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Heather McGhee: Deficit Obsession is Depression-Maker
May 6, 2011"Saying when the economy is at its weakest we're going to put into law that we can't spend more to pick ourselves up...that's a depression-maker," says Heather McGhee of Demos. But despite warnings from economists from all over, the government in Washington, Democrats and Republicans both, remain obsessed with the deficit.Heather McGhee, Diana Henriques, and Tom Morello
May 5, 2011"Saying when the economy is at its weakest we're going to put into law that we can't spend more to pick ourselves up...that's a depression-maker," says Heather McGhee of Demos. But despite warnings from economists from all over, the government in Washington, Democrats and Republicans both, remain obsessed with the deficit.Phyllis Bennis: Listening to the People in the Arab World
May 4, 2011"For the first time what we're seeing is people on the rise and they can no longer be ignored, by their own governments or by the United States," says Phyllis Bennis. And those people are saddened by the U.S.'s action against Osama Bin Laden, but more importantly are demanding that their voices be heard, not the voices of their dictators that the U.S. has relied on for so long.Richard Trumka, Phyllis Bennis, and US Uncut
May 3, 2011In Massachusetts, a Democratic state legislature voted to take away public workers' right to collectively bargain over health care, in what Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, calls "A miniature version of what we saw in Wisconsin." He notes that just like Scott Walker, these politicians are scapegoating employees who didn't cause the economic crisis.The F Word: Is BP Too Big To Fail?
May 3, 2011Now to the opposite of cuts. Over a year after the biggest oil spill in US history and even as criminal investigations continue, BP is still receiving millions of dollars in government contracts.Sonali Kolhatkar: Reflecting on Bin Laden, Afghanistan
May 3, 2011"Bin Laden's ideology is not the ideology of the masses, of the Arabs, of people in central Asia, of Muslims," notes Sonali Kolhatkar of the Afghan Women's Mission. But, she notes, the danger is that now by killing him we have made him a martyr and inflamed anger again among people already feeling marginalized.Tariq Ali: Killing Bin Laden Was Not "Justice"
May 3, 2011"If the aim was to show us that state terror was more powerful than individual terrorists, we already knew that," says Tariq Ali of the U.S. special forces action that reportedly killed Osama bin Laden in Abottabad, Pakistan. As Americans celebrated outside of the White House and gathered at Ground Zero to remember those lost, Ali reminds us that bin Laden's death will not make the U.S. safer.Tariq Ali, Sonali Kolhatkar, and Voices from Ground Zero
May 2, 2011"If the aim was to show us that state terror was more powerful than individual terrorists, we already knew that," says Tariq Ali of the U.S. special forces action that reportedly killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. As Americans celebrated outside of the White House and gathered at Ground Zero to remember those lost, Tariq reminds us that bin Laden's death will not make the U.S. safer.The F Word: Searching for Closure at Ground Zero
May 2, 2011Closure. That was the word on people's lips last night after President Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden had been killed in a firefight with US forces in Pakistan.Andrew Bacevich: Serious Thinking About US Military Action
April 29, 2011According to retired Colonel Andrew Bacevich, Barack Obama "is a problem solver, he's surrounded himself with problem solvers at a time when maybe we need some creative thinking." This week saw the announcement that General David Petraeus would be taking Leon Panetta's spot as head of the CIA, while Panetta would be moving to replace Robert Gates as Defense Secretary.
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