Economic Hit Man Refuses To Take Out Chavez
John Perkins, author of "The Confessions of an Economic Hitman", has an interesting perspective on Hugo Chavez's contributions to progress in Latin America. Perkins, an economist, worked for the big...
View ArticleChomsky on Obama and The Investment Theory of Politics.
In an April 13, 2009, interview on Democracy Now Amy Goodman asks for his views on Obama’s handling of the bail-out. Chomsky notes that Obama, as a centrist Democrat, is relying on exactly the same...
View ArticleU.S. Invests in Banksters, Venezuela Invests in Food and Jobs.
As an American living in Venezuela, I read the news that the Obama administration is funneling several trillion dollars of taxpayer's money into the U.S. biggest financial institutions. I see that...
View ArticleChavez Brings 700% Revolution to Teachers
In May, 2009, the Chavez government signed a new collective bargaining agreement with the nation's teachers union which gives teachers in Venezuela a raise of 30%. With this raise, teachers here have...
View ArticleU.S. vs. Ve: Who Benefits From Nationalization?
President Obama announced this week that the U.S. taxpayers, now own 60% of General Motors. Just who will benefit from this investement? As GM’s bankruptcy was filed this week, President Obama tells...
View ArticleObama's Personal Doctor Prescribes Medicare for All
President Obama's family physician of 22 years has some strong and much needed medical advice for our president. He recommends:"Medicare for all." reports Forbes.com. Dr. Scheiner supports a...
View ArticleThe Internet is Revolutionizing Revolution.
Iran, the BBC's Tehran correspondent gave 24 hours to leave the country. http://bit.ly/... #iranelection #gr88 #Mousavi #tehran #iran While the professional journalists in Iran have been locked down in...
View ArticleUrgent E-Mail RE: Kidnapping of Honduran President
I just received this e-mail, marked urgent, from Eva Golinger, a Venezuelano-American Attorney now living in Caracas who is very close to the Chavez government. She asks that the information be passed...
View ArticleVenezuela Seeks Critically Thinking Media Consumers.
Venezuela’s new educational reform law, passed by the National Assembly yesterday and signed today, August 15, 2009, will require, among other measures, that schools educate students in critical...
View ArticleObama: We Need To Abolish Our Economic System.
That's what I wanted to hear from President Obama's latest speech. And that is something that, no matter how awful the catastrophes wrought by our big capitalist corporations, no matter how vast the...
View ArticleLive Well in Venezuela For Under $1200 a Month.
It pains me terribly to read posts reporting the terrible plight of those who are facing involuntary unemployment in the U.S. today due to the lack of jobs, especially for those older workers who, once...
View ArticleAnti-Capitalism: Creating The Cavalry For a New, Human Society.
This week in dailykos, in a post entitled “And then he kicked the chair out from underneath his feet.” Debbieleft wrote: He was a machine operator - a factory man. He spent his whole life employed in...
View ArticleChristine O'Donnell Proposes "Don't Touch, Tell All" Military Policy
At the very moment that the Democrats may move to abolish the military’s anti-gay “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" policy, (see Joan McCartér’s “DADT Repeal Prospects Look Good”), Christine O’Donnell is...
View ArticleAnti-Capitalism: On The Road To Socialism -- Without Violence
Today, October 31, 2010, Brazil celebrates the election of its first female president, socialist Dilma Rousseff, while Argentina continues to mourn with its female president, socialist Christina...
View ArticleStop Talking About Obama, Start Talking to Your Neighbors!
Sadly, President Obama has demonstrated that he cannot or will not bring about the changes he promised during his election campaign. So be it. We must do it ourselves.If we put the same energy,...
View ArticleCables Give More Proof of U.S. Attacks on Chavez
U.S. attorney and writer, Eva Golinger, who has published two books detailing the U.S. funding of opposition actions against the democratically elected government of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez,...
View ArticleWikiLeaks Impacts Venezuela, Exposes Traitor.
Venezuelan newspapers were ablaze yesterday with reports on the seemingly traitorous actions of Venezuela's Archbishop, Baltazar Porras, who heads the Council of Bishops of Venezuela.A WikiLeaks...
View ArticleVenezuela Takes "50 Year Step Backward" To Honesty in Banking.
This week, Venezuela’s National Assembly declared its banking industry to be a public service, requiring banks to contribute to the public good. Now, under the new Law of Banking Institutions,...
View ArticleVenezuela Builds Homes for the Homeless on Unused Land of the Rich
Marksist, writing "Pledge to Help the Homeless" in dailykos on Sunday, January 9, 2011, wrote: Did you know that on any given night in Los Angeles County that two out of every three homeless people...
View ArticleVenezuelan Women Seek Abortion Legalization And Review of All Laws for Gender...
In recognition of International Women’s Day, more than 20 Venezuelan Women’s Collectives massed in the Venezuelan National Assembly yesterday to request that the Assembly address their proposals to...
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