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Empires Come and Go: British Empire Part I

Empires Come and Go: British Empire Part I

Empires come and go but never last forever. There is a simple reason for this. People do not like to be dominated by another country with an alien culture. They prefer to have a say in how they are governed rather than have government imposed on them from a seat of power thousands of miles […]

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Petraeus Resignation: Spies, Lies and Politics

Petraeus Resignation: Spies, Lies and Politics

By Dady Chery and Gilbert Mercier Haiti Chery General Petraeus had to resign today from his position as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He admitted to an affair, but some — such as the New York Times — are already saying that the convenient timing of the resignation was related to the intelligence failure […]

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Global Capitalism: A Castle Made of Sand

Global Capitalism: A Castle Made of Sand

The “Looming Fiscal Cliff” The United States election charade is finally over. Apparently Wall Street had mixed feeling about either the results or the general health of the global financial market. On November 7, the Dow Jones index dropped by 312 points. Some mentioned increased “concerns about Europe’s financial crisis,” but the discourse in Washington […]

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Is Eco-Socialism a Viable Option to Global Disaster Capitalism?

Is Eco-Socialism a Viable Option to Global Disaster Capitalism?

By Sutapa Chattopadhyay Today, our democratically elected governments are grounded in the conviction that markets should be the sole organizing force of political, social, and economic decisions: an ideology that entirely dislodges welfarist, democratic and uncommodified values from the state. Over the last four to five years, for example, ordinary people throughout Europe have protested […]

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Occupy Sandy Should Not Act as an NGO to Replace Bad Governance

Occupy Sandy Should Not Act as an NGO to Replace Bad Governance

By Gilbert Mercier and Dady Chery Sandy and Katrina Expose the Third World Within the Empire The last natural disaster to have had a major impact on the United States was hurricane Katrina. The fiasco of dealing with Katrina’s aftermath was a big blow for the Bush administration. This exposed a broken social system where […]

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