Thousands of British prison officers say they might join the planned nationwide strikes on November 30.
The Prison Officers Association has 35,000 members, and at least 15,000 will go on strike. That’s enough to shut down the operations of British prisons. To make matters worse, the number of people now in British prisons hit a […] Continue Reading…
MSNBC revealed a memo, written by former employees of U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, which basically asks for money to research ways to shut down the OWS and Tea Party movements.
Part of its goal is to prevent Democrats from joining the OWS movement, because that would threaten Corporate America: “This would mean […] Continue Reading…
“The mood in Detroit is grim. The workers are very angry. They’ve given concessions over and over and over again without striking. We haven’t struck since 1896.”-Michael Mulholland, Secretary Treasure at AFCME Local 207 in Detroit
In 1983 there were 21,000 Detroit City union employees, now it’s down to about 11,000 […] Continue Reading…
“The target, the motive, the ideology and the plot were all led by the FBI.”-Karen Greenberg, FBI tactics specialist, Fordham University
More and more evidence is coming forth, showing that for the past 10 years most “foiled terrorist plots” actually were masterminded by the FBI! It’s a case of taking entrapment to a whole new […] Continue Reading…
“It is very important that this tribunal make a sound judgment against Bush and Blair that will indicate their, in this trial, responsibility for waging a Nuremberg crime against peace, which is along the lines of what the NAZIs did in World War Two”-Francis Boyle, International Law Professor, University of Illinois
After two years of […] Continue Reading…
At the end of a four day Loya Jirga, the Afghan government said that if the U.S. military stops its night raids it can stay until 2024.
After the announcement thousands of Afghans hit the streets to protest their government.
Meanwhile, NATO aircraft bombed an Afghan police checkpoint, in the eastern province of Ghazni, killing three […] Continue Reading…
“The creation of a Eurasian Union will provide a boost to the European Union, which will have an overland bridge to China and other rising Asian markets.”-Kirill Koktysh, Moscow State University
On November 18, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan signed the Declaration on Eurasian Economic Integration, and the Agreement on the Eurasian Economic Committee […] Continue Reading…
“Chinese financial authorities are laying the groundwork for these ambitions via a series of bilateral arrangements with foreign companies and financial centers. While dollar denominated financial markets retain a substantial advantage over their RMB denominated counterparts in terms of new issuances, the RMB markets have made remarkable progress in […] Continue Reading…
“I was there to take down the names of people who were arrested. As I’m standing there, some African-American woman goes up to a police officer and says, ‘I need to get in. My daughter’s there. I want to know if she’s OK.’ And he said, ‘Move on, lady.’ […] Continue Reading…
A report in the Chinese media got me thinking. There’s a definite pattern to China’s buying and selling of U.S., and European, government bonds (sovereign debt).
In the first three months of 2011 China sold off U.S. bonds. Then, from April through July bought U.S. bonds. In August China sold off U.S. bonds big time; […] Continue Reading…