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Joseph Stiglitz: Under TPP, polluters could sue U.S. for setting carbon emissions limits
Nobel Prize-winning economist and Columbia University professor Joseph Stiglitz warns about the dangers of the TPP, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. “We know we’re going to need regulations to restrict the emissions of carbon,” Stiglitz said. “But under these provisions, corporations can sue the government, including the American government, by the… »
Into the Heart of the Sacred
A Review of Vagabond Song: Neo-Haibun from the Peregrine Journals, by Marc Beaudin. Elk River Books, Livingston, Montana, 2015. 251 pages. Reviewed by Gary Corseri “I learn by going where I have to go.”—Theodore Roethke “A tourist doesn’t know where he’s been and a traveler doesn’t know where he’s going.”—Paul… »
Even imperfect negotiations have benefits for both Iran and US
Even Imperfect Negotiations Have Benefits for Both Iran and US SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2015 Iran Review’s Exclusive Interview with Suzanne Maloney By: Kourosh Ziabari Following the successful conclusion of the talks over Iran’s nuclear program, and as the negotiating parties gear up for the implementation of… »
‘Yes, I lied’: vindicating villagers, star Chevron witness busted for perjury
‘Chevron has taken the people of Ecuador and the U.S. court system on a ride, full of lies, deliberate delay, and obstruction of justice,’ says Amazon Watch by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer for Common Dreams In what is being called “a dramatic turn” in a protracted… »
US foreign policy – destabilisation vs neo-colonialism
ProMosaik e.V. interviews Journalist Caleb T. Maupin by Milena Rampoldi, ProMosaik e.V. Caleb Maupin is a journalist and political analyst who resides in New York City focusing his coverage on US foreign policy and the global system of monopoly capitalism and imperialism. This month we have published this article… »
Bernie Sanders: good old wine in a good old bottle
Post Office banking makes a lot of sense wherever in the world, surely in the US of A where Bernie Sanders has voice and somewhere between 20 to 40 percent of the population has to rely on cheque-cashing or payday-lending services, which tool often charge usurious rates that send people… »
US approach to nuclear disarmament: blame the victim
At some point between the NPT Review Conference in May and the general debate of First Committee, the United States decided to rebrand its preferred “step-by-step approach” to nuclear disarmament as the “full-spectrum approach”. Like before, it contrasts this approach with the pursuit of a treaty banning nuclear weapons, which… »
Defying diplomatic efforts for nuclear disarmament, US schedules nuclear missile test
The United States Air Force has scheduled a launch of a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile for the early morning hours of October 21. This will be the fifth test of a Minuteman III ICBM in 2015. The target of the missile is the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands,… »
Tell the New York Times: we need accurate reporting on Israel and Palestine!
No media organization is more influential in shaping the way American policymakers and news outlets think about Israel and Palestine than the New York Times. But with some notable exceptions, the Times has done a shamefully poor job of including the historical and political context readers need to understand… »
Vania Andre on Face 2 Face
This week show starts with Belaez, Colombian singer visiting New York and continue with Vania Andre to discuss the Dominican Republic’s discrimination against Haitians… »