Wednesday, Feb 8th 2012
ZNet| Recent Leo Panitch Interview
Sasha Lilley: So the bad debt would be socialized, but the public would not be left with any control over the banks.
Leo Panitch: Exactly. The proposal is to give the banks back to the private sector on the thesis that we can't have a properly democratized state. I agree the [...]
Marxism 2009, London
Here are some of the speakers at the recent Marxism 2009 conference hosted by SWP.
David Harvey at Marxism 2009, London: “THE CRISIS TODAY”
Tariq Ali: OBAMA, PAKISTAN AND THE US EMPIRE, MARXISM 2009
Here’s an ILR review of Tariq Ali’s recent book The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power
SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK [...]
Micheal Taft of Notes on the Front (and ILR) was taking part in a Prime Time panel discussion last night about our ever increasing deficit and whether we have reached the bottom. Also on the panel were Dan O’Brien, Senior Economist, Economist Intelligence unit, and Jim Power, Chief economist, Friends First.
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Democracy Derailed in Honduras | The Nation
Greg Grandin on the need for the US to avoid the "Haiti Option" which linked US support for Aristide to the forced implementation of IMF and WB policies in Haiti. Support for Zelaya to return him to office should be provided without conditions. "It seems like what the United [...]
Tony Judt, writing in 2006 used the phrase ‘useful idiots’ to describe a new cohort of American liberals who were happy to use their considerable intellectual reputations to endorse the morally repugnant actions of the US Administration in the Middle East. The phrase came to mind, perhaps uncharitably, while reading Sli Eile’s response in the [...]
The Dublin Consensus
Sli Eile of Progressive Economy responds to Sarah Carey’s article today in the Irish Times and talks about the dominance of the Dublin Consensus (following the notion of the Washington Consensus). Carey says the debate is over - ICTU should choose ‘patriotism and pragmatism’, sell ’spending cuts and tax increases’ to their members [...]
Honduras Photoshow
Some photos of how the new Honduras government likes to protect its constitution against a 'survey'.
Barack Obama’s Recent 55 Minute Speech to the American Medical Association
As mentioned in Gerry Burke’s piece published today on Irish Left Review.
Annals of Medicine: The Cost Conundrum: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
The explosive trend in American medical costs seems to have occurred here in an especially intense form. Our country’s health care is by far the most expensive in the world. In Washington, the aim of health-care reform is not just to extend medical coverage [...]
The Real News | The Military Coup in Honduras
See also Hugh Green on the Leader of opposition, President of the Congress (and now interim President) Roberto Micheletti’s resistance to sign the Bolivarian Alliance of The Americas (ALBA) treaty which would strengthen economic links with ’socialist’ countries in Latin America. The IMF has problems with this [...]
