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by Stephen Lendman Countercurrents.org
Large transnational corporations are clearly the dominant institution of our time. They’re preeminent throughout the world but especially in the Global North and its epicenter in the US. They control or greatly influence what we eat and drink, where we live, what we wear, how we get most of our essential services like health care and even what we’re taught in schools up to the highest levels.
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Categories: Bush · Corporations · Dollar · Economy · Environmental Destruction · Media · Poverty · US Policy
by Walter Brasch
Not only should government regulation be minimal, ”conservative Republicans” say, but we must end the ”welfare state.” Of course, what they mean is don’t help the individual; help only corporations by giving them significant tax breaks and low-interest loans.
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Categories: Bush · Corporations · Dollar · Economy · Poverty · US Policy
By Kate Randall
19 March, 2008
WSWS.org
Five years of the US-led war and occupation of Iraq have created a humanitarian crisis affecting all aspects of Iraqi society. This catastrophe is illustrated by the millions of Iraqis either killed or displaced, the daily toll of death and violence, the fracturing of families and communities, and the crumbling of basic infrastructure and social services.
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Categories: Bush · Human Rights · Iraq War · MidEast · Militarism · Poverty · US Military · US Policy
March 20, 2008 By Noam Chomsky
Source: Booktalk
Noam Chomsky’s ZSpace Page
(Nov. 2007)
Booktalk: You’ve been writing about current events and recent history for decades. How have your views changed over that time frame?
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Categories: Bush · Environmental Destruction · Human Rights · Iran · Iraq War · MidEast · Militarism · US Elections · US Policy
