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Benjamin Ferencz: The Immoral Killing Of The Iranian General
The New York Times has published a letter from former war crime prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz. Ferencz was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg war trials. His website is here. From his Bio. The U.S. had decided to prosecute a broad cross section of Nazi criminals once the...
The Bank of England’s Governor Fears a Liquidity Trap
The global economy is heading towards a “liquidity trap” that could undermine central banks’ efforts to avoid a future recession according to Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England. In a wide-ranging interview with the Financial Times (January 8, 2020), the...
Concerned Veterans For America Launch Campaign To Bring Our Troops Home
Concerned Veterans For America is running an $1.5 million dollar ad campaign on TV in key states and digitally nationwide calling for a complete withdrawal of US forces in Afghanistan. Sign the letter of support that will be forwarded to the White House and your...
Ike’s Military-Industrial Complex, Six Decades Later
As Eisenhower predicted, there is no balance left, as U.S. policy is reduced to who we threaten, bomb, or occupy next. January 17 marks the 59th anniversary of President Dwight Eisenhower’s farewell speech to the nation. After eight years in the White House, just...
Subprime Loans Will Be Back with a Vengeance in 2020
One of the lasting legacies of the economic collapse a decade ago is subprime. After lying dormant for several years in the aftermath of the Great Recession, the subprime market has returned with a vengeance. Everything is subprime nowadays, as banks, finance...
1/10/20 Andy Worthington on Closing Guantanamo Bay
Scott talks to Andy Worthington about Guantanamo Bay, where dozens of prisoners are still detained without charges under suspicion of involvement in terrorism. Worthington reminds us that President Obama campaigned on closing the prison, but quickly gave up after...
Taxes Don’t Fund Government: So What’s Next?
With the U.S national debt currently sitting a little above 23 trillion, there is still a lot of debate about how we got here and whether or not this accumulation is sustainable. Most people in Congress responsible for the matter see it as a problem, stating that “we...
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