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For Europe - Politics is the Economy

Thursday, 10 December 2009 08:30 Rene Wadlow

Van Rompuy & Ashton

There has been a good deal of ironic comments in the European press concerning the selection of the Belgium Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the European Council President and Baroness Catherine Ashton of Upholland, a life peer, as the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

How Tech Giants Outsource Labor on American Soil

Tuesday, 22 December 2009 19:00 John Lasker

Bill Gates

Like a lot of American corporations that made mind-boggling profits over the last few decades, the Microsoft, IBM and Cisco technology companies have abandoned their own citizen workforce to exploit foreign workers. But this isn't happening in some far off sweat shop, this outsourcing is happening right on American soil. In this case, corporate power, channeled through high-paid lobbyists and fat campaign contributions, strong-armed elected officials into passing laws that surreptitiously squash the labor rights of both US citizens and foreign workers alike.

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2009 06:16

Buying Africa: US Corporations Grab Land Across Continent

Monday, 22 November 2010 16:09 Joice Biazoto

Rachel Njeri plants potato seedlines outside Nairobi Suppose that, one day, a foreign investor decided to buy a vast tract of fertile land in the United States. Suppose all that is grown or produced on that land, and all profits made, would be shipped directly overseas.

Reflections on Big Energy's PR Disasters

Monday, 06 September 2010 09:48 Charlotte Dennett

Vermont Yankee As campaign season heats up in my home state of Vermont, environmentally conscious voters have been remarking on the similarity between media ads on local TV by Entergy, owner of the radiation-leaking Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, and BP, responsible for the worst environmental catastrophe in American history.

Last Updated on Monday, 06 September 2010 09:48

The Gaza War and Justice Richard Goldstone’s Moral Collapse

Thursday, 14 April 2011 14:00 Ramzy Baroud

Goldstone in Gaza Shocking is not a sufficient term to describe Justice Richard Goldstone’s decision to recant parts of the 2009 report on alleged war crimes in Gaza.

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