Newly released documents show retail giant used ‘every deceptive tactic under the sun’ to keep tabs on pro-union employees (more…)
November 2015
Fri 27 Nov 2015
‘Mind-Blowing Abuse of Power’: Walmart Spied on Workers With FBI, Lockheed Martin’s Help
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Fri 27 Nov 2015
Bank Crimes Pay
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Andrew Gavin Marshall Counterpunch
On Nov. 13, the United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced it was charging 10 individual bankers, working for two separate banks, Deutsche Bank and Barclays, with fraud over their rigging of the Euribor rates. The latest announcement shines the spotlight once again on the scandals and criminal behavior that have come to define the world of global banking. (more…)
Fri 27 Nov 2015
You Should Fear Racism and Xenophobia, Not Syrian Refugees or Muslims
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John Cox Counterpunch
Here are a few facts to consider while contemplating the events of recent days and navigating the torrent of foolish, hateful propaganda unleashed by politicians and commentators in this country (the U.S.) (more…)
Tue 17 Nov 2015
Exploiting Emotions About Paris to Blame Snowden, Distract from Actual Culprits Who Empowered ISIS
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The Intercept Glenn Greenwald
“To begin with, U.S officials are eager here to demonize far more than just Snowden. They want to demonize encryption generally as well as any companies that offer it. Indeed, as these media accounts show, they’ve been trying for two decades to equate the use of encryption — anything that keeps them out of people’s private online communications — with aiding and abetting The Terrorists.” (more…)
Tue 17 Nov 2015
The Tentacles of ISIS Reached Paris, Via Washington
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On the night of Friday, November 13, three teams totalling eight persons attacked seven targets across Paris. They killed nearly 130 people and injured a few hundred more. Most of the people killed were at a music concert, their night of convivial song and laughter brought to an abrupt and horrific end. (more…)
Tue 17 Nov 2015
Now the truth emerges: how the US fuelled the rise of Isis in Syria and Iraq
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The war on terror, that campaign without end launched 14 years ago by George Bush, is tying itself up in ever more grotesque contortions. On Monday the trial in London of a Swedish man, Bherlin Gildo, accused of terrorism in Syria, collapsed after it became clear British intelligence had been arming the same rebel groups the defendant was charged with supporting. (more…)
Tue 17 Nov 2015
From Pol Pot to ISIS: “Anything that flies on everything that moves”
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In transmitting President Richard Nixon’s orders for a “massive” bombing of Cambodia in 1969, Henry Kissinger said, “Anything that flies on everything that moves”. As Barack Obama wages his seventh war against the Muslim world since he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and Francois Hollande promises a “merciless” attack on that ruined country, the orchestrated hysteria and lies make one almost nostalgic for Kissinger’s murderous honesty. (more…)
Thu 12 Nov 2015
As of October 2015, American consumers owe $8.17 trillion in mortgages, $900 billion in credit cards, and $1.19 trillion in student loans. Home mortgages, credit cards, and student loans occupy the most of the consumer credit market. (more…)