Year: 2007

Who is really to blame for steroid use in baseball?

Who is really to blame for steroid use in baseball?

On Dec. 13, former Sen. George Mitchell released with great fanfare his highly anticipated report on steroid use in Major…
Is ‘dollar hegemony’ coming to an end?

Is ‘dollar hegemony’ coming to an end?

Today’s world monetary system is based on the "dollar standard," also known as dollar hegemony. This is the unstable system…
Foreclosures strike Black and Latino communities hardest

Foreclosures strike Black and Latino communities hardest

The housing crisis has the potential to set off a chain of events to increase the overall rate of unemployment,…
New Orleans workers fight housing demolitions

New Orleans workers fight housing demolitions

More than two years after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans thousands of the city’s working-class residents are facing another disaster…
El reporte de la inteligencia de los EE.UU. descarrila las amenazas de Bush contra Irán
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El reporte de la inteligencia de los EE.UU. descarrila las amenazas de Bush contra Irán

El Estimado Nacional de Inteligencia fue reportado el 3 de diciembre. Es un resumen de los análisis de 16 agencias…
Police occupy Brazilian favelas to stop growth

Police occupy Brazilian favelas to stop growth

For the first time, police units will be deployed to prevent construction of new housing in the shantytowns of Rio…
New York City forum supports San Francisco 8

New York City forum supports San Francisco 8

On Nov. 30, approximately 400 people attended an event in support of the San Francisco 8 at Service Employee’s International…
Government, Halliburton cover up rape crime

Government, Halliburton cover up rape crime

A young Texas woman, Jamie Leigh Jones, now 22, has alleged that U.S. war profiteer Halliburton and its former subsidiary,…
General strike brings Greece to a halt

General strike brings Greece to a halt

For Greece, Dec. 12 was a day of no business as usual. A 24-hour general strike of public and private…
Los Angeles dock workers protest racist nooses

Los Angeles dock workers protest racist nooses

Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union marched on Dec. 7 outside the offices of the Pacific Maritime Association…
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