THE FORGOTTEN FIGHTER: Nablus's Will to Live
Frank Barat

WHAT DOES THE US LEFT NEED?
A Review of Left Turn
Steven Sherman

WALL STREET -- COLD, FLAT, AND BROKE
C R Sridhar

STEP UP TO THE PLATE: Ending the Food Crisis
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 7 PM, Great Hall of Cooper Union

OF LITTLE FAITH AND LIBERALISM
Jay Rothermel

IN HOUSE'S FINAL BAILOUT VOTE, MONEY FROM FINANCE SECTOR SIDED WITH BILL'S SUPPORTERS
Center for Responsive Politics

WHERE WE STAND: Monthly Review and the Credit Crisis
John Mage

WHY JAPAN CLINGS TO THE DECLINING DOLLAR
R. Taggart Murphy

ARGENTINA: The Crisis That Isn't
Mark Weisbrot

TAX THE RICH TO PAY FOR THE BAILOUT
Bernie Sanders

BOLIVIA: Defeat of the Right
Immanuel Wallerstein

THOMAS FERGUSON AND ROBERT JOHNSON, AUTHORS OF "BRIDGE LOAN TO NOWHERE"
Interviewed by Bob McChesney

A BAILOUT WE DON'T NEED
James K. Galbraith

SIMPLE SOLUTION TO A FINANCIAL CRISIS
Travis Fast

THE FINANCIAL CRISIS: Will the U.S. Nationalize the Banks?
Dan La Botz

WHEN THE DOCTOR IS FORCED TO DECIDE TREATMENT BASED ON COST, NOT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE PATIENT. . . .
Andrew Coates

THE GREAT WALL OF BOEING
David L. Wilson

STAND UP FOR THE FREEDOM OF DR. BINAYAK SEN:
Protest Vishwa Ranjan, Chhattisgarh Director General of Police
27 September 2008, 2 PM, Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley

CAPITALIST CRISIS, MARX'S SHADOW
Rick Wolff

THE FINANCIAL CRISIS:
A View from the Left
Dan La Botz

ECONOMIC CRISIS, IDEOLOGICAL DEBATES
Rick Wolff

A TURNING POINT FOR THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC SYSTEM
Manas Chakravarty

THE TRUTH SUFFERS IN HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH REPORT ON VENEZUELA
Venezuela Information Office

ELEGY
M.C. Saavedra

SA AND ZIMBABWE POLITICOS JOIN GLOBAL FINANCIERS IN SELF-DESTRUCTION
Patrick Bond

LUIS BILBAO: For the United States, the Key Is Bolivia
Venezolana de Televisión

THIRD WORLD: Is Another Debt Crisis in the Offing?
Éric Toussaint

THE MAKING OF THE 2008 KOSHI DISASTER
Analytical Monthly Review

BEFORE THE GATHERING STORM
Jay Rothermel

THE MACHINE GUN AND THE MEETING TABLE: Bolivian Crisis in a New South America
Benjamin Dangl

DEALING WITH IRAN'S NOT-SO-IRRATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Kouross Esmaeli and Ramin Karimian

CANDLELIGHT VIGIL IN TEHRAN ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
CASMII

BOLIVIA CRISIS WORSENS AS EMERGENCY SUMMIT IS HELD
Forrest Hylton

JAFFA'S "RENEWAL" AIMS AT EXPULSION OF PALESTINIANS
Jonathan Cook

NATO WEAPONS FOR GEORGIA
Knut Mellenthin

UNDER A DOOM
Theodor W. Adorno

CRISIS IN GERMANY'S SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Victor Grossman

WOMEN OF VENEZUELA'S PSUV
Jeffery R. Webber

VENEZUELA FROM BELOW:
Interview with Political Theorist and Journalist George Ciccariello-Maher
Jeffery R. Webber

REAL ECONOMY
Robert Solé

FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS MEXICO:
Social Crisis on the Horizon?
Dan La Botz

"AFRICA COMMAND" SPELLS COLONIALISM
Nunu Kidane

A PRIMER ON WALL STREET MELTDOWN
Walden Bello

THE INVESTOR’S PRAYER
Paul Lafargue

AUSTRIA, BAVARIA, AND BRANDENBURG GO TO THE POLLS
Victor Grossman

CONGRATULATIONS, CORPORATE CRIME FIGHTERS! COUP AVERTED FOR THREE DAYS!
Michael Moore

THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD: Where Are We Headed?
Mark Weisbrot

AN ALTERNATIVE BAILOUT PLAN
Michael Perelman

"JUST THE FACTS": Interview with Norman G. Finkelstein
M. Junaid Levesque-Alam

CONFESSIONS OF A RECOVERING REPUBLICAN
The story of Dan Singman, as related to Jim McInvale

THE HEART WANTS TO HOPE, BUT THE BRAIN CANNOT
Joel Beinin

WAR MUST NOURISH ITSELF
Dean Ferguson

OAXACA: Justice for Our Sister Marcella Sali Grace!

IRAN, ISRAEL, AND THE LOOMING THREAT OF WAR
Sadegh Kabeer

PROFESSOR ZE'EV STERNHELL WOUNDED BY BOMB
Communist Party of Israel

APOLOGIZING AWAY OUR RIGHTS: An Open Letter to Planned Parenthood
Sherry Wolf

THE $700 BILLION BAILOUT PLAN'S FINE PRINT
Nomi Prins

OBAMA SHARES BUSH'S GOALS
Hossein Derakhshan

USAID, KEY WEAPON IN DIRTY WAR ON LATIN AMERICA
Jean-Guy Allard

THE POVERTY OF 21ST CENTURY PROGRESSIVISM
Corey D. B. Walker

BOLIVIA: Indigenous Government Defies US-backed Fascists
Federico Fuentes

CRISIS OF CAPITALISM AND THE LEFT
Emir Sader

THE NEW WORLD GEOPOLITICAL ORDER:
End of Act I
Immanuel Wallerstein

THE FINANCIAL MELTDOWN CONTINUES
Dean Baker

LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
Andy Pollack

THE GREAT REHEARSAL:
A Symposium and Week of Events on the World Revolution of '68 and Its Legacies

IN SUPPORT OF CUBA
Worldwide Call to Artists and Intellectuals

PAKISTAN INVADES AMERICA -- "WITHOUT PERMISSION"
M. Junaid Levesque-Alam

PRE-ELECTION ATTACK OF THE PRO-LIFE KILLER FETUS!
Susie Day

REVOLUTION! New Book Charts Roller Coaster Ride of South American Left
Benjamin Dangl

NOMINATING PALIN MAKES SENSE
Rick Wolff

A GUANTANOMIZED AGE:
The Long Interrogation
M. Junaid Levesque-Alam

STRATEGY OF CHAOS IN BOLIVIA
Maurice Lemoine

THE CURRENT SITUATION OF THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY
William K. Tabb

U.S. SHOULD DISCLOSE ITS FUNDING OF OPPOSITION GROUPS IN BOLIVIA AND OTHER LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES
Center for Economic and Policy Research

ISRAEL'S DARK ARTS OF ENSNARING COLLABORATORS
Jonathan Cook

SARAH PALIN:
Vice Wrapped in Virtue
M. Junaid Levesque-Alam

ARROGANCE, IGNORANCE, AND COWARDICE: Lessons from 9/11
Robert Jensen

SLAVOJ ZIZEK IN DEFENSE OF "LOST CAUSES"
Steven Sherman

INTERVIEW WITH LINDA NIEMANN, AUTHOR OF BOOMER, RAILROAD MEMOIRS
Jon Flanders