Haiti 2010: An Unwelcome Katrina Redux
Sadly, President Obama is dispatching Presidents Bush and Clinton, and thousands of Marines and U.S. soldiers. By contrast, Cuba has over 400 doctors on the ground and is sending in…
Transbay Terminal Dispute Threatens Federal Funding
California High Speed Trains: Business Plan. By Matt Drake, guest editorial January 18, 2010 In November of 2008, Californians voted yes on Proposition 1A, a bond measure raising $10 billion…
Disaster Capitalism Headed to Haiti
Disaster capitalism is triumphant everywhere from post-Soviet Russia to post-apartheid South Africa, occupied Iraq and Afghanistan, Honduras before and after the US-instigated coup, post-tsunami Sri Lanka and Aceh, Indonesia, New…
Continuing the Movement
Markese Bryant raps about the legacy of Dr. King, President Obama, and how a growing movementis creating opportunities for communities of color through the green economy. By Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins January…
The Big One Devastates Haiti,
A Human Catastrophe Unfolds
By Stephen Lendman January 15, 2010 With all their woes, the last thing Haitians needed was the calamitous earthquake (the most severe in the region in over 200 years) that…
The Recession is Over, Depression Just Beginning
By Stephen Lendman January 11, 2010 In late 2009, former Merrill Lynch economist, now with the Canadian firm, Gluskin Sheff, said the following: “The credit collapse and the accompanying deflation…
Avalos Responds to Newsom Attempt
to Narrow Just Cause Eviction Protections
Supervisor John Avalos Photo by Luke Thomas By Carol Harvey, guest columnist January 11, 2009 Standing behind a podium under the San Francisco Mayor’s office balcony on the City Hall…