Amid mounting food crisis, governments fear revolution of the hungry

By Bill Van Auken
15 April 2008
Last week’s meetings in Washington of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Group of Seven were convened in the shadow of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. While Wall Street’s turmoil and the deepening credit crunch dominated discussions, leaders of the global [...]

Our Learned Helplessness

from http://www.sott.net/articles/show/152054-Our-Learned-Helplessness
“[...] the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn’t there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did [...]

After Adverse Publicity, Walmart reverts back its Claim on Health care money of former employer

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/2/after_adverse_publicity_wal_mart_drops
After tremendous adverse publicity, retail giant Wal-Mart has announced it is dropping its effort to collect over $400,000 dollars in health care reimbursement from Debbie Shank, a former employee. Debbie lost much of her memory and ability to communicate or walk in a car crash in May 2000. Her family successfully sued the trucking company [...]