Day December 12, 2007

The Left and the elections

From Lenin’s Tomb, on UFJP’s now more apparent than usual tactic of wanting to influence the left flank of the Democratic Party, and thus get directly involved in electoral politics in the coming election. The devilish problem, like God, is…

The Fed rate cut

Leftist economist and author Doug Henwood, editor of Left Business Observer and host of a radio show on WBAI, comments on LBO-Talk about the quarter point Fed rate cut yesterday. Wall Street was very disappointed this afternoon by the small…

Seize the land, chain the peace activists

Homeland Security is building a US-Mexico border fence through the ancestral lands of the Tonoho O’Odham Nation, whose land spans the US and Mexico. Graves have been dug up, protesters intimidated and harassed – and worse.