Phil Mattera, AlterNet. September 24, 2008. The "Paulson Plan" would outsource the handling of hundreds of billions of dollars worth of assets to those who got us into this mess.
Global Labor StrategiesSeptember 1, 2008. Conventional trade unionism is pretty much over. On Labor Day, it's time to figure out what should come next.
Naomi Klein, Los Angeles Times. October 23, 2007. The Blackwater scandal could have provided an opportunity to question the wisdom of turning state security into a for-profit activity -- but not in today's Washington.
Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. June 20, 2007. The sprawling $43 billion homeland security department is known for being in charge of America's color-coded terrorist-threat alarm system, a sham that obscures HSD's real mission: to serve as a giant federal cookie jar for corporate America.
Barbara Ehrenreich, AlterNet. May 16, 2007. With a local news outlet in California recruiting reporters in India, no one can pretend any longer that we have a global monopoly on intellect and innovation.