Analysis
Saturday, 19 May 2012 11:11
![Officials from more than 50 states are expected at the NATO summit in Chicago [EPA]](/images/stories/europe/4/nato-town.jpg)
by Pepe Escobar
Lock down. A ring-of-steel. An ocean of Chicago cops. The Secret Service. The National Guard. Security perimeters. Steel fencing. Concrete barriers. Upgraded riot gear. Mayor Rahm Emanuel - former White House Chief of Staff and President Obama confidante - targeting "strategic areas". "Extraction teams" ultra-ready to snatch and grab pinpointed protesters in a "low intensity conflict" environment.
Saturday, 19 May 2012 08:55
We all know that the economy is a mess. The public's perception of how bad the economy really is, and what is in store for us in the future, varies from one individual to another. One continuous perception that is reported on is that during the great depression, the majority view was that things would get better, that manufacturing jobs would come back, and that better times were ahead. These viewpoints are not held, according to different polls, by the American public today.
Friday, 18 May 2012 18:37
by Ellen Brown
Last week, the city of Philadelphia's school system announced that it expects to close 40 public schools next year, and 64 schools by 2017. The school district expects to lose 40% of its current enrollment, and thousands of experienced, qualified teachers.
Read more: As Schools Crumble: Quiet Call for Revolution in Philly
Friday, 18 May 2012 10:31
Rabin Square in Tel Aviv has seen many demonstrations, but none quite like last Saturday’s.
It has nothing to do with the event which gave the square its name: the huge rally for peace at the end of which Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated. It was different in every respect.
Thursday, 17 May 2012 11:21
Another Pro-War Resolution Hits the House Floor
On Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives debated H.Res. 568, an AIPAC-sponsored bill designed to outlaw diplomacy with Iran and take the United States Congress one step closer to authorizing an illegal, unprovoked and premeditated military attack on Iran.
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Is the Occupy Movement Justified? |
| Timothy V. Gatto | |
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And Lukewarm Was His Name-O |
| Will Durst | |
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Chicago Militarized for NATO |
| Stephen Lendman | |
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Postcolonial Theory, Whiteness & Palestine |
| Gilad Atzmon | |
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The New Protest |
| Uri Avnery | |
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That Was Now, This is Then |
| Nima Shirazi | |
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JPMorgan Lesson: End Government Bank Guarantees |
| Sheldon Richman | |
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Thoughts on Voting, Protest and Resistance |
| Bob Boldt | |
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The Nature of the War on Islam |
| Archie Kennedy | |
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The Zionist Scenario: Now And In The Future |
| Lawrence Davidson | |
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Reflections on the Great Palestinian Prison Strike of 2012 |
| Richard Falk | |
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Australia’s Climate Racism |
| Gideon Polya | |
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