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Obama announces $2.4 billion in battery grants

The money will be spent for R&R on advanced battery design, electric vehicle infrastructure, and college education programs. Some are wondering why Detroit gets a healthy share of the grant money. Um, because they want to make EVs and could…

Doug Henwood interview by Christian Parenti

Henwood is an economist / author who regularly gets quoted on economic matters in Alan Ableson’s column in Barron’s and also runs the hard left LBO-Talk listserv. Excerpts from the interview in The Brooklyn Rail. Henwood: I didn’t expect a…

Obama is a fascist?

That what’s some of the more deranged teabaggers are saying today. You can also hear the same thing sometimes from the left. Folks, under real fascism we wouldn’t be having open protests or blogs that comment on politics. Rather, there…