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Economic Crisis in 2010 and Beyond: Job losses will continue to rise |
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Written by Jack Rasmus
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Monday, 11 January 2010 11:14 |
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At the end of 2009, investors, business press pundits, and government policymakers alike reluctantly began to question whether the economic recovery in GDP terms would continue into 2010. Growing almost daily was talk of declining housing prices, rising home foreclosures and mortgage delinquencies, falling tax revenues, growing deficits for state and local governments, and chronic jobs losses occurring at a 200,000 to 400,000 monthly rate—depending on which of the government's two surveys is chosen. Even government policymakers at the highest levels, Fed Chair Ben Bernanke, for example, admit that job losses may continue for months, possibly several years, and that it will take another five years minimum—until 2016—to get back to a level of jobs that existed in 2007.
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An American World of War: What to watch for in 2010 |
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Written by Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse
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Monday, 11 January 2010 11:04 |
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According to the Chinese calendar, 2010 is the Year of the Tiger. We don’t name our years, but if we did, this one might prospectively be called the Year of the Assassin.
We, of course, think of ourselves as something like the peaceable kingdom. After all, the shock of September 11, 2001 was that “war” came to “the homeland,” a mighty blow delivered against the very symbols of our economic, military, and -- had Flight 93 not gone down in a field in Pennsylvania -- political power.
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End monopoly capitalism to arrest climate change |
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Written by Prof. Jose Maria Sison
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Monday, 14 December 2009 20:53 |
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Human societies have created the bases of our survival, sustenance and advancement through the use of our natural resources in production with rudimentary tools and rising levels of science and technology. Yet in no time in history has environmental destruction been systematically brought about in most parts of the world.
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Decommission the San Roque Dam and Rescind the Power Purchase Agreement Now! |
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Written by Cordillera Peoples Alliance
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Friday, 06 November 2009 18:15 |
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The flooding of Pangasinan at the height of Typhoon Pepeng was foreseen as an impact of the San Roque Dam. This was among the reasons why people protested against this Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP) flagship project launched by then President Fidel V. Ramos and completed during the term of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Agno River communities and the Cordillera Peoples’ Alliance sounded this warning prior to dam construction, and reiterated it several times before dam completion, but it was not heeded.
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India: CRPP Urgent Appeal on Lalgarh |
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Written by Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners (CRPP)
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Friday, 06 November 2009 18:04 |
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An Appeal to the International Community
from the Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners (CRPP)
to Raise their Voice against State repression in Lalgarh, West Bengal, India
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What people can and must do about the economic and financial crisis
