23/10/08

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TAKING POLITICS SERIOUSLY: Looking beyond the Election and beyond Elections
Robert Jensen and Pat Youngblood
Taking politics seriously in the United States today means recognizing the limits of electoral politics.

THREE MONTHS IN THE WILDERNESS
Joel Beinin
In September the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) sustained two major defeats on Iran.

IT'S OUR TURN NOW: Resistance As If It Really Mattered
Mike Ferner

RESPONSES FROM THE SOUTH TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS
Caracas, 11 October 2008

INTERMEDIARIES, INTERPRETERS, AND CLERKS
Tamba Mbayo

IN CRISIS, GERMANS REMEMBER DAS KAPITAL AND GDR
Victor Grossman

IRAQ: Massive Rally against SOFA

CHOREOGRAPHING PERMANENT WAR
Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

HOW TO THINK ABOUT THE CRISIS
Michael Perelman

THE MAD ACTIVIST'S DECLARATION OF CODEPENDENCE
Susie Day

THE WALL STREET COUP AND THE BAILOUT SCAM
Ismael Hossein-zadeh

RENOUNCING ZIONISM, RECLAIMING HUMANITY
Hisham Bustani

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

THE ISRAELI REGIME BETWEEN THE SEA AND THE RIVER
Ran Greenstein

WHO IS COUNTING THE DEAD IN AFGHANISTAN?
Another War Lost
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam

ISRAEL AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
Daniel Rosenberg

ON THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF ICELAND
Steingrímur J. Sigfússon

RUSSIA DRAWS CLOSER TO VENEZUELA
Interview with Forrest Hylton

READING WHEN AND HOW WAS THE JEWISH PEOPLE INVENTED?
Ran Greenstein

THE PROBLEM IS CAPITALISM, NOT JUST THE BANKS
Rick Kuhn

ISRAEL'S "CITY OF COEXISTENCE" SHOWS ITS TRUE COLORS
Jonathan Cook

MARATHON FOR PEACE 2008
Max Elbaum

INDIA'S COMBATIVE ANTI-
DISPLACEMENT MOVEMENT
David Pugh

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GENORA DOLLINGER
Mary Ellen Miller

THE DEPRESSION:
A Long-Term View
Immanuel Wallerstein

IRAN: Comprehensive Sustainable Development as Potential Counter-Hegemonic Strategy
Mehdi S. Shariati

WALL STREET VS MAIN STREET:
Finger Pointing vs System Change
Rick Wolff

HOW THE CRISIS SAVED THE GERMAN RAILROADS
Victor Grossman

THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF U.S. CAPITALISM
William K. Tabb

ISRAELI BESTSELLER BREAKS NATIONAL TABOO:
Idea of a Jewish People Invented, Says Historian
Jonathan Cook

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