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Oct 26 2008
Iceland – what happened?
Original article, by Jack Smart, via Socialist Appeal (UK):
“The Icelandic economy is prosperous and flexible” (IMF 4 July 2008)
(There is) “a very real danger…that the Icelandic economy, in the worst case, could be sucked with the banks into the whirlpool and the result could be national bankruptcy.” (Iceland’s Prime Minister Geir Haarde – address to the nation 6 October 2008)
Oct 25 2008
Name That Candidate
Original article, by Joe Mowrey and sub-titled Which Candidate Supports Petraeus, the Bailout, the Death Penalty, Nuclear Power, the Occupation, the Cuban Embargo …, via counterpunch.com.
Ooooh…a guessing game. I wonder who it could be? Hmmmm? Let’s find out below the fold!
Oct 25 2008
Youth radicalisation in Japan
Original article, by Fred McDowell, via Socialist Appeal (UK):
Communism is suddenly back in fashion in Japan. The reason is not hard to seek. ‘Lifetime employment’ is a thing of the past for young workers, who face a casualised and insecure future. One in three is temping. Some 44% of country’s workforce are part-time only, while a profusion of short-term contracts has created a generation of freelancers who are often ‘between jobs’. They have already worked out that, as recession bites, they will be first in the firing line. They are drawing political conclusions in increasing numbers.
Oct 24 2008
The return of Karl Marx
Original article, by Fred Weston, via In Defense of Marxism:
Articles have appeared recently in newspapers and websites around the world highlighting the fact that sales of Marx’s books over the past year have risen sharply in East Germany, particularly among young people. It is worth quoting just a few of these articles.
Oct 23 2008
Rightwing Obama Love
Original article, by Margaret Kimberley, via counterpunch.com:
I’m at work, so I’ll make this one short. It’s a good article, and I suggest you read it! Here’s the summation paragraph:
Oct 22 2008
What “incredibly tough” foreign policy actions is Obama preparing?
Original article, by Patrick Martin and subheaded Biden’s chilling remarks at fundraiser, via World Socialist Web Site:
In remarks made over the weekend in Seattle, Democratic vice presidential candidate Joseph Biden warned that Barack Obama, if elected president, would be compelled to take deeply unpopular actions in both domestic and foreign policy within months of taking office.
Oct 22 2008
Critical Reading – The Democrats: A Critical History
Original review, by Pham Binh, via dissidentvoice.org:
With less than a month to go before the election and Obama’s inauguration a mere three months away, Lance Selfa’s The Democrats: A Critical History is critical reading for anyone interested in real change we can believe in i.e. not the kind Obama will bring.
Oct 19 2008
New Repression in Colombia
Via an e-mail alert from Frank Lewellyn of Democratic Socialists of America:
Oct 18 2008
Obama and the Derivatives Merchants
Original article, by Glen Ford, via blackagendareport.com:
“…in many respects, working with [Barack Obama] will be very much like working with President Clinton…. I think he will be just fine.”
– Top Obama adviser Robert Rubin, former Clinton Treasury Secretary and Goldman Sachs chair, currently an executive with Citigroup, August 28, 2008.
Oct 17 2008
Music for capitalism’s crisis!
Oct 16 2008
Leader of the Socialist Revolution: Jamie Oliver???
Original Article, titled Jamie Oliver: food for thought and subheaded Jamie Oliver has hit our screens again, this time teaching people how to cook. Amy Leather welcomes his take on food and class, by Amy Leather via Socialist Worker (UK):
In the last few years a moral panic over food has taken hold in Britain. Working class people are given rubbish to eat. This can mean a lifetime of health problems such as diabetes, obesity and even early death. We are then blamed for these effects.
The government and the media have made food into a personal and moral issue. What we eat – we are told – is down to decisions made by individuals. So if we make the wrong choices, it’s our own fault and we deserve the consequences.